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.
Greene County, Ohio, has about 172,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Greene County Sheriff's Office, eight city agencies and three campus 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 Greene 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: Greene County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Greene County
The Greene County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Greene County. It reported 263 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
Arrests inside seven 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:
- Beavercreek, 48,012 residents: 603 arrests reported for 2025.
- Fairborn, 35,105 residents: 724 arrests reported for 2025.
- Xenia, 26,067 residents: 536 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bellbrook, 7,532 residents: 42 arrests reported for 2025.
- Cedarville, 4,491 residents: 8 arrests reported for 2021.
- Yellow Springs, 3,756 residents: 15 arrests reported for 2025.
- Jamestown, 2,114 residents: 19 arrests reported for 2022.
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 Kettering Police Department and the Centerville Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Greene County, so their arrests are not broken out for Greene County here.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Greene County: Wright State University, Central State University and Wilberforce University (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Greene 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.
- Fairborn: 724 for 2025, 616 for 2024, 434 for 2023, 539 for 2022, 625 for 2021 and 646 for 2020.
- Beavercreek: 603 for 2025, 402 for 2024, 448 for 2023, 464 for 2022, 475 for 2021 and 672 for 2020.
- Xenia: 536 for 2025, 575 for 2024, 654 for 2023, 649 for 2022, 587 for 2021 and 689 for 2020.
- Sugarcreek Township: 152 for 2025, 139 for 2024, 225 for 2023, 157 for 2022, 107 for 2021 and 167 for 2020.
- Bellbrook: 42 for 2025, 55 for 2024, 63 for 2023, 50 for 2022, 63 for 2021 and 46 for 2020.
- Yellow Springs: 15 for 2025, 51 for 2024, 43 for 2023, 39 for 2022, 42 for 2021 and 25 for 2020.
- Greene County Sheriff's Office: 263 for 2024, 267 for 2023, 229 for 2022, 281 for 2021, 277 for 2020 and 322 for 2019.
- Jamestown: 19 for 2022, 27 for 2021, 32 for 2020 and 25 for 2019.
- Cedarville: 8 for 2021.
Together, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,072 arrests that year. The five of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,469 in 2025 against 1,436 in 2024, up 2.3 percent.
Greene County Sheriff's Office reported only part of 2025 (8 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Greene County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Greene 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 190 people, down from about 370 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 382 beds, and it ran at 50 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 Greene County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.greenecountyohio.gov/inmateSearch (page title: Inmate Search | Greene County Sheriff's Office OH), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 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 Greene County
An arrest in Greene County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Greene County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Greene County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.greenecountyohio.gov/eservices); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at greenecountyohio.gov/461/Prosecutor, phone (937) 562-5250).
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 Greene 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 Greene County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Beavercreek, Fairborn, Xenia, Bellbrook, Cedarville, Yellow Springs or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by Wright State University, Central State University or Wilberforce University: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (937) 562-5250, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Greene County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at courts.greenecountyohio.gov/eservices.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at greenecountyohio.gov (page title: Public Records Requests | Greene County, OH).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Cities in Greene County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for seven of the ten cities in Greene County: Beavercreek, Fairborn, Xenia, Bellbrook, Cedarville, Yellow Springs and Jamestown. Spring Valley, Bowersville and Clifton have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Sugarcreek Township Police Department as a city agency in Greene County; Sugarcreek Township is 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 Greene County Court of Common Pleas.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Greene County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Beavercreek (48,012)
- Fairborn (35,105)
- Bellbrook (7,532)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Greene County each year?
Fairborn reported 724 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the six agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,072 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Greene County?
Look on the custody page of the Greene County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.greenecountyohio.gov/inmateSearch. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Greene County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Greene County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Greene County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Greene 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 Greene County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Greene 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 greenecountyohio.gov.
Is this the official Greene 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.