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.
Fairfield County, Ohio, has about 168,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Fairfield County depends on where the incident happened: the Fairfield 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: Fairfield County public records, Fairfield County arrest records, Fairfield County warrants, Fairfield County inmate search, Fairfield County criminal records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Fairfield County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Fairfield County that is the Fairfield 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 Buckeye Lake Police Department, the Reynoldsburg Police Department and the Columbus Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Fairfield County, so their arrests are not broken out for Fairfield County here.
Reports from the Fairfield County Sheriff's Office
The Fairfield County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 55 violent and 572 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 230 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 740-652-7900. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at sheriff.fairfield.oh.us/FC-Jail-Bureau.html (page title: Jail Bureau | Fairfield County Sheriff's Office), phone 740-652-7900, 345 Lincoln Avenue Lancaster, OH 43130, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Fairfield County
The eight cities the FBI lists in Fairfield County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Lancaster: 163 violent and 722 property crimes reported for 2025; 446 arrests reported for 2025.
- Pickerington: 29 violent and 283 property crimes reported for 2025; 136 arrests reported for 2025. The Pickerington police department's page is at ci.pickerington.oh.us/departments/police, phone 614-575-6911 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Baltimore.
- Lithopolis: 16 arrests reported for 2021.
- Millersport.
- Pleasantville: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Carroll.
- Sugar Grove.
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: Fairfield County in 2025
The three agencies in Fairfield County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 247 violent and 1,577 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the four agencies in Fairfield County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,964 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Ohio Public Records Act Requires
Under the Ohio Public Records Act the agency must answer a request promptly, within a reasonable period of time, and it may charge the actual cost of copying. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at co.fairfield.oh.us/COMMISH/Public-Records-Request-Form.html (page title: Public Records Request Form | Fairfield County Board of Commissioners).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 740-652-7560, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Fairfield County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Fairfield 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 Fairfield 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 Fairfield County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 740-652-7900. Under the Ohio Public Records Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable period of time.
Is this the official Fairfield 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.