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.
Warrick County, Indiana, has about 66,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Warrick County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 Warrick 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: Warrick County public records, Indiana arrest records, Indiana inmate search and Indiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Warrick County
The Warrick County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Warrick County. It reported 227 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
One city in Warrick County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Boonville, 6,687 residents: 54 arrests reported for 2023.
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 Warrick 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.
- Warrick County Sheriff's Office: 227 for 2024, 188 for 2023, 398 for 2022 and 1,670 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Boonville: 54 for 2023, 94 for 2022 and 255 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 242 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2023 and 2022 complete reported 242 in 2023 against 492 in 2022, down 51 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Warrick County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Warrick 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 99 people, down from about 120 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 124 beds, and it ran at 95 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 Warrick County Sheriff's Office at warrickcounty.gov/sheriffs-office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Warrick County), phone 812-897-1200, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Warrick County
Whether someone was arrested in Warrick County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Warrick 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/warrick-county); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at warrickcounty.gov/prosecutor, phone 812-897-6199).
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 Warrick 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 Warrick County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 812-897-1200.
- An arrest in Boonville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 812-897-6199, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Warrick Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at in.gov/courts/local/warrick-county.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Warrick County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the six cities in Warrick County: Boonville. Chandler, Newburgh, Lynnville, Elberfeld and Tennyson 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 Warrick Circuit and Superior Courts.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Warrick County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Boonville (6,687)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Warrick County each year?
The Warrick County Sheriff's Office reported 227 arrests to the FBI for 2024. For 2023, the latest year most of the agencies in Warrick County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 242 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Warrick County?
Ask the Warrick County Sheriff's Office at 812-897-1200; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at warrickcounty.gov/sheriffs-office.
Where are people arrested in Warrick County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Warrick County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Warrick 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 Warrick County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Warrick 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 Warrick 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.