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 28, 2026.
Orrville, Ohio, in Wayne County, has about 8,400 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 Wayne 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: Orrville public records, Wayne County arrest records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Orrville
The FBI lists Orrville with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Orrville Police Department. It reported 42 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 Wayne County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 205 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Wayne County: Ohio State University at Wooster (campus police).
How Many Arrests Orrville 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.
- Orrville: 42 for 2025, 42 for 2024, 32 for 2023, 57 for 2022, 45 for 2021 and 49 for 2020.
Through September 2026, Orrville reported 33 arrests, against 31 in the same months of 2025.
Across Wayne County, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 3,538 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Orrville Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Orrville 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 150 people, up from about 130 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 102 beds, and it ran at 145 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Orrville
An arrest in Orrville can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Wayne County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at records.wayneclerkofcourts.org/case-information); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at wayneohio.org/agency_department/prosecutor-felony-misdemeanor, phone (330) 287-5633).
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 Orrville
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 Orrville police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at orrville.com/orrville-police-records (page title: Orrville Police Records | City of Orrville), phone 330-684-5058, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (330) 287-5633, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Wayne County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at records.wayneclerkofcourts.org.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
The Wayne County guide covers every agency in the county: Wayne County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Orrville each year?
Orrville reported 42 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Orrville booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Orrville?
The court files of criminal cases in the Wayne 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 Orrville?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Orrville police for its own arrests, the Wayne 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 Orrville 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.