Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Osage County, Kansas, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Osage County depends on where the incident happened: the Osage County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Kansas Open Records Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Osage County public records, Osage County arrest records, Osage County warrants, Osage County inmate search, Osage County criminal records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Osage County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Osage County that is the Osage County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
Reports from the Osage County Sheriff's Office
The Osage County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 19 violent and 51 property crimes reported for 2024 and reported 139 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 785-828-3121. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at osageco.org/298/Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Osage County, KS), phone 785-828-3121, 131 W 14th Street Lyndon, KS 66451, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Osage County
The seven cities the FBI lists in Osage County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Osage City: 6 violent and 47 property crimes reported for 2024; 25 arrests reported for 2025.
- Carbondale: 1 violent and 5 property crimes reported for 2024; 7 arrests reported for 2024.
- Lyndon: 3 arrests reported for 2019.
- Overbrook: 0 violent and 17 property crimes reported for 2024; 32 arrests reported for 2024.
- Burlingame: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Scranton.
- Melvern.
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.
How Many Reports: Osage County in 2024
The four agencies in Osage County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 26 violent and 120 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the five agencies in Osage County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,334 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Kansas Open Records Act Requires
The Kansas Open Records Act sets the rules: an answer within 3 business days, at a charge of staff time and copying, from the agency that holds the report.
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 785-828-4812, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Osage County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Osage 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.
How long does an agency in Osage County have to answer?
Under the Kansas Open Records Act, within 3 business days. It may charge staff time and copying.
How do I get a report from the Osage County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 785-828-3121. Under the Kansas Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official Osage 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.