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.
Carroll County, Indiana, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office and two city agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Carroll Circuit and Superior Courts. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Carroll County public records, Indiana arrest records, Indiana inmate search and Indiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Carroll County
The Carroll County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Carroll County.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Delphi, 3,018 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Burlington, 530 residents.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Delphi Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Delphi: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
Delphi's 1,152 arrests in 2024 were up 0.5 percent from 1,146 in 2023.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Carroll County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Carroll County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 55 people, down from about 100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 34 beds, and it ran at 303 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Indiana Department of Correction lists its inmates at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov/idoc-ofs-1.0.2/ofs.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Carroll County
Whether someone was arrested in Carroll County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Carroll Circuit and Superior Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at in.gov/courts/local/carroll-county); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at in.gov/counties/carroll/departments/prosecutors-office, phone (765) 564-4514).
Statewide, mycase.IN.gov is the Indiana courts' free statewide case search.
Indiana is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Limited Criminal History search is open to anyone online, through the Indiana State Police. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Carroll County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Indiana Access to Public Records Act the agency must answer within 24 hours for a request made in person and 7 days for one sent by mail or email, and it may charge a copy fee set by the agency, within statutory limits.
- An arrest by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Delphi or Burlington: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (765) 564-4514, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Carroll Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at in.gov/courts/local/carroll-county.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Carroll County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the five cities in Carroll County: Delphi and Burlington. Flora, Camden and Yeoman have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Carroll Circuit and Superior Courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Carroll County each year?
Delphi reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025.
Where are people arrested in Carroll County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Carroll County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Indiana State Police: the Limited Criminal History search is open to anyone online. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Indiana Access to Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Carroll County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Carroll County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Indiana Access to Public Records Act the answer is due within 24 hours for a request made in person and 7 days for one sent by mail or email.
Is this the official Carroll County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.