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 October 2, 2026.
Sedgwick County, Kansas, has about 536,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Sedgwick County depends on where the incident happened: the Sedgwick 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.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick County that is the Sedgwick 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.
The FBI's agency list also places one campus police department, two other agencies and one state agency in Sedgwick County, each with a records office of its own.
The Sedgwick Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Sedgwick County, so its arrests are not broken out for Sedgwick County here.
Reports from the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office
The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 184 violent and 420 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 1,596 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at ssc.sedgwickcounty.org/inmatesearch (page title: Inmate Search | Sedgwick County, Kansas), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Sedgwick County
The 18 cities the FBI lists in Sedgwick County with a reporting agency of their own, the largest twelve first, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Wichita: 4,857 violent and 18,662 property crimes reported for 2025; 9,871 arrests reported for 2025.
- Derby: 595 arrests reported for 2022. The Derby police department's page is at derbyks.gov/824/Police-Support-Specialist, phone 316-788-3093 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Haysville: 20 violent and 145 property crimes reported for 2025; 195 arrests reported for 2025. The Haysville police department's page is at haysvilleks.gov/police, phone 316.529.5912 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Bel Aire: 12 violent and 85 property crimes reported for 2025; 52 arrests reported for 2025.
- Park City: 22 violent and 228 property crimes reported for 2025; 215 arrests reported for 2025.
- Valley Center: 217 arrests reported for 2022. The Valley Center police records page is at valleycenterks.gov/departments/police/police_records.php, phone (316) 755-7325 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Maize: 24 violent and 81 property crimes reported for 2025; 148 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mulvane: 3 violent and 100 property crimes reported for 2025; 124 arrests reported for 2025.
- Goddard: 4 violent and 168 property crimes reported for 2025; 98 arrests reported for 2025. The Goddard police records page is at goddardks.gov/336/Police-Report-Fingerprint-Fees, phone 316-794-2051 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Clearwater: 2 violent and 6 property crimes reported for 2025; 126 arrests reported for 2025.
- Kechi: 39 arrests reported for 2021.
- Cheney: 2 violent and 12 property crimes reported for 2025; 17 arrests reported for 2025.
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 rest: Colwich, Garden Plain, Andale, Mount Hope, Eastborough and Bentley.
How Many Reports: Sedgwick County in 2025
The ten agencies in Sedgwick County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,130 violent and 19,907 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 11 agencies in Sedgwick County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 13,594 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Kansas Open Records Act Requires
Under the Kansas Open Records Act the agency must answer a request within 3 business days, and it may charge staff time and copying. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at sedgwickcounty.org/fire/forms/records-request (page title: Records Request | Sedgwick County, Kansas).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Sedgwick County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Kansas Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official Sedgwick 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.