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.
Harrison County, Ohio, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Harrison County Sheriff's Office and two 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 Harrison 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: Harrison County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Harrison County
The Harrison County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Harrison County. It reported 90 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two 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:
- Cadiz, 2,950 residents: 22 arrests reported for 2025.
- Jewett, 532 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.
The Adena Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Harrison County, so its arrests are not broken out for Harrison County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Harrison 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.
- Harrison County Sheriff's Office: 90 for 2025, 80 for 2024, 62 for 2023, 68 for 2022, 112 for 2021 and 94 for 2020.
- Cadiz: 22 for 2025, 46 for 2024 and 32 for 2023.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 112 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 112 in 2025 against 126 in 2024, down 11 percent.
Through June 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 82 arrests, against 50 in the same months of 2025.
Jewett reported only part of 2025 (4 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Harrison County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Harrison County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 18 people, up from about 8 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 8 beds, and it ran at 100 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 Harrison County Sheriff's Office at harrisoncountyohio.gov/current-inmates (page title: Current Inmates), 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 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 Harrison County
Whether someone was arrested in Harrison County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Harrison County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Harrison County Court of Common Pleas, kept by the Clerk of Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date; the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at harrisoncountyohio.gov/prosecutor).
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at harrisoncountyohio.gov/court (page title: Harrison County Court), phone 740-942-8865, belongs to a lower court, not to the Harrison County Court of Common Pleas.
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 Harrison 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 Harrison County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Cadiz or Jewett: 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: in the Harrison County Court of Common Pleas it is kept by the Clerk of Courts. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at harrisoncountyohio.gov/court, phone 740-942-8865, is a lower court's.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at harrisoncountyohio.gov/public-records-request (page title: Public Records Request).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Cities in Harrison County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the nine cities in Harrison County: Cadiz and Jewett. Hopedale, Scio, Bowerston, Freeport, New Athens, Harrisville and Deersville 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 Harrison County Court of Common Pleas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Harrison County each year?
The Harrison County Sheriff's Office reported 90 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 112 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Harrison County?
Look on the custody page of the Harrison County Sheriff's Office at harrisoncountyohio.gov/current-inmates. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Harrison County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Harrison County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Harrison County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Harrison 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 Harrison County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Harrison 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 harrisoncountyohio.gov/public-records-request.
Is this the official Harrison 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.