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 2024. 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.
Franklin, Ohio, in Warren County, has about 12,000 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 Warren 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: Franklin public records, Warren County arrest records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Franklin
The FBI lists Franklin with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Franklin Police Department. It reported 1,279 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year. 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 Warren County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 449 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Franklin 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.
- Franklin: 1,279 for 2024, 1,226 for 2023, 1,106 for 2022 and 575 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
Franklin's 1,279 arrests in 2024 were up 4.3 percent from 1,226 in 2023.
Across Warren County, the seven agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,398 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Franklin Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Franklin 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 2023 the jail held about 270 people, down from about 300 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 498 beds, and it ran at 55 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 Warren County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.warrencountyohio.gov/JailInformation/Index (page title: Warren County Sheriff), phone 866-345-1884, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Franklin
An arrest in Franklin can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Warren 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.warren.oh.us/search.php); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at prosecutor.warrencountyohio.gov/GenInfo/Staff/Index, phone 513-695-1325).
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 Franklin
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Franklin police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at franklinohio.org/departments/police/police_report_request.php (page title: Welcome to Franklin, OH), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Warren County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 866-345-1884.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 513-695-1325, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Warren County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at probate.co.warren.oh.us/search.php.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at warrencountyohio.gov (page title: IndexRecords Center & Archives).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
The Warren County guide covers every agency in the county: Warren County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Franklin each year?
Franklin reported 1,279 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Franklin?
Ask the Warren County Sheriff's Office at 866-345-1884; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheriff.warrencountyohio.gov.
Where are people arrested in Franklin booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Warren County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Franklin?
The court files of criminal cases in the Warren 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 Franklin?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Franklin police for its own arrests, the Warren 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at warrencountyohio.gov.
Is this the official Franklin 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.