Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Worthington, Minnesota, in Nobles County, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city 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 Nobles County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Worthington public records, Nobles County arrest records, Minnesota arrest records and Minnesota inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Worthington
The FBI lists Worthington with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Worthington Police Department. It reported 454 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Nobles County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 63 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Worthington Reports
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.
- Worthington: 454 for 2025, 516 for 2024, 602 for 2023, 607 for 2022, 454 for 2021 and 358 for 2020.
Worthington's 454 arrests in 2025 were down 12 percent from 516 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Worthington reported 252 arrests, against 295 in the same months of 2025.
Across Nobles County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 521 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Worthington Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Worthington 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 20 people, down from about 45 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 56 beds, and it ran at 80 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 Nobles County Sheriff's Office at co.nobles.mn.us/departments/sheriff/inmate-listing (page title: Inmate Listing | Nobles County Minnesota), phone (507) 295-5200, Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 27, 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.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Worthington
Whether someone was arrested in Worthington, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Nobles County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; Minnesota Court Records Online, the Minnesota Judicial Branch's free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed; the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.nobles.mn.us/departments/attorney, phone (507) 295-5298).
Minnesota is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the public criminal history search online is free and shows 15 years of convictions, through the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. 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 Worthington
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 Minnesota Government Data Practices Act the agency must answer promptly, within a reasonable time, and it may charge copying, and staff time for requests over 100 pages.
- An arrest by the Worthington police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at worthingtonmn.gov/Departments/Police-Department (page title: Police Department | City of Worthington), phone (507) 295-5400, 1530 Airport Road, Suite 300 Worthington, MN 56187, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Nobles County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (507) 295-5200.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, (507) 295-5298, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
The Nobles County guide covers every agency in the county: Nobles County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Worthington each year?
Worthington reported 454 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Worthington?
Look on the custody page of the Nobles County Sheriff's Office at co.nobles.mn.us, or call (507) 295-5200. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Worthington booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Nobles County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Worthington?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension: the public criminal history search online is free and shows 15 years of convictions. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Worthington?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Worthington police for its own arrests, the Nobles County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable time.
Is this the official Worthington website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.