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 October 2, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Edwards County, Kansas, has about 2,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Edwards County Sheriff's Office. 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 County Attorney files charges, a case in the Edwards County District Court. 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: Edwards County public records, Kansas arrest records, Kansas inmate search and Kansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Edwards County
The Edwards County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Edwards County. It reported 17 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Edwards County Sheriff's Office 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.
- Edwards County Sheriff's Office: 17 for 2025, 24 for 2024, 15 for 2023, 30 for 2022, 23 for 2021 and 19 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Through June 2026, Edwards County Sheriff's Office reported 16 arrests, against 8 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Edwards County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Edwards County 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 2019 the jail held about 4 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 10 beds, and it ran at 40 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 Edwards County Sheriff's Office at edwardscountyks.org/county-sheriff (page title: County Sheriff | Edwards County | KS), phone (620) 659-3000, 312 Massachusetts Ave. Kinsley, KS 67547, Monday - Friday; 8:00am - 5:00pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Edwards County
For Edwards County the place to look is Kansas District Court Public Access Portal, the Kansas courts' statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed.
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 Edwards County
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 Edwards County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (620) 659-3000.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Edwards County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Edwards County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Edwards County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Edwards County each year?
The Edwards County Sheriff's Office reported 17 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Edwards County?
Ask the Edwards County Sheriff's Office at (620) 659-3000; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at edwardscountyks.org/county-sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Edwards County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Edwards County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Edwards 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 Edwards County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Edwards 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.
Is this the official Edwards 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.