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.
Hodgeman County, Kansas, has about 1,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Hodgeman 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 Hodgeman 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: Hodgeman County public records, Kansas arrest records, Kansas inmate search and Kansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Hodgeman County
The Hodgeman County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Hodgeman County. It reported 9 arrests for 2023, its latest complete year.
How Many Arrests The Hodgeman County Sheriff's Office Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Hodgeman County Sheriff's Office: 9 for 2023 and 17 for 2020; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Hodgeman County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Hodgeman 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 2016 the jail held about 3 people. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov/@@search?SearchableText=inmate+search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Hodgeman County
For Hodgeman 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 Hodgeman 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 Hodgeman County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Hodgeman County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Hodgeman 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 Hodgeman County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Hodgeman County each year?
The Hodgeman County Sheriff's Office reported 9 arrests to the FBI for 2023, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Hodgeman County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Hodgeman County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Hodgeman 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 Hodgeman County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Hodgeman 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 Hodgeman 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.