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 between September 23, 2026 and September 28, 2026.
Carroll County, Ohio, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 Carroll 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: Carroll County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Carroll County
The Carroll County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Carroll County. It reported 82 arrests for 2025.
One city in Carroll County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Carrollton, 3,060 residents: 15 arrests reported for 2024.
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.
The Magnolia Police Department and the Minerva Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Carroll County, so their arrests are not broken out for Carroll County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Carroll 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.
- Carroll County Sheriff's Office: 82 for 2025, 70 for 2023, 68 for 2022, 94 for 2021, 75 for 2020 and 75 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
- Carrollton: 15 for 2024, 31 for 2023 and 42 for 2022.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 101 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2023 and 2022 complete reported 101 in 2023 against 110 in 2022, down 8.2 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Carroll County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Carroll County 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 13 people, down from about 25 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 35 beds, and it ran at 71 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 Carroll County Sheriff's Office at carrollcountyohio.us/agencies-and-departments/sheriffs-office (page title: Carroll County Ohio Official Website), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 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 Carroll County
An arrest in Carroll County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Carroll County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at carrollcountyohio.us/agencies-and-departments/courts/clerk-of-courts); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at carrollcountyohio.us/agencies-and-departments/prosecutor, phone 330-627-4555).
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 Carroll County
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 Carroll County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Carrollton: 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, 330-627-4555, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Carroll County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at carrollcountyohio.us.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at carrollcountyohio.us/PublicRecordsRequest (page title: Public Records Request | Carroll County Ohio Official Websit).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Cities in Carroll County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the five cities in Carroll County: Carrollton. Malvern, Dellroy, Sherrodsville and Leesville 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 Carroll County Court of Common Pleas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Carroll County each year?
The Carroll County Sheriff's Office reported 82 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2023, the latest year most of the agencies in Carroll County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 101 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Carroll County?
Ask the Carroll County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at carrollcountyohio.us.
Where are people arrested in Carroll County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Carroll County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Carroll 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 Carroll County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Carroll 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at carrollcountyohio.us/PublicRecordsRequest.
Is this the official Carroll 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.