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 October 4, 2026.
Decatur County, Indiana, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Decatur County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 Decatur 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: Decatur County public records, Indiana arrest records, Indiana inmate search and Indiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Decatur County
The Decatur County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Decatur County. It reported 404 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Decatur County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Greensburg, 12,317 residents: 642 arrests reported for 2025.
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 Each Agency Reports in Decatur County
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.
- Greensburg: 642 for 2025, 601 for 2024 and 732 for 2023.
- Decatur County Sheriff's Office: 404 for 2025 and 515 for 2024.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,046 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,046 in 2025 against 1,116 in 2024, down 6.3 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Decatur County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Decatur 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 140 people, up from about 140 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 66 beds, and it ran at 206 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Decatur County Sheriff's Office at decaturcounty.in.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Decatur County, Indiana), phone 812-222-4911, 601 South Ireland St., Greensburg, IN 47240, Mon-Fri 8am-4pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
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 Decatur County
Whether someone was arrested in Decatur County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Decatur Circuit and Superior Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at decaturcounty.in.gov/clerk, phone 812-663-8223); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at decaturcounty.in.gov/prosecutor, phone 812-663-8505).
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 Decatur 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 Decatur County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 812-222-4911.
- An arrest in Greensburg: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 812-663-8505, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Decatur Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at decaturcounty.in.gov/clerk, phone 812-663-8223.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Decatur County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the five cities in Decatur County: Greensburg. Westport, St. Paul, New Point and Millhousen 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 Decatur Circuit and Superior Courts.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Decatur County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Greensburg (12,317)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Decatur County each year?
Greensburg reported 642 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,046 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Decatur County?
Ask the Decatur County Sheriff's Office at 812-222-4911; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at decaturcounty.in.gov/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Decatur County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Decatur County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Decatur 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 Decatur County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Decatur 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 Decatur 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.