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.
Middletown, Ohio, in Butler County, has about 52,000 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 Butler 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: Middletown public records, Butler County arrest records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Middletown
The FBI lists Middletown with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Middletown Police Department. It reported 896 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 Butler County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 452 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Butler County: Miami University (campus police); Butler County Metroparks (other).
How Many Arrests Middletown 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.
- Middletown: 896 for 2024, 971 for 2022, 1,130 for 2021, 763 for 2020 and 997 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
Across Butler County, the ten agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,118 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Middletown Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Middletown 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 2024 the jail held about 810 people, down from about 1,110 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,150 beds, and it ran at 71 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 Butler County Sheriff's Office at butlersheriff.org/jail-facilities (page title: Jail Facilities | Butler County Sheriff’s Office), 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 Middletown
An arrest in Middletown can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Butler County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at docket.bcohio.gov); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at areacourts.bcohio.gov/attorney_services/prosecutors_assigned_to_the..., phone (513)785-5752).
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 Middletown
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 Middletown police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at cityofmiddletown.org/319/Records (page title: Records | Middletown, OH), phone 513-425-7700, 45042 One Donham Plaza Middletown OH 45042, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Butler County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (513)785-5752, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Butler County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at docket.bcohio.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at bcohio.gov (page title: Butler, OH).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
The Butler County guide covers every agency in the county: Butler County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Middletown each year?
Middletown reported 896 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Middletown?
Ask the Butler County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at butlersheriff.org/jail-facilities.
Where are people arrested in Middletown booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Butler County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Middletown?
The court files of criminal cases in the Butler 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 Middletown?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Middletown police for its own arrests, the Butler 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 bcohio.gov.
Is this the official Middletown 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.