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 2, 2026.
Coshocton County, Ohio, has about 37,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Coshocton 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 Coshocton 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: Coshocton County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Coshocton County
The Coshocton County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Coshocton County. It reported 267 arrests for 2025.
One city in Coshocton County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- West Lafayette, 2,462 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.
How Many Arrests The Coshocton County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Coshocton County Sheriff's Office: 267 for 2025, 288 for 2024, 291 for 2023, 253 for 2022, 192 for 2021 and 141 for 2020.
The Coshocton County Sheriff's Office's 267 arrests in 2025 were down 7.3 percent from 288 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Coshocton County Sheriff's Office reported 187 arrests, against 173 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Coshocton County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Coshocton 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 37 people, down from about 68 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 15 beds, and it ran at 247 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Coshocton County Sheriff's Office at coshoctonsheriff.com/inmate-lookup (page title: Coshocton County Inmate Search), phone (740) 622-2411, 500 N 3rd St, Coshocton, OH 43812, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Coshocton County
An arrest in Coshocton County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Coshocton County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Coshocton County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at coshoctoncounty.net/coc/records-search, phone (740) 622-1456); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Files/Individuals-and-Families/Victims/Vict...).
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 Coshocton 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 Coshocton County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (740) 622-2411.
- An arrest in West Lafayette: 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 handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Coshocton County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at coshoctoncounty.net/coc/records-search, phone (740) 622-1456.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Cities in Coshocton County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the six cities in Coshocton County: West Lafayette. Coshocton, Warsaw, Conesville, Plainfield and Nellie 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 Coshocton County Court of Common Pleas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Coshocton County each year?
The Coshocton County Sheriff's Office reported 267 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Coshocton County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Coshocton County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Coshocton County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Coshocton 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 Coshocton County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Coshocton 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 Coshocton 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.