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.
Upper Sandusky, Ohio, in Wyandot County, has about 6,600 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 Wyandot 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: Upper Sandusky public records, Wyandot County arrest records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Upper Sandusky
The FBI lists Upper Sandusky with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Upper Sandusky Police Department. It reported 103 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 Wyandot County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 65 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Upper Sandusky 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.
- Upper Sandusky: 103 for 2025, 176 for 2024, 238 for 2023, 184 for 2022, 318 for 2021 and 258 for 2020.
Upper Sandusky's 103 arrests in 2025 were down 41 percent from 176 in 2024.
Through June 2026, Upper Sandusky reported 45 arrests, against 54 in the same months of 2025.
Across Wyandot County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 168 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Upper Sandusky Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Upper Sandusky 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 23 people, up from about 23 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 20 beds, and it ran at 115 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 Wyandot County Sheriff's Office at co.wyandot.oh.us/183/Corrections (page title: Corrections | Wyandot County, OH), phone 866-345-1884, 119 N Seventh Street Upper Sandusky, OH 43351, Wednesdays 2 to 4 pm, 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 Upper Sandusky
Whether someone was arrested in Upper Sandusky, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Wyandot County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at wyandotcountyclerk.org/recordSearch.php?k=searchForm8804); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.wyandot.oh.us/m/directory/department?did=30).
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 Upper Sandusky
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 Upper Sandusky police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at uppersanduskyoh.com/department/police.php (page title: Upper Sandusky, OH), phone (419) 294-3862, 119 North 7th Street, Upper Sandusky, OH 43351, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Wyandot County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 866-345-1884.
- 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 Wyandot County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at wyandotcountyclerk.org.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
The Wyandot County guide covers every agency in the county: Wyandot County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Upper Sandusky each year?
Upper Sandusky reported 103 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Upper Sandusky?
Ask the Wyandot County Sheriff's Office at 866-345-1884; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.wyandot.oh.us/183/Corrections.
Where are people arrested in Upper Sandusky booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wyandot County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Upper Sandusky?
The court files of criminal cases in the Wyandot 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 Upper Sandusky?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Upper Sandusky police for its own arrests, the Wyandot 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 Upper Sandusky 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.