Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. 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 on September 23, 2026.
Ashland County, Ohio, has about 52,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Ashland County Sheriff's Office and four city agencies. An arrest 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 Ashland County Court of Common Pleas. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Ashland County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Ashland County
The Ashland County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Ashland County. It reported 94 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside four of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Ashland, 18,770 residents: 703 arrests reported for 2025.
- Loudonville, 2,778 residents: 27 arrests reported for 2025.
- Perrysville, 731 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mifflin, 154 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Ashland County
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.
- Mifflin: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Perrysville: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Ashland: 703 for 2025, 664 for 2024, 739 for 2023, 656 for 2022, 657 for 2021 and 778 for 2020.
- Ashland County Sheriff's Office: 94 for 2025, 100 for 2024, 83 for 2023, 78 for 2022, 82 for 2021 and 56 for 2020.
- Loudonville: 27 for 2025, 20 for 2024, 24 for 2023, 62 for 2022, 46 for 2021 and 41 for 2020.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,128 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,128 in 2025 against 3,088 in 2024, up 1.3 percent.
Through August 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,831 arrests, against 1,980 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Ashland County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Ashland County 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 100 people, down from about 130 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 127 beds, and it ran at 102 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 Ashland County Sheriff's Office at ashlandcountysheriff.org/corrections (page title: Corrections | Ashland County Sheriff Office), phone 419-685-9191, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Ashland County
An arrest in Ashland County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Ashland County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at ashlandcounty.org/clerkofcourts, phone 419-282-4242); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at ashlandcounty.org/prosecutor, phone 419-289-8857).
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 Ashland County
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 Ashland County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 419-685-9191.
- An arrest in Ashland, Loudonville, Perrysville or Mifflin: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 419-289-8857, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Ashland County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at ashlandcounty.org/clerkofcourts, phone 419-282-4242.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Cities in Ashland County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the nine cities in Ashland County: Ashland, Loudonville, Perrysville and Mifflin. Jeromesville, Hayesville, Bailey Lakes, Savannah and Polk have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Ashland County Court of Common Pleas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Ashland County each year?
Mifflin reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,128 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Ashland County?
Ask the Ashland County Sheriff's Office at 419-685-9191; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at ashlandcountysheriff.org/corrections.
Where are people arrested in Ashland County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Ashland County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Ashland County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Ashland 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 Ashland County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Ashland County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Ohio Public Records Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable period of time.
Is this the official Ashland County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.