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.
Huntington County, Indiana, has about 37,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Huntington County Sheriff's Office and three 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 Huntington 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: Huntington County public records, Indiana arrest records, Indiana inmate search and Indiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Huntington County
The Huntington County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Huntington County. It reported 424 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists three cities in Huntington County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Huntington, 17,033 residents: 441 arrests reported for 2025.
- Warren, 1,198 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Markle, 1,089 residents: 110 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 Huntington 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.
- Warren: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Huntington: 441 for 2025, 339 for 2023, 451 for 2022, 542 for 2021 and 694 for 2020; 2024 is missing months.
- Huntington County Sheriff's Office: 424 for 2025.
- Markle: 110 for 2025 and 155 for 2024.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,127 arrests that year. The two of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,262 in 2025 against 1,307 in 2024, down 3.4 percent.
Through June 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 937 arrests, against 1,073 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Huntington County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Huntington 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 140 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 145 beds, and it ran at 95 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 Huntington County Sheriff's Office at huntington.in.us/county/topic/index.php?topicid=400&structureid=37 (page title: A Look Inside the Sheriff's Office | Huntington County, Indiana), phone (260) 356-2520, 332 E State St Huntington, IN 46750, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison 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.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Huntington County
An arrest in Huntington County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Huntington Circuit and Superior Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at huntington.in.us/county/department/index.php?structureid=9, phone (260) 358-4814); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at huntington.in.us/county/department/index.php?structureid=35, phone (260) 358-4846).
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 Huntington 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 Huntington County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (260) 356-2520.
- An arrest in Huntington, Warren or Markle: 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, (260) 358-4846, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Huntington Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at huntington.in.us, phone (260) 358-4814.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at huntington.in.us (page title: Public Records Request | Huntington County, Indiana).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Huntington County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the six cities in Huntington County: Huntington, Warren and Markle. Roanoke, Andrews and Mount Etna 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 Huntington Circuit and Superior Courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Huntington County each year?
Warren reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,127 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Huntington County?
Ask the Huntington County Sheriff's Office at (260) 356-2520; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at huntington.in.us.
Where are people arrested in Huntington County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Huntington County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Huntington 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 Huntington County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Huntington 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 huntington.in.us.
Is this the official Huntington 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.