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.
Fulton County, Ohio, has about 42,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office and five 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 Fulton 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: Fulton County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Fulton County
The Fulton County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Fulton County. It reported 48 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside five of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Wauseon, 7,455 residents: 60 arrests reported for 2025.
- Archbold, 4,445 residents: 42 arrests reported for 2025.
- Swanton, 3,885 residents: 51 arrests reported for 2023.
- Delta, 3,312 residents: 25 arrests reported for 2025.
- Fayette, 1,282 residents: 15 arrests reported for 2023.
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 Each Agency Reports in Fulton County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Wauseon: 60 for 2025, 32 for 2022, 45 for 2021, 32 for 2020 and 89 for 2019; 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
- Fulton County Sheriff's Office: 48 for 2025, 0 for 2022, 0 for 2021, 0 for 2020 and 0 for 2019; 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
- Archbold: 42 for 2025, 31 for 2024, 59 for 2023, 75 for 2022, 78 for 2021 and 74 for 2020.
- Delta: 25 for 2025, 13 for 2024, 45 for 2023, 57 for 2022 and 32 for 2021.
- Swanton: 51 for 2023, 33 for 2022, 35 for 2021, 30 for 2020 and 27 for 2019.
- Fayette: 15 for 2023, 7 for 2020 and 5 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 175 arrests that year. The two of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 67 in 2025 against 44 in 2024, up 52 percent.
Through August 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 111 arrests, against 123 in the same months of 2025.
Fayette and Swanton reported only part of 2025 (8 months and 9 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Fulton County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Fulton 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 160 people, down from about 180 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 200 beds, and it ran at 79 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 Fulton County Sheriff's Office at fultoncountyoh.com/242/Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Fulton County, OH), phone (419) 335-4010, 129 Courthouse Plaza Wauseon, OH 43567, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction lists its inmates at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Fulton County
For Fulton County the place to look is the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at fultoncountyoh.com/658/Prosecutor, phone (419) 337-9240).
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 Fulton 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 Fulton County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (419) 335-4010.
- An arrest in Wauseon, Archbold, Swanton, Delta or Fayette: 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, (419) 337-9240, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at fultoncountyoh.com (page title: Public Records Requests | Fulton County, OH).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Cities in Fulton County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the seven cities in Fulton County: Wauseon, Archbold, Swanton, Delta and Fayette. Lyons and Metamora 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 Fulton County Court of Common Pleas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Fulton County each year?
Wauseon reported 60 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 175 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Fulton County?
Ask the Fulton County Sheriff's Office at (419) 335-4010; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at fultoncountyoh.com/242/Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Fulton County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Fulton County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Fulton 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 Fulton County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Fulton 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 fultoncountyoh.com.
Is this the official Fulton 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.