Crawford County Arrest Records: Who Makes Arrests, Where People Are Booked and How to Get the Report

Who Makes Arrests in Crawford County

The Crawford County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Crawford County. It reported 265 arrests for 2025.

Arrests inside seven of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:

• Pittsburg, 20,547 residents: 804 arrests reported for 2025.
• Frontenac, 3,412 residents: 39 arrests reported for 2025.
• Girard, 2,473 residents: 34 arrests reported for 2025.
• Arma, 1,390 residents: 30 arrests reported for 2022.
• Cherokee, 596 residents.
• Mulberry, 411 residents: 11 arrests reported for 2021.
• Arcadia, 257 residents.

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.

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 Each Agency Reports in Crawford 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.

• 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.
• Crawford County Sheriff's Office: 265 for 2025, 164 for 2024, 148 for 2023, 123 for 2020 and 302 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
• Frontenac: 39 for 2025, 30 for 2024, 47 for 2023, 36 for 2022, 74 for 2021 and 65 for 2020.
• Girard: 34 for 2025, 42 for 2024, 41 for 2023, 55 for 2022 and 30 for 2021.
• Arma: 30 for 2022, 38 for 2021, 16 for 2020 and 22 for 2019.
• Mulberry: 11 for 2021, 3 for 2020 and 6 for 2019.

Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,142 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,142 in 2025 against 1,182 in 2024, down 3.4 percent.

Through April 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 337 arrests, against 383 in the same months of 2025.

Arma reported only part of 2025 (2 months) and is left out of the totals.

Booking: Where People Arrested in Crawford County Are Held

A person kept in custody after an arrest in Crawford 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 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 Crawford County

An arrest in Crawford County 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 Crawford 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 Kansas Open Records Act the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge staff time and copying.

• An arrest by the Crawford County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
• An arrest in Pittsburg, Frontenac, Girard, Arma, Cherokee, Mulberry or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
• An arrest by Pittsburg State University or the Kansas Crossing Casino Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission: the records office of the agency involved.
• 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.

Cities in Crawford County: Who Reports the Arrests

The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for seven of the ten cities in Crawford County: Pittsburg, Frontenac, Girard, Arma, Cherokee, Mulberry and Arcadia. McCune, Walnut and Hepler 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 Crawford County District Court.

SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Crawford County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:

• Pittsburg (20,547)

Frequently Asked Questions

How many arrests are made in Crawford County each year?

Pittsburg reported 804 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,142 between them.

How do I find out if someone is in jail in Crawford County?

Ask the Crawford County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at crawfordcountysheriff.org/inmates.

Where are people arrested in Crawford County 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 Crawford County?

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 Crawford County?

From the agency that made the arrest: the Crawford County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. 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 Crawford 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.