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.
Holmes County, Ohio, has about 45,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Holmes 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 Holmes 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: Holmes County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Holmes County
The Holmes County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Holmes County. It reported 57 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:
- Millersburg, 3,264 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Glenmont, 242 residents: 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.
The Loudonville Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Holmes County, so its arrests are not broken out for Holmes County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Holmes 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.
- Millersburg: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Glenmont: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Holmes County Sheriff's Office: 57 for 2025, 35 for 2024 and 44 for 2023.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,361 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,361 in 2025 against 2,339 in 2024, up 0.9 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,237 arrests, against 1,378 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Holmes County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Holmes 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 34 people, down from about 39 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 58 beds, and it ran at 67 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 Holmes County Sheriff's Office at holmescountysheriff.org/jail-and-corrections (page title: Holmes County Sheriff's Office), phone 866-340-7879, 8105 Township Rd 574, Holmesville, OH 44633, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Holmes County
An arrest in Holmes County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Holmes 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.co.holmes.oh.us); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.holmes.oh.us/prosecutor-governance).
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 Holmes 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 Holmes County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 866-340-7879.
- An arrest in Millersburg or Glenmont: 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: the Holmes County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at courts.co.holmes.oh.us.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.holmes.oh.us (page title: Public Records Request Form).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Cities in Holmes County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the five cities in Holmes County: Millersburg and Glenmont. Killbuck, Holmesville and Nashville 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 Holmes County Court of Common Pleas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Holmes County each year?
Millersburg reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,361 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Holmes County?
Ask the Holmes County Sheriff's Office at 866-340-7879; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at holmescountysheriff.org/jail-and-corrections.
Where are people arrested in Holmes County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Holmes County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Holmes County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Holmes 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 Holmes County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Holmes 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 co.holmes.oh.us.
Is this the official Holmes 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.