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 October 1, 2026.
Columbiana County, Ohio, has about 100,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Columbiana County Sheriff's Office and 16 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 Columbiana 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: Columbiana County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Columbiana County
The Columbiana County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Columbiana County. It reported 124 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists 11 cities in Columbiana County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Salem, 11,685 residents: 173 arrests reported for 2025.
- East Liverpool, 9,651 residents: 378 arrests reported for 2025.
- Columbiana, 6,773 residents: 115 arrests reported for 2025.
- East Palestine, 4,643 residents: 175 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wellsville, 3,027 residents.
- Lisbon, 2,519 residents: 91 arrests reported for 2025.
- Leetonia, 1,785 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Salineville, 1,167 residents: 4 arrests reported for 2022.
- New Waterford, 1,163 residents: 12 arrests reported for 2022.
- Washingtonville, 699 residents.
- Hanoverton, 344 residents.
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 Minerva Police Department is listed by the FBI across three counties including Columbiana County, so its arrests are not broken out for Columbiana County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Columbiana 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.
- Salem Township: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Leetonia: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- East Liverpool: 378 for 2025, 433 for 2024, 327 for 2023, 294 for 2022, 414 for 2021 and 315 for 2020.
- East Palestine: 175 for 2025, 190 for 2024, 230 for 2023, 201 for 2022, 122 for 2021 and 68 for 2020.
- Salem: 173 for 2025, 173 for 2024, 189 for 2023, 206 for 2022, 209 for 2021 and 264 for 2020.
- St. Clair Township: 153 for 2025, 243 for 2024, 351 for 2023, 301 for 2021 and 266 for 2019; 2020 and 2022 are missing months.
- Columbiana County Sheriff's Office: 124 for 2025, 139 for 2024, 142 for 2023, 183 for 2022, 171 for 2021 and 116 for 2020.
- Columbiana: 115 for 2025, 168 for 2024, 220 for 2023, 252 for 2022, 188 for 2021 and 98 for 2020.
- Lisbon: 91 for 2025, 59 for 2024, 50 for 2023, 73 for 2022, 53 for 2021 and 9 for 2020.
- Liverpool Township: 50 for 2025 and 39 for 2023; 2024 is missing months.
- Perry Township: 52 for 2020.
- New Waterford: 12 for 2022 and 12 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the ten agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,563 arrests that year. The nine of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,513 in 2025 against 3,709 in 2024, down 5.3 percent.
Through September 2026, the eight agencies with every month so far on file reported 2,134 arrests, against 2,496 in the same months of 2025.
Salineville, New Waterford, Hanoverton and Perry Township reported only part of 2025 (6 months, 5 months, 1 month and 5 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Columbiana County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Columbiana 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 160 people, down from about 240 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 178 beds, and it ran at 133 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 Columbiana County Sheriff's Office at colcountysheriff.com, phone (330) 424-7255, 105 S. Market St Lisbon, OH 44432, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 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 Columbiana County
For Columbiana County the place to look is the case index of the Columbiana County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at ccclerk.org/case-access, phone (330) 424-7777).
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 Columbiana 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 Columbiana County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (330) 424-7255.
- An arrest in Salem, East Liverpool, Columbiana, East Palestine, Wellsville, Lisbon or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Columbiana County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at ccclerk.org/case-access, phone (330) 424-7777.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Cities in Columbiana County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for 11 of the 13 cities in Columbiana County: Salem, East Liverpool, Columbiana, East Palestine, Wellsville, Lisbon, Leetonia, Salineville, New Waterford, Washingtonville and Hanoverton. Rogers and Summitville have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the St. Clair Township Police Department, the Salem Township Police Department, the Liverpool Township Police Department and two more as city agencies in Columbiana County; St. Clair Township, Salem Township, Liverpool Township and two more are not among the cities above.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Columbiana County Court of Common Pleas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Columbiana County each year?
Salem Township reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the ten agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,563 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Columbiana County?
Ask the Columbiana County Sheriff's Office at (330) 424-7255; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at colcountysheriff.com.
Where are people arrested in Columbiana County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Columbiana County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Columbiana County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Columbiana 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 Columbiana County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Columbiana 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 Columbiana 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.