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 between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Highland County, Ohio, has about 44,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Highland County depends on where the incident happened: the Highland 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.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Highland County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Highland County that is the Highland 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.
Reports from the Highland County Sheriff's Office
The Highland County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 26 violent and 156 property crimes reported for 2024 and reported 198 arrests for 2024.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at highlandcoso.com (page title: Highland County Sheriff's Office in Ohio), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Highland County
The six cities the FBI lists in Highland County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Hillsboro: 5 violent and 89 property crimes reported for 2024; 60 arrests reported for 2025.
- Greenfield: 4 violent and 21 property crimes reported for 2024; 64 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lynchburg.
- Leesburg: 4 violent and 15 property crimes reported for 2024; 14 arrests reported for 2024.
- Mowrystown: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Highland: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
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: Highland County in 2024
The four agencies in Highland County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 39 violent and 281 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the six agencies in Highland County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 2,700 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Ohio Public Records Act Requires
The Ohio Public Records Act sets the rules: an answer promptly, within a reasonable period of time, at a charge of the actual cost of copying, from the agency that holds the report.
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (614) 752-6417, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Highland County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Highland 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 Highland 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 Highland County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Ohio Public Records Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable period of time.
Is this the official Highland 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.