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.
Springfield, Ohio, in Clark County, has about 58,000 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 Clark 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: Springfield public records, Clark County arrest records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Springfield
The FBI lists Springfield with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Springfield Police Department. It reported 824 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 Clark County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 841 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Clark County: the Clark County Park District (other).
How Many Arrests Springfield 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.
- Springfield: 824 for 2025, 809 for 2024, 531 for 2023, 707 for 2022, 494 for 2021 and 2,217 for 2020.
Springfield's 824 arrests in 2025 were up 1.9 percent from 809 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Springfield reported 533 arrests, against 544 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Springfield Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Springfield 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 220 people, up from about 170 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 181 beds, and it ran at 120 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 Clark County Sheriff's Office at clarkcountyohio.gov/223/Jail (page title: Jail | Clark County, OH), 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 Springfield
For Springfield the place to look is the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at clarkcountyohio.gov/178/Prosecutor, phone (937) 521-1788).
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 Springfield
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 Springfield police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at springfieldohio.gov/city_services/records-and-reports (page title: Records and Reports | City of Springfield Ohio Official Website), phone 937-324-7710, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Clark County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (937) 521-1788, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at clarkcountyohio.gov/675/Records-Request (page title: Records Request | Clark County, OH).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
The Clark County guide covers every agency in the county: Clark County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Springfield each year?
Springfield reported 824 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Springfield?
Ask the Clark County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at clarkcountyohio.gov/223/Jail.
Where are people arrested in Springfield booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Clark County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Springfield?
The court files of criminal cases in the Clark 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 Springfield?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Springfield police for its own arrests, the Clark 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 clarkcountyohio.gov/675/Records-Request.
Is this the official Springfield 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.