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.
Westfield, Indiana, in Hamilton County, has about 63,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Westfield is held at the county jail, run by the Hamilton 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 Westfield
The county jail, run by the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Westfield, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office at hamiltoncounty.in.gov/609/Lookup-Current-Inmates (page title: Lookup Current Inmates | Hamilton County, IN), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Hamilton County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 360 people, down from about 370 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 506 beds, and it ran at 65 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Hamilton County has about 380,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 10 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Hamilton County Jail
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Westfield (filed by the FBI as Westfield Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Westfield.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Carmel's 1,531 for 2025, Noblesville's 1,330 for 2025 and the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office's 1,028 for 2025.
Together, the seven agencies in Hamilton County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,053 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 Westfield arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Hamilton County serves the sentence in a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction, whose inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov/idoc-ofs-1.0.2/ofs.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Westfield?
Look on the custody page of the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office at hamiltoncounty.in.gov. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Hamilton County jail?
About 360 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 506 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Hamilton County go?
To a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov.
Is this the official Westfield 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.