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.
Sunbury, Ohio, in Delaware County, has about 9,700 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 Delaware 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: Sunbury public records, Delaware County arrest records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Sunbury
The FBI lists Sunbury with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Sunbury Police Department. It reported 38 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 Delaware County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 624 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Delaware County: Preservation Parks of Delaware County (other).
How Many Arrests Sunbury 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.
- Sunbury: 38 for 2025, 35 for 2024, 27 for 2023 and 17 for 2022.
Through June 2026, Sunbury reported 26 arrests, against 21 in the same months of 2025.
Across Delaware County, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,580 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Sunbury Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sunbury 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 130 people, down from about 200 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 286 beds, and it ran at 45 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Delaware County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.co.delaware.oh.us/jtlist (page title: Current Inmate Listing | Delaware County Jail | Sheriff), phone (740) 203-1550, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Sunbury
An arrest in Sunbury can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Delaware County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at clerkofcourts.co.delaware.oh.us, phone (740) 833-2500); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at prosecutor.co.delaware.oh.us).
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 Sunbury
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 Sunbury police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at sunburyohio.org/m/directory/department?did=8 (page title: Staff Directory, Police), phone 740-965-1411, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Delaware County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (740) 203-1550.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at clerkofcourts.co.delaware.oh.us, phone (740) 833-2500.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.delaware.oh.us (page title: Delaware County Public Records Requests | Delaware County).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
The Delaware County guide covers every agency in the county: Delaware County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Sunbury each year?
Sunbury reported 38 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Sunbury?
Look on the custody page of the Delaware County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.co.delaware.oh.us/jtlist, or call (740) 203-1550. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Sunbury booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Delaware County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Sunbury?
The court files of criminal cases in the Delaware 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 Sunbury?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Sunbury police for its own arrests, the Delaware 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 co.delaware.oh.us.
Is this the official Sunbury 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.