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 30, 2026.
LaGrange County, Indiana, has about 41,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the LaGrange County Sheriff's Office, three city agencies and two other 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 LaGrange 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: LaGrange County public records, Indiana arrest records, Indiana inmate search and Indiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in LaGrange County
The LaGrange County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for LaGrange County. It reported 389 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Lagrange, 2,757 residents: 158 arrests reported for 2025.
- Topeka, 1,226 residents: 26 arrests reported for 2023.
- Shipshewana, 852 residents: 75 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 FBI's agency list also places these agencies in LaGrange County: Prairie Heights Community Schools Corporation and Westview Schools (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in LaGrange 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.
- LaGrange County Sheriff's Office: 389 for 2025, 314 for 2024 and 300 for 2023.
- Lagrange: 158 for 2025, 173 for 2024 and 125 for 2023.
- Shipshewana: 75 for 2024 and 39 for 2023.
- Topeka: 26 for 2023.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 562 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 562 in 2024 against 464 in 2023, up 21 percent.
Topeka reported only part of 2024 (10 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in LaGrange County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in LaGrange County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 130 people, down from about 130 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 242 beds, and it ran at 53 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 LaGrange County Sheriff's Office at lagrangecounty.org/department/division.php?structureid=76 (page title: LaGrange County Jail | LaGrange County, Indiana), phone 260-499-6300, 0875 S State Road 9 LaGrange, IN 46761, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 LaGrange County
Whether someone was arrested in LaGrange County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the LaGrange Circuit and Superior Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at secure.in.gov/courts/local/lagrange-county); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at lagrangecounty.org/department/index.php?structureid=58, phone (260) 499-6326).
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 LaGrange 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 LaGrange County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 260-499-6300.
- An arrest in Lagrange, Topeka or Shipshewana: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Prairie Heights Community Schools Corporation or Westview Schools: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (260) 499-6326, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the LaGrange Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at secure.in.gov/courts/local/lagrange-county.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at lagrangecounty.org (page title: Document Center | Public Records Request Form | LaGrange County, Indiana).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in LaGrange County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the three cities in LaGrange County: Lagrange, Topeka and Shipshewana.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the LaGrange Circuit and Superior Courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in LaGrange County each year?
The LaGrange County Sheriff's Office reported 389 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in LaGrange County sent in full, the three with every month on file reported 562 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in LaGrange County?
Ask the LaGrange County Sheriff's Office at 260-499-6300; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at lagrangecounty.org.
Where are people arrested in LaGrange County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the LaGrange County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in LaGrange 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 LaGrange County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the LaGrange 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 lagrangecounty.org.
Is this the official LaGrange 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.