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.
Dearborn County, Indiana, has about 51,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Dearborn County is held at the county jail, run by the Dearborn 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.
Related guides: Dearborn County public records, Dearborn County arrest records, Dearborn County warrants, Dearborn County criminal records, Dearborn County court records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Dearborn County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Dearborn County is held at the county jail, run by the Dearborn County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Dearborn County Sheriff's Office at dearborncountysheriff.org/inmateSearch (page title: Inmate Search | Dearborn County Sheriff's Office (IN)), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Dearborn County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 260 people, down from about 280 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 424 beds, and it ran at 67 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Dearborn County has about 51,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 51 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Dearborn County Jail
The Dearborn County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Lawrenceburg, Greendale and Aurora make the arrests that end in a booking in Dearborn County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Greendale's 1,152 for 2025 and Lawrenceburg's 156 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Dearborn County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,308 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 Dearborn County 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 Dearborn 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 Dearborn County?
Look on the custody page of the Dearborn County Sheriff's Office at dearborncountysheriff.org/inmateSearch. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Dearborn County jail?
About 260 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 424 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Dearborn County go?
To a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov.
Is this the official Dearborn 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.