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 28, 2026.
Knox County, Indiana, has about 36,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Knox County Sheriff's Office and two 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 Knox 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: Knox County public records, Indiana arrest records, Indiana inmate search and Indiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Knox County
The Knox County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Knox County. It reported 398 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Knox County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Vincennes, 16,506 residents: 247 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bicknell, 2,999 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 Knox 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.
- Bicknell: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Knox County Sheriff's Office: 398 for 2025 and 387 for 2024.
- Vincennes: 247 for 2025, 324 for 2024, 331 for 2023, 402 for 2021 and 462 for 2020; 2022 is missing months.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,797 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,797 in 2025 against 1,863 in 2024, down 3.5 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 933 arrests, against 1,052 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Knox County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Knox 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 270 people, down from about 290 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 225 beds, and it ran at 112 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 Knox County Sheriff's Office at knoxsheriff.org (page title: Knox County Sheriff's Office), phone 888-868-4631, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 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 Knox County
For Knox County the place to look is the case index of the Knox 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/knox-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 Knox 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 Knox County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 888-868-4631.
- An arrest in Vincennes or Bicknell: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Knox Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at in.gov/courts/local/knox-county.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Knox County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the nine cities in Knox County: Vincennes and Bicknell. Oaktown, Monroe City, Bruceville, Wheatland, Sandborn, Edwardsport and Decker 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 Knox Circuit and Superior Courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Knox County each year?
Bicknell reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,797 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Knox County?
Ask the Knox County Sheriff's Office at 888-868-4631; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at knoxsheriff.org.
Where are people arrested in Knox County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Knox County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Knox 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 Knox County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Knox 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 Knox 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.