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 4, 2026.
Gladstone, Missouri, in Clay County, has about 28,000 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 Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Clay County Circuit 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: Gladstone public records, Clay County arrest records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Gladstone
The FBI lists Gladstone with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Gladstone Police Department. It reported 1,412 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 Clay County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 1,626 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Gladstone 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.
- Gladstone: 1,412 for 2025, 1,643 for 2024, 1,142 for 2023, 1,207 for 2022, 947 for 2021 and 1,302 for 2020.
Gladstone's 1,412 arrests in 2025 were down 14 percent from 1,643 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Gladstone reported 554 arrests, against 903 in the same months of 2025.
Across Clay County, the eight agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,274 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Gladstone Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Gladstone 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 2023 the jail held about 180 people, down from about 340 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 380 beds, and it ran at 47 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Clay County Sheriff's Office at sheriffclayco.org/how-do-i/find-out-if-someone-is-in-jail (page title: How Do I Find If Someone is in Jail? | Clay County Sheriff's Office), phone 816-407-3800, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Missouri Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at web.mo.gov/doc/offSearchWeb.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Gladstone
An arrest in Gladstone can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: Case.net, the Missouri courts' free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed; the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at claycountymo.gov/485/Prosecuting-Attorney, phone 816-736-8300).
Missouri is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the open record search on the MACHS site lets anyone check convictions by name, through the Missouri State Highway Patrol Criminal Justice Information Services Division. 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 Gladstone
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Missouri Sunshine Law the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge research time and copying.
- An arrest by the Gladstone police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at gladstone.mo.us/Police/records-reports.php (page title: City of Gladstone, Missouri), phone (816) 423-4055, 7010 N Holmes Street Gladstone, MO 64118, Monday through Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Clay County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 816-407-3800.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 816-736-8300, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at claycountymo.gov (page title: CLAY COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE 1 Courthouse Square Liberty, MO 64068-2390).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Clay County guide covers every agency in the county: Clay County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Gladstone each year?
Gladstone reported 1,412 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Gladstone?
Ask the Clay County Sheriff's Office at 816-407-3800; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheriffclayco.org.
Where are people arrested in Gladstone booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Clay County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Gladstone?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Missouri State Highway Patrol Criminal Justice Information Services Division: the open record search on the MACHS site lets anyone check convictions by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Missouri Sunshine Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Gladstone?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Gladstone police for its own arrests, the Clay County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Missouri Sunshine Law the answer is due within 3 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at claycountymo.gov.
Is this the official Gladstone 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.