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.
Pike County, Indiana, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pike County is held at the county jail, run by the Pike County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Pike County public records, Pike County arrest records, Pike County warrants, Pike County criminal records, Pike County court records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Pike County
The county jail, run by the Pike County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Pike County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Pike County Sheriff's Office at pikecountysheriffsoffice.com/inmateSearch (page title: Pike County Sheriff Office, IN), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Pike County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 52 people, down from about 65 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 78 beds, and it ran at 83 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Pike County has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 43 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Pike County Jail
The Pike County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Petersburg make the arrests that end in a booking in Pike County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Petersburg's 1,152 for 2025 and the Pike County Sheriff's Office's 1,152 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Pike County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,304 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Pike County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Indiana Department of Correction lists its inmates at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov/idoc-ofs-1.0.2/ofs.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Pike County?
Look on the custody page of the Pike County Sheriff's Office at pikecountysheriffsoffice.com/inmateSearch. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Pike County jail?
About 52 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 78 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Pike County go?
To a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov.
Is this the official Pike 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.