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.
New Philadelphia, Ohio, in Tuscarawas County, has about 17,000 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 Tuscarawas 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: New Philadelphia public records, Tuscarawas County arrest records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in New Philadelphia
The FBI lists New Philadelphia with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as New Philadelphia Police Department. It reported 309 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 Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 206 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Tuscarawas County: the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (other).
How Many Arrests New Philadelphia 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.
- New Philadelphia: 309 for 2025, 212 for 2024, 128 for 2023, 120 for 2022, 132 for 2021 and 335 for 2020.
New Philadelphia's 309 arrests in 2025 were up 46 percent from 212 in 2024.
Through September 2026, New Philadelphia reported 197 arrests, against 244 in the same months of 2025.
Across Tuscarawas County, the seven agencies with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 1,961 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in New Philadelphia Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in New Philadelphia 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 110 people, up from about 90 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 8 beds, and it ran at 1125 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 Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office at co.tuscarawas.oh.us/government/sheriff/divisions/jail/currently_hou... (page title: Tuscarawas County Ohio), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 New Philadelphia
Whether someone was arrested in New Philadelphia, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Tuscarawas County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.tuscarawas.oh.us/government/court_of_common_pleas_court_general_..., phone 330-343-4682); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.tuscarawas.oh.us/government/prosecutor/index.php, phone 330-365-3286).
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 New Philadelphia
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 New Philadelphia police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at newphiladelphiaoh.gov/m/directory/department?did=6 (page title: Staff Directory, Police Department), phone 330-343-4488, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 330-365-3286, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Tuscarawas County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at co.tuscarawas.oh.us, phone 330-343-4682.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
The Tuscarawas County guide covers every agency in the county: Tuscarawas County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in New Philadelphia each year?
New Philadelphia reported 309 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in New Philadelphia?
Ask the Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.tuscarawas.oh.us.
Where are people arrested in New Philadelphia booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in New Philadelphia?
The court files of criminal cases in the Tuscarawas 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 New Philadelphia?
From the agency that made the arrest: the New Philadelphia police for its own arrests, the Tuscarawas 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.
Is this the official New Philadelphia 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.