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). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Greene County is held at the county jail, run by the Greene County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Greene County public records, Greene County arrest records, Greene County warrants, Greene County criminal records, Greene County court records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Greene County
The county jail, run by the Greene County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Greene County, from every agency.
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.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Greene County Jail by the Numbers
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.
Greene County has about 172,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 11 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Greene County Jail
The Greene County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Beavercreek, Fairborn, Xenia, Bellbrook, Cedarville, Yellow Springs and one more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Greene County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Greene County: Wright State University, Central State University and Wilberforce University (campus police).
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 largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Fairborn's 724 for 2025, Beavercreek's 603 for 2025 and Xenia's 536 for 2025.
Together, the six agencies in Greene County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,072 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Greene County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction lists its inmates at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate 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.
How many people are in the Greene County jail?
About 190 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 382 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Greene County go?
To a facility of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; its inmate locator is at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
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.