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 September 30, 2026.
Hocking County, Ohio, has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Hocking County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 Hocking 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: Hocking County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Hocking County
The Hocking County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Hocking County. It reported 204 arrests for 2025.
One city in Hocking County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Logan, 7,142 residents: 189 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.
The Buchtel Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Hocking County, so its arrests are not broken out for Hocking County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Hocking 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.
- Hocking County Sheriff's Office: 204 for 2025, 193 for 2024, 159 for 2023, 125 for 2022, 167 for 2021 and 199 for 2020.
- Logan: 189 for 2025, 235 for 2024, 273 for 2023, 275 for 2022, 307 for 2020 and 433 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 393 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 393 in 2025 against 428 in 2024, down 8.2 percent.
Through June 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 152 arrests, against 201 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Hocking County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Hocking 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 34 people, down from about 38 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 32 beds, and it ran at 106 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 Hocking County Sheriff's Office at hockingsheriff.org (page title: Hocking County Sheriff's Office | Logan, Ohio), phone (740) 753-4060, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Hocking County
An arrest in Hocking County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Hocking County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at hocking.oh.gov/Clerk, phone (740) 385-2616); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at hocking.oh.gov/prosecutor, phone (740) 385-5343).
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 Hocking 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 Hocking County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (740) 753-4060.
- An arrest in Logan: 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, (740) 385-5343, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Hocking County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at hocking.oh.gov/Clerk, phone (740) 385-2616.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at hockingsheriff.org/records-request (page title: Public Records Request | Hocking County Sheriff's Office).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Cities in Hocking County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the three cities in Hocking County: Logan. Laurelville and Murray City 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 Hocking County Court of Common Pleas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Hocking County each year?
The Hocking County Sheriff's Office reported 204 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 393 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Hocking County?
Ask the Hocking County Sheriff's Office at (740) 753-4060; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at hockingsheriff.org.
Where are people arrested in Hocking County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Hocking County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Hocking County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Hocking 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 Hocking County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Hocking 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 hockingsheriff.org/records-request.
Is this the official Hocking 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.