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 26, 2026.
Rossford, Ohio, in Wood County, has about 6,400 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 Wood 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: Rossford public records, Wood County arrest records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Rossford
The FBI lists Rossford with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Rossford Police Department. It reported 1,152 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 Wood County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 76 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Wood County: Bowling Green State University (campus police); the Wood County Park District (other).
How Many Arrests Rossford 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.
- Rossford: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
Through September 2026, Rossford reported 666 arrests, against 864 in the same months of 2025.
Across Wood County, the nine agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 5,061 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Rossford Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Rossford 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 120 people, down from about 160 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 164 beds, and it ran at 99 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Rossford
An arrest in Rossford can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Wood County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at prosecutor.woodcountyohio.gov/case-information); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at prosecutor.woodcountyohio.gov/staff, phone 419-354-9250).
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 Rossford
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 Rossford police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at rossfordohio.com/departments/police/services/public_records.php (page title: Welcome to Rossford, OH), phone (419) 666-7390, Mon-Fri, 8AM to 5PM., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Wood County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 419-354-9250, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Wood County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at prosecutor.woodcountyohio.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at clerkofcourt.co.wood.oh.us (page title: Wood County Clerk of Courts, Wood County Ohio Public Records Request).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
The Wood County guide covers every agency in the county: Wood County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Rossford each year?
Rossford reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Rossford booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wood County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Rossford?
The court files of criminal cases in the Wood 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 Rossford?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Rossford police for its own arrests, the Wood 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 clerkofcourt.co.wood.oh.us.
Is this the official Rossford 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.