Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Pittsburg, Kansas, in Crawford County, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the County Attorney files charges, a case in the Crawford County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Pittsburg public records, Crawford County arrest records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Pittsburg
The FBI lists Pittsburg with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Pittsburg Police Department. It reported 804 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Crawford County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 265 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Crawford County: Pittsburg State University (campus police); the Kansas Crossing Casino Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission (state agency).
How Many Arrests Pittsburg 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.
- Pittsburg: 804 for 2025, 946 for 2024, 671 for 2023, 869 for 2022, 952 for 2021 and 1,077 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Pittsburg's 804 arrests in 2025 were down 15 percent from 946 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Pittsburg reported 483 arrests, against 580 in the same months of 2025.
Across Crawford County, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,142 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Pittsburg Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Pittsburg 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 2022 the jail held about 110 people, up from about 100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 108 beds, and it ran at 93 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 Crawford County Sheriff's Office at crawfordcountysheriff.org/inmates (page title: Inmates | Crawford County Sheriff), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Kansas Department of Corrections lists its inmates at doc.ks.gov/@@search?SearchableText=inmate+search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Pittsburg
An arrest in Pittsburg can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Crawford County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at crawfordcountykansas.org/court-case-info.html, phone 620-724-6115); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at crawfordcountykansas.org/county-attorney.html, phone (620) 724-6780).
Statewide, Kansas District Court Public Access Portal is the Kansas courts' statewide case search.
Kansas is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: anyone can order a name-based criminal history record check online, through the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. 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 Pittsburg
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 Kansas Open Records Act the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge staff time and copying.
- An arrest by the Pittsburg police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at pittks.org/residents/public-safety-police (page title: Police Department | City of Pittsburg, KS), phone (620) 231-1700, 911 Police Dispatch 201 N. Pine St. Pittsburg, KS 66762, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Crawford County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, (620) 724-6780, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Crawford County District Court, through the court records page at crawfordcountykansas.org/court-case-info.html, phone 620-724-6115.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at crawfordcountykansas.org (page title: Request Open Records | CRAWFORD COUNTY, KS).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Crawford County guide covers every agency in the county: Crawford County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Pittsburg each year?
Pittsburg reported 804 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Pittsburg?
Ask the Crawford County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at crawfordcountysheriff.org/inmates.
Where are people arrested in Pittsburg booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Crawford County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Pittsburg?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation: anyone can order a name-based criminal history record check online. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Kansas Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Pittsburg?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Pittsburg police for its own arrests, the Crawford County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Kansas Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at crawfordcountykansas.org.
Is this the official Pittsburg website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.