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 September 25, 2026.
Alliance, Ohio, in Stark County, has about 22,000 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 Stark County Court of Common Pleas. 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: Alliance public records, Stark County arrest records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Alliance
The FBI lists Alliance with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Alliance Police Department. It reported 702 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 Stark County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 389 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Stark County: the Stark County Park District and Republic N&T Railroad (other); Walsh University and Malone University (campus police).
How Many Arrests Alliance 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.
- Alliance: 702 for 2025, 660 for 2024, 776 for 2023, 959 for 2022, 865 for 2021 and 921 for 2020.
Alliance's 702 arrests in 2025 were up 6.4 percent from 660 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Alliance reported 418 arrests, against 398 in the same months of 2025.
Across Stark County, the 13 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,278 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Alliance Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Alliance 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 440 people, down from about 490 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 534 beds, and it ran at 83 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 Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction lists its inmates at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Alliance
For Alliance the place to look is the case index of the Stark County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at probate.co.stark.oh.us/search/search.html).
Ohio does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation 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 Alliance
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 Ohio Public Records Act the agency must answer promptly, within a reasonable period of time, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Alliance police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at alliancepolice.com/record-request (page title: Record Request), phone 330.821.9140, 470 E. Market St, Alliance, OH 44601, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Stark County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Stark County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at probate.co.stark.oh.us/search/search.html.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
The Stark County guide covers every agency in the county: Stark County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Alliance each year?
Alliance reported 702 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Alliance booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Stark County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Alliance?
The court files of criminal cases in the Stark County Court of Common Pleas are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Ohio Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Alliance?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Alliance police for its own arrests, the Stark County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Ohio Public Records Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable period of time.
Is this the official Alliance 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.