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.
Licking County, Ohio, has about 185,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Licking County Sheriff's Office, 11 city agencies and three campus, state or other 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 Licking 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: Licking County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Licking County
The Licking County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Licking County. It reported 430 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside 11 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:
- Newark, 51,424 residents: 455 arrests reported for 2025.
- Pataskala, 18,493 residents: 164 arrests reported for 2022.
- Heath, 10,822 residents: 140 arrests reported for 2025.
- Granville, 6,308 residents: 33 arrests reported for 2025.
- Johnstown, 5,356 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Buckeye Lake, 2,575 residents: 51 arrests reported for 2022.
- Hebron, 2,406 residents: 11 arrests reported for 2025.
- Utica, 2,131 residents: 35 arrests reported for 2023.
- Alexandria, 497 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Kirkersville, 479 residents.
- St. Louisville, 365 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 New Albany Police Department and the Reynoldsburg Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Licking County, so their arrests are not broken out for Licking County here.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Licking County: the Licking Park District and Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force (other); Ohio State University at Newark (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Licking 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.
- Alexandria: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Newark: 455 for 2025, 484 for 2024, 583 for 2023, 592 for 2022, 477 for 2021 and 511 for 2020.
- Licking County Sheriff's Office: 430 for 2025, 407 for 2024, 344 for 2023, 319 for 2022, 287 for 2021 and 191 for 2020.
- Heath: 140 for 2025, 151 for 2024, 141 for 2023, 145 for 2022, 142 for 2021 and 192 for 2020.
- Granville: 33 for 2025, 45 for 2024, 31 for 2023, 51 for 2022, 39 for 2021 and 70 for 2020.
- Hebron: 11 for 2025, 15 for 2024, 16 for 2023, 25 for 2022 and 10 for 2021.
- Johnstown: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 6 for 2023 and 12 for 2019; 2020, 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Pataskala: 164 for 2022.
- Buckeye Lake: 51 for 2022.
- Utica: 35 for 2023, 32 for 2022, 53 for 2021, 39 for 2020 and 5 for 2019.
Together, the seven agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,221 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,221 in 2025 against 2,254 in 2024, down 1.5 percent.
Through May 2026, the six agencies with every month so far on file reported 760 arrests, against 728 in the same months of 2025.
Utica and Buckeye Lake reported only part of 2025 (10 months and 8 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Licking County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Licking 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 250 people, down from about 340 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 332 beds, and it ran at 101 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 Licking County Sheriff's Office at lickingcounty.gov/depts/sheriff/jail_inmate/default.htm (page title: Licking County | Jail Inmate Information), phone 888-506-8407, 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 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 Licking County
Whether someone was arrested in Licking County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Licking County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Licking County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at lickingcounty.gov/depts/clerk/records_search.htm); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at lickingcounty.gov/depts/prosecutors/default.htm, phone 740-670-5255).
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 Licking 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 Licking County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 888-506-8407.
- An arrest in Newark, Pataskala, Heath, Granville, Johnstown, Buckeye Lake or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by the Licking Park District, Ohio State University at Newark or Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 740-670-5255, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Licking County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at lickingcounty.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at lickingcounty.gov (page title: Licking County | Public Records Request).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Cities in Licking County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for 11 of the 14 cities in Licking County: Newark, Pataskala, Heath, Granville, Johnstown, Buckeye Lake, Hebron, Utica, Alexandria, Kirkersville and St. Louisville. Hanover, Hartford (Croton) and Gratiot 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 Licking County Court of Common Pleas.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Licking County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Licking County each year?
Alexandria reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the seven agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,221 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Licking County?
Look on the custody page of the Licking County Sheriff's Office at lickingcounty.gov, or call 888-506-8407. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Licking County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Licking County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Licking County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Licking 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 Licking County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Licking 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 lickingcounty.gov.
Is this the official Licking 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.