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.
Hilliard, Ohio, in Franklin County, has about 39,000 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 Franklin 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: Hilliard public records, Franklin County arrest records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Hilliard
The FBI lists Hilliard with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Hilliard Police Department. It reported 667 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 Franklin County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 875 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Franklin County: the Columbus and Franklin County Metropolitan Park District and the Port Columbus International Airport (other); Ohio State University at Columbus, Columbus State Community College, Otterbein University and Capital University (campus police).
How Many Arrests Hilliard 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.
- Hilliard: 667 for 2025, 640 for 2024, 605 for 2023, 539 for 2022, 497 for 2021 and 438 for 2020.
Hilliard's 667 arrests in 2025 were up 4.2 percent from 640 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Hilliard reported 404 arrests, against 423 in the same months of 2025.
Across Franklin County, the 24 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 19,932 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Hilliard Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Hilliard 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 1,660 people, down from about 2,120 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 1,883 beds, and it ran at 88 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 Franklin County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.franklincountyohio.gov/Services/Inmate-Information (page title: Inmate Information | Franklin County Sheriff’s Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 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 Hilliard
Whether someone was arrested in Hilliard, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at fcdcfcjs.co.franklin.oh.us/CaseInformationOnline); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at franklincountyohio.gov/Agency-Directory/Prosecuting-Attorney, phone 614-525-3555).
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 Hilliard
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 Hilliard police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at hilliardohio.gov/police-public-records (page title: Police Public Records Request | City of Hilliard), phone (614) 876-2429, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 614-525-3555, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at fcdcfcjs.co.franklin.oh.us.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at clerk.franklincountyohio.gov (page title: Public Records Request Form | Franklin County Clerk of Courts).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
The Franklin County guide covers every agency in the county: Franklin County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Hilliard each year?
Hilliard reported 667 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Hilliard?
Look on the custody page of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.franklincountyohio.gov. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Hilliard booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Hilliard?
The court files of criminal cases in the Franklin 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 Hilliard?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Hilliard police for its own arrests, the Franklin 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 clerk.franklincountyohio.gov.
Is this the official Hilliard 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.