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.
Starke County, Indiana, has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Starke County is held at the county jail, run by the Starke 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: Starke County public records, Starke County arrest records, Starke County warrants, Starke County criminal records, Starke County court records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Starke County
The county jail, run by the Starke County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Starke County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Starke County Sheriff's Office at starkecountysheriff.com/index.php/areas-2/jail (page title: Jail | Starke County Sheriff’s Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Starke County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 70 people, down from about 130 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 148 beds, and it ran at 86 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Starke County has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 30 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Starke County Jail
The Starke County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Knox and North Judson make the arrests that end in a booking in Starke County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Starke County Sheriff's Office's 472 for 2025 and Knox's 168 for 2024.
Together, the two agencies in Starke County with all twelve months of 2022 on file reported 215 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 Starke 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 Starke County?
Ask the Starke County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at starkecountysheriff.com.
How many people are in the Starke County jail?
About 70 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 148 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Starke County go?
To a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov.
Is this the official Starke 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.