Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
West Lafayette, Indiana, in Tippecanoe County, has about 46,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in West Lafayette is held at the county jail, run by the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in West Lafayette
A person kept in custody after an arrest in West Lafayette is held at the county jail, run by the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office at tippecanoe.in.gov/466/Corrections (page title: Corrections | Tippecanoe County, IN), phone 765-423-9388, 2640 Duncan Road Lafayette, IN 47904, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 765-423-9388.
The Tippecanoe County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 550 people, up from about 520 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 603 beds, and it ran at 84 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Tippecanoe County has about 192,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 29 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Tippecanoe County Jail
The Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for West Lafayette (filed by the FBI as West Lafayette Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around West Lafayette.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Tippecanoe County: Purdue University (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Lafayette's 2,906 for 2025, Clarks Hill's 1,152 for 2025 and West Lafayette's 1,069 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Tippecanoe County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,127 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in West Lafayette arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Indiana Department of Correction lists its inmates at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov/idoc-ofs-1.0.2/ofs.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in West Lafayette?
Ask the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office at 765-423-9388; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at tippecanoe.in.gov/466/Corrections.
How many people are in the Tippecanoe County jail?
About 550 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 603 beds.
What is the phone number for the Tippecanoe County jail?
765-423-9388, the number on the page of the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Tippecanoe County go?
To a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov.
Is this the official West Lafayette website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.