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.
Woodson County, Kansas, has about 3,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Woodson County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 Woodson 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: Woodson County public records, Kansas arrest records, Kansas inmate search and Kansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Woodson County
The Woodson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Woodson County. It reported 17 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
One city in Woodson County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Yates Center, 1,315 residents.
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 Arrests The Woodson 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.
- Woodson County Sheriff's Office: 17 for 2024, 17 for 2023, 38 for 2022, 47 for 2021, 34 for 2020 and 23 for 2019.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Woodson County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Woodson 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 2021 the jail held about 7 people, up from about 6 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 10 beds, and it ran at 60 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Woodson County
For Woodson 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 Woodson 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 Woodson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Yates Center: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Woodson County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the three cities in Woodson County: Yates Center. Toronto and Neosho Falls 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 Woodson County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Woodson County each year?
The Woodson County Sheriff's Office reported 17 arrests to the FBI for 2024.
Where are people arrested in Woodson County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Woodson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Woodson 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 Woodson County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Woodson 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 Woodson 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.