SearchSystems Editorial

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 on September 24, 2026.

About this guide

Johnson County, Kansas, has about 632,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office, 17 city agencies and four campus, state or other agencies. 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 Johnson 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: Johnson County public records, Kansas arrest records, Kansas inmate search and Kansas criminal records.

Who Makes Arrests in Johnson County

The Johnson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Johnson County. It reported 2,383 arrests for 2025.

The FBI lists 17 cities in Johnson County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported, the largest twelve first; the rest are named in the cities section below:

  • Overland Park, 202,893 residents: 2,582 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Olathe, 149,035 residents: 2,928 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Shawnee, 69,724 residents: 1,163 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Lenexa, 59,427 residents: 2,025 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Leawood, 34,013 residents: 378 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Gardner, 25,836 residents: 514 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Prairie Village, 22,919 residents: 243 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Merriam, 11,560 residents: 530 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Spring Hill, 10,070 residents: 89 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Mission, 10,013 residents: 443 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Roeland Park, 6,689 residents: 106 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Fairway, 4,160 residents: 31 arrests reported for 2024.

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 Johnson County: Johnson County Park, Shawnee Mission Public Schools and the Blue Valley School District (other); Johnson County Community College (campus police).

How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Johnson 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.

  • Olathe: 2,928 for 2025, 2,677 for 2024, 2,912 for 2023, 2,854 for 2022, 2,839 for 2021 and 2,803 for 2020.
  • Overland Park: 2,582 for 2025, 2,387 for 2024, 2,830 for 2023, 2,779 for 2022, 2,793 for 2021 and 2,699 for 2020.
  • Johnson County Sheriff's Office: 2,383 for 2025, 2,375 for 2024, 2,260 for 2023, 2,267 for 2022, 2,327 for 2021 and 1,601 for 2020.
  • Lenexa: 2,025 for 2025, 2,061 for 2024, 2,210 for 2023, 1,984 for 2022, 1,963 for 2021 and 1,692 for 2020.
  • Shawnee: 1,163 for 2025, 1,368 for 2024, 983 for 2023, 900 for 2022, 993 for 2021 and 904 for 2020.
  • Merriam: 530 for 2025, 464 for 2024, 560 for 2023, 568 for 2022, 655 for 2021 and 650 for 2020.
  • Gardner: 514 for 2025, 560 for 2024, 642 for 2023, 544 for 2022, 680 for 2021 and 660 for 2020.
  • Mission: 443 for 2025, 412 for 2024, 408 for 2023, 421 for 2022, 338 for 2021 and 423 for 2020.
  • Leawood: 378 for 2025, 429 for 2024, 516 for 2023, 456 for 2022, 583 for 2021 and 405 for 2020.
  • Prairie Village: 243 for 2025, 254 for 2024, 269 for 2023, 245 for 2022, 243 for 2021 and 298 for 2020.
  • Roeland Park: 106 for 2025, 105 for 2024, 137 for 2023, 137 for 2022, 97 for 2021 and 69 for 2020.
  • Spring Hill: 89 for 2025, 100 for 2024, 101 for 2023, 120 for 2022, 150 for 2021 and 123 for 2020.

Together, the 14 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 13,462 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 13,462 in 2025 against 13,294 in 2024, up 1.3 percent.

Through August 2026, the 14 agencies with every month so far on file reported 8,585 arrests, against 8,935 in the same months of 2025.

Fairway, Mission Woods and Westwood Hills reported only part of 2025 (11 months, 5 months and 8 months) and are left out of the totals.

Booking: Where People Arrested in Johnson County Are Held

A person kept in custody after an arrest in Johnson 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 2024 the jail held about 750 people, down from about 830 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,053 beds, and it ran at 68 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.

SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Johnson County Sheriff's Office at jocogov.org/johnson-county-sheriff/public-information/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Johnson County Kansas), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.

That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.

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 Johnson County

Whether someone was arrested in Johnson County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Johnson County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Johnson County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at jocogov.org/johnson-county-sheriff/public-information/johnson-count...); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at jocogov.org/district-attorney, phone 913-715-3000).

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 Johnson 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 Johnson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
  • An arrest in Overland Park, Olathe, Shawnee, Lenexa, Leawood, Gardner 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 Johnson County Park, Shawnee Mission Public Schools or the Blue Valley School District: the records office of the agency involved.
  • A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 913-715-3000, handles discovery for pending cases.
  • The court file of a case that was filed: the Johnson County District Court, through the court records page at jocogov.org.
  • Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at jocogov.org (page title: Request District Court Records | Johnson County Kansas).
  • Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.

Cities in Johnson County: Who Reports the Arrests

The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for 17 of the 19 cities in Johnson County: the twelve named above and Mission Hills, Westwood, Lake Quivira, Westwood Hills and Mission Woods. De Soto and Edgerton 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 Johnson County District Court.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How many arrests are made in Johnson County each year?

Olathe reported 2,928 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 14 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 13,462 between them.

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

Look on the custody page of the Johnson County Sheriff's Office at jocogov.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.

Where are people arrested in Johnson County booked?

Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.

Are arrest records public in Johnson 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 Johnson County?

From the agency that made the arrest: the Johnson 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 jocogov.org.

Is this the official Johnson 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.