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.
Franklin County, Indiana, has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Franklin 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 Franklin 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: Franklin County public records, Indiana arrest records, Indiana inmate search and Indiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Franklin County
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Franklin County. It reported 117 arrests for 2025.
One city in Franklin County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Brookville, 2,655 residents: 23 arrests reported for 2024.
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.
The Batesville Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Franklin County, so its arrests are not broken out for Franklin County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Franklin County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Franklin County Sheriff's Office: 117 for 2025, 110 for 2024, 127 for 2023, 153 for 2022, 398 for 2020 and 433 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Brookville: 23 for 2024, 58 for 2021 and 68 for 2020; 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 133 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 110 in 2024 against 127 in 2023, down 13 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Franklin County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Franklin 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 43 people, down from about 68 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 54 beds, and it ran at 126 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 Franklin County Sheriff's Office at franklincounty.in.gov/department/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Franklin County), phone 765-647-4138, 371 Main St Brookville, IN 47012, 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 Franklin County
Whether someone was arrested in Franklin County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Franklin Circuit and Superior Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at franklincounty.in.gov/department/clerk, phone 765-647-5111); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at franklincounty.in.gov/department/prosecutor, phone 765-647-3589).
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 Franklin County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Franklin County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 765-647-4138.
- An arrest in Brookville: 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, 765-647-3589, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Franklin Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at franklincounty.in.gov/department/clerk, phone 765-647-5111.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at franklin.in.gov (page title: Services Index | Public Records Request | Franklin, IN).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Franklin County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the five cities in Franklin County: Brookville. Oldenburg, Laurel, Cedar Grove and Mount Carmel 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 Franklin Circuit and Superior Courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Franklin County each year?
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office reported 117 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in Franklin County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 133 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Franklin County?
Ask the Franklin County Sheriff's Office at 765-647-4138; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at franklincounty.in.gov/department/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Franklin County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Franklin 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 Franklin County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Franklin 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at franklin.in.gov.
Is this the official Franklin 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.