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 October 4, 2026.
Marietta, Ohio, in Washington County, has about 13,000 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 Washington 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: Marietta public records, Washington County arrest records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Marietta
The FBI lists Marietta with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Marietta Police Department. It reported 188 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 Washington County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 380 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Washington County: Marietta College (campus police).
How Many Arrests Marietta 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.
- Marietta: 188 for 2025, 223 for 2024, 251 for 2023, 195 for 2022, 252 for 2021 and 255 for 2020.
Marietta's 188 arrests in 2025 were down 16 percent from 223 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Marietta reported 96 arrests, against 122 in the same months of 2025.
Across Washington County, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2022 on file reported 669 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Marietta Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Marietta 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 94 people, down from about 110 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 94 beds, and it ran at 113 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 Washington County Sheriff's Office at washingtoncountysheriff.org/corrections (page title: Corrections | Ensure Community Safety | Washington County Sheriff's Office-Ohio), phone 866-345-1884, 205 Putnam Street, Marietta, OH 45750, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, whose inmate locator is at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Marietta
For Marietta the place to look is the case index of the Washington County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at washingtongov.org/250/Clerk-of-Courts, phone (740) 373-6623).
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 Marietta
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 Marietta police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at mariettaoh.net/services/police/divsions/police_records.php (page title: Welcome to City of Marietta), phone (740) 376-2007, Monday-Friday 8am-4pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Washington County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 866-345-1884.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Washington County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at washingtongov.org/250/Clerk-of-Courts, phone (740) 373-6623.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at washingtongov.org/605/Public-Records-Request (page title: Public Records Request | Washington County, OH).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
The Washington County guide covers every agency in the county: Washington County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Marietta each year?
Marietta reported 188 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Marietta?
Ask the Washington County Sheriff's Office at 866-345-1884; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at washingtoncountysheriff.org/corrections.
Where are people arrested in Marietta booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Washington County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Marietta?
The court files of criminal cases in the Washington 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 Marietta?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Marietta police for its own arrests, the Washington 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 washingtongov.org/605/Public-Records-Request.
Is this the official Marietta 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.