Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026.
Cambridge, Ohio, in Guernsey County, has about 10,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Ohio the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Clerk of Courts; the statewide criminal history kept by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Cambridge is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Cambridge public records, Guernsey County criminal records, Cambridge arrest records, Cambridge warrants, Cambridge court records, Cambridge police reports, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Guernsey County Court of Common Pleas
A criminal case from Cambridge is filed in the Guernsey County Court of Common Pleas or the Municipal and County Courts, which take misdemeanors, traffic cases, evictions and civil cases up to $15,000; mayor's courts handle some village tickets, and the court file, kept by the Clerk of Courts, is the record of it that the public may see.
For Guernsey County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at guernseycounty.gov/clerk-of-courts (page title: Clerk of Courts | Guernsey County, Ohio), phone (740) 432-9230, Monday - Friday 8:30AM - 12:00PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Ohio has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The Ohio Criminal History and Your Own Copy
The statewide criminal history kept by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is closed to the public in Ohio: it is released to its subject and to authorized employers and licensing agencies, and a member of the public uses the court's own case index instead.
To see your own record, the route is a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Individuals-and-Families/Consumers/Requesti....
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Cambridge
The Guernsey County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Cambridge (filed by the FBI as Cambridge Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Cambridge: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
Together, the three agencies in Guernsey County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,475 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Cambridge arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Cambridge in 2022
The agency that reports for Cambridge had 10 violent and 78 property crimes reported for 2022; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The Prosecuting Attorney for Guernsey County
Charges in Guernsey County are filed by the Prosecuting Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Guernsey County Court of Common Pleas or the Municipal and County Courts.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at guernseycounty.gov/county-prosecutor (page title: County Prosecutor | Guernsey County, Ohio), phone (740) 432-9389, Monday - Friday 8:00AM to 4:00PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Cambridge
Registered sex offenders living in Cambridge are listed on eSORN, run by the Ohio Attorney General at icrimewatch.net/index.php?AgencyID=55149. The registry is public and can be searched online; the county sheriff registers them.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Guernsey County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Ohio Public Records Act a county office must answer a request promptly, within a reasonable period of time, and it may charge the actual cost of copying. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at guernseycounty.gov/clerk-of-courts/public-records-requests (page title: Public Records Requests | Guernsey County, Ohio).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Cambridge?
The court files of criminal cases in the Guernsey 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.
Can I search Cambridge criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at guernseycounty.gov/clerk-of-courts (page title: Clerk of Courts | Guernsey County, Ohio).
How do I get my own Ohio criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Who prosecutes crimes in Cambridge?
The Prosecuting Attorney, reached at (740) 432-9389, which files its cases in the Guernsey County Court of Common Pleas or the Municipal and County Courts.
Is this the official Cambridge 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.