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.
Clermont County, Ohio, has about 214,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Clermont County is held at the county jail, run by the Clermont County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Clermont County
The county jail, run by the Clermont County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Clermont County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Clermont County Sheriff's Office at clermontsheriff.org/jail-inmate-search (page title: Sheriff's Office | Jail Inmate Search), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Clermont County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 330 people, down from about 380 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 370 beds, and it ran at 89 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Clermont County has about 214,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 15 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Clermont County Jail
The Clermont County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Milford, New Richmond, Bethel, Williamsburg, Batavia, Owensville and one more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Clermont County.
The Loveland Police Department is listed by the FBI across three counties including Clermont County, so its arrests are not broken out for Clermont County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Union Township's 1,268 for 2025, the Clermont County Sheriff's Office's 1,009 for 2025 and Miami Township's 408 for 2025.
Together, the eight agencies in Clermont County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,010 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Clermont County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction lists its inmates at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Clermont County?
Look on the custody page of the Clermont County Sheriff's Office at clermontsheriff.org/jail-inmate-search. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Clermont County jail?
About 330 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 370 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Clermont County go?
To a facility of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; its inmate locator is at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
Is this the official Clermont 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.