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 on September 23, 2026.
Harrison County, Indiana, has about 40,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Harrison 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 Harrison 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: Harrison County public records, Indiana arrest records, Indiana inmate search and Indiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Harrison County
The Harrison County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Harrison County. It reported 629 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Harrison County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Corydon, 3,153 residents: 1,152 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 Harrison 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.
- Corydon: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Harrison County Sheriff's Office: 629 for 2025, 815 for 2024, 788 for 2023, 528 for 2022 and 408 for 2021.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,781 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,781 in 2025 against 1,967 in 2024, down 9.5 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,082 arrests, against 1,073 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Harrison County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Harrison 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 130 people, down from about 200 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 173 beds, and it ran at 115 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 Harrison County
For Harrison County the place to look is the case index of the Harrison 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/harrison-county).
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 Harrison 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 Harrison County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Corydon: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Harrison Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at in.gov/courts/local/harrison-county.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Harrison County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the nine cities in Harrison County: Corydon. Lanesville, Palmyra, Elizabeth, Crandall, New Middletown, Laconia, Mauckport and New Amsterdam 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 Harrison Circuit and Superior Courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Harrison County each year?
Corydon reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,781 between them.
Where are people arrested in Harrison County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Harrison County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Harrison 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 Harrison County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Harrison 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 Harrison 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.