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 October 4, 2026.
Randolph County, Indiana, has about 24,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Randolph 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 Randolph 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: Randolph County public records, Indiana arrest records, Indiana inmate search and Indiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Randolph County
The Randolph County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Randolph County.
The FBI lists three cities in Randolph County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Winchester, 4,800 residents: 212 arrests reported for 2020.
- Union City, 3,435 residents.
- Lynn, 946 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 Lynn Reports
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.
- Lynn: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Winchester: 212 for 2020.
Lynn's 1,152 arrests in 2024 were up 0.5 percent from 1,146 in 2023.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Randolph County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Randolph 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 62 people, down from about 100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 108 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 Randolph County Sheriff's Office at randolphcountyso.org/inmates.html (page title: Redirecting…), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Randolph County
Whether someone was arrested in Randolph County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Randolph 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/randolph-county); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at in.gov/counties/randolph/departments/prosecutor, phone (765) 584-2644).
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 Randolph County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Randolph County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Winchester, Union City or Lynn: 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, (765) 584-2644, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Randolph Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at in.gov/courts/local/randolph-county.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Randolph County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the nine cities in Randolph County: Winchester, Union City and Lynn. Parker City, Farmland, Ridgeville, Saratoga, Losantville and Modoc 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 Randolph Circuit and Superior Courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Randolph County each year?
Lynn reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Randolph County?
Ask the Randolph County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at randolphcountyso.org/inmates.html.
Where are people arrested in Randolph County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Randolph County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Randolph 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 Randolph County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Randolph 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 Randolph 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.