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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 24, 2026.
Clark County, Nevada, has about 2.4 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by five city agencies and eight campus, state or other agencies. 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 District Attorney files charges, a case in the District Court for Clark County. 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: Clark County public records, Nevada arrest records, Nevada inmate search and Nevada criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Clark County
Arrests inside five of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Las Vegas, 678,922 residents: 56,306 arrests reported for 2025.
- Henderson, 350,039 residents: 8,585 arrests reported for 2025.
- North Las Vegas, 294,034 residents: 7,086 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mesquite, 23,599 residents: 700 arrests reported for 2025.
- Boulder City, 15,029 residents: 685 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 FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Clark County: Nevada Gaming Control Board in Clark County and Secretary of State Securities Division Enforcement Section (state agency); the University Police Services (campus police); the Clark County Fire Department, Las Vegas Fire and Rescue, Arson Bomb Unit, the Clark County School District, Las Vegas Municipal Court and one more (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Clark County
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.
- Las Vegas: 56,306 for 2025, 57,475 for 2024, 58,747 for 2023, 56,403 for 2022, 57,382 for 2021 and 77,112 for 2020.
- Henderson: 8,585 for 2025, 8,734 for 2024, 7,933 for 2023, 7,812 for 2022, 7,729 for 2021 and 9,916 for 2020.
- North Las Vegas: 7,086 for 2025, 6,477 for 2024, 5,195 for 2023, 5,417 for 2022, 4,812 for 2021 and 5,698 for 2020.
- Mesquite: 700 for 2025, 801 for 2024, 914 for 2023, 1,197 for 2022, 1,297 for 2021 and 816 for 2020.
- Boulder City: 685 for 2025, 612 for 2024, 472 for 2023, 406 for 2022, 456 for 2021 and 576 for 2020.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 73,362 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 73,362 in 2025 against 74,099 in 2024, down 1 percent.
Through June 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 36,431 arrests, against 35,452 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Clark County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Clark County 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 2024 the jail held about 3,530 people, down from about 5,000 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 5,548 beds, and it ran at 62 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 sheriff's office at clarkcountynv.gov/government/departments/detention_center/inmate-se... (page title: Clark County Inmate Search), phone (702) 671-3900, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Nevada Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.nv.gov/offender-info.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Clark County
An arrest in Clark County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the sheriff's office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the District Court for Clark County, kept by the County Clerk, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date; the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at clarkcountynv.gov/government/departments/district_attorney/division...).
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at cvpublicaccess.co.clark.nv.us/eservices/home.page.2 (page title: NV | Clark County Justice Court Case Search), belongs to a lower court, not to the District Court for Clark County.
Nevada does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Nevada Department of Public Safety Records, Communications and Compliance Division goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Clark County
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 Nevada Public Records Act the agency must answer within 5 business days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying; staff time only for extraordinary requests.
- An arrest in Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Mesquite or Boulder City: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by Nevada Gaming Control Board in Clark County, the University Police Services or the Clark County Fire Department: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the District Court for Clark County it is kept by the County Clerk. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at cvpublicaccess.co.clark.nv.us, is a lower court's.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at clarkcountynv.gov (page title: Public Records Request).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Records Bureau.
Cities in Clark County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the five cities in Clark County: Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Mesquite and Boulder City.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the District Court for Clark County.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Clark County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Henderson (350,039)
- North Las Vegas (294,034)
- Mesquite (23,599)
- Boulder City (15,029)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Clark County each year?
Las Vegas reported 56,306 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 73,362 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Clark County?
Look on the custody page of the sheriff's office at clarkcountynv.gov, or call (702) 671-3900. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Clark County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Clark County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Clark County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Nevada Department of Public Safety Records, Communications and Compliance Division is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Nevada Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Clark County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the sheriff's office or the city's police. Under the Nevada Public Records Act the answer is due within 5 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at clarkcountynv.gov.
Is this the official Clark 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.