Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. 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 26, 2026.
Olmsted Falls, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County, has about 8,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Olmsted Falls is held at the county jail, run by the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Olmsted Falls public records, Cuyahoga County inmate search, Olmsted Falls arrest records, Olmsted Falls warrants, Olmsted Falls criminal records, Olmsted Falls court records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Olmsted Falls
The county jail, run by the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Olmsted Falls, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office at cuyahogacounty.gov/sheriff/corrections-jail (page title: Corrections/Jail), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Cuyahoga County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 1,710 people, down from about 2,350 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 1,896 beds, and it ran at 90 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Cuyahoga County has about 1.2 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 14 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Cuyahoga County Jail
The Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Olmsted Falls (filed by the FBI as Olmsted Falls Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Olmsted Falls.
The FBI's agency list also places four campus police departments, two other agencies and one state agency in Cuyahoga County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Cleveland's 3,022 for 2025, Lakewood's 1,167 for 2025 and North Randall's 1,152 for 2025.
Together, the 47 agencies in Cuyahoga County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 16,466 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Olmsted Falls arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction lists its inmates at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Olmsted Falls?
Ask the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at cuyahogacounty.gov/sheriff/corrections-jail.
How many people are in the Cuyahoga County jail?
About 1,710 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1,896 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Cuyahoga County go?
To a facility of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; its inmate locator is at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
Is this the official Olmsted Falls 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.