Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Butler County, Ohio, has about 400,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Butler County depends on where the incident happened: the Butler County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Ohio Public Records Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Butler County public records, Butler County arrest records, Butler County warrants, Butler County inmate search, Butler County criminal records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Butler County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Butler County that is the Butler County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's list also carries Miami University (campus police) and Butler County Metroparks (other agency), each with a records office of its own.
The Sharonville Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Butler County, so its arrests are not broken out for Butler County here.
Reports from the Butler County Sheriff's Office
The Butler County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 74 violent and 606 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 452 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at butlersheriff.org/jail-facilities (page title: Jail Facilities | Butler County Sheriff’s Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Butler County
The ten cities the FBI lists in Butler County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Hamilton: 189 violent and 1,495 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,439 arrests reported for 2025.
- Middletown: 896 arrests reported for 2024.
- Fairfield (township): 25 violent and 558 property crimes reported for 2025; 602 arrests reported for 2025.
- Fairfield: 81 violent and 638 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,986 arrests reported for 2025.
- Oxford: 19 violent and 152 property crimes reported for 2025; 302 arrests reported for 2025.
- Oxford (township): 6 arrests reported for 2022.
- Monroe: 18 violent and 264 property crimes reported for 2025; 214 arrests reported for 2025. The Monroe police department's page is at monroetwp-oh.gov/police.html, phone 513-734-6462 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Trenton: 25 violent and 59 property crimes reported for 2025; 306 arrests reported for 2025.
- New Miami: 4 violent and 12 property crimes reported for 2025; 36 arrests reported for 2025.
- Seven Mile.
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 Reports: Butler County in 2025
The ten agencies in Butler County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 508 violent and 4,709 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the ten agencies in Butler County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,118 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Ohio Public Records Act Requires
The Ohio Public Records Act sets the rules: an answer promptly, within a reasonable period of time, at a charge of the actual cost of copying, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at bcohio.gov/board_of_commissioners/public_records_request.php (page title: Butler, OH).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (513)785-5752, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Butler County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Butler 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.
How long does an agency in Butler County have to answer?
Under the Ohio Public Records Act, promptly, within a reasonable period of time. It may charge the actual cost of copying.
How do I get a report from the Butler County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Ohio Public Records Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable period of time.
Is this the official Butler 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.