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 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Valley Center, Kansas, in Sedgwick County, has about 7,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Valley Center is held at the county jail, run by the Sedgwick 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: Valley Center public records, Sedgwick County inmate search, Valley Center arrest records, Valley Center warrants, Valley Center criminal records, Valley Center court records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Valley Center
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Valley Center is held at the county jail, run by the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office at ssc.sedgwickcounty.org/inmatesearch (page title: Inmate Search | Sedgwick County, Kansas), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 Sedgwick County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 1,170 people, down from about 1,240 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,406 beds, and it ran at 84 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Sedgwick County has about 536,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 22 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Sedgwick County Jail
The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Valley Center (filed by the FBI as Valley Center Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Valley Center.
The FBI's agency list also places one campus police department, two other agencies and one state agency in Sedgwick County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Sedgwick Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Sedgwick County, so its arrests are not broken out for Sedgwick County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Wichita's 9,871 for 2025, the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office's 1,596 for 2025 and Eastborough's 1,152 for 2025.
Together, the 11 agencies in Sedgwick County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 13,594 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 Valley Center arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Sedgwick County serves the sentence in a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov/@@search?SearchableText=inmate+search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Valley Center?
Look on the custody page of the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office at ssc.sedgwickcounty.org/inmatesearch. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Sedgwick County jail?
About 1,170 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1,406 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Sedgwick County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Valley Center 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.