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 on September 23, 2026.
Licking County, Ohio, has about 185,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Ohio the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Clerk of Courts; the statewide criminal history kept by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Licking County is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Licking County public records, Licking County arrest records, Licking County warrants, Licking County inmate search, Licking County court records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Licking County Court of Common Pleas
A criminal case from Licking County is filed in the Licking County Court of Common Pleas or the Municipal and County Courts, which take misdemeanors, traffic cases, evictions and civil cases up to $15,000; mayor's courts handle some village tickets, and the court file, kept by the Clerk of Courts, is the record of it that the public may see.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at lickingcounty.gov/depts/clerk/records_search.htm (page title: Licking County | Common Pleas Case Records Search), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Ohio has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The Ohio Criminal History and Your Own Copy
The statewide criminal history kept by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is closed to the public in Ohio: it is released to its subject and to authorized employers and licensing agencies, and a member of the public uses the court's own case index instead.
To see your own record, the route is a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Individuals-and-Families/Consumers/Requesti....
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Licking County
The Licking County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Newark, Pataskala, Heath, Granville, Johnstown, Buckeye Lake and five more cities keep the arrest records in Licking County: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Licking County: the Licking Park District and Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force (other agency); Ohio State University at Newark (campus police); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
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.
Together, the seven agencies in Licking County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,221 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Licking County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Licking County in 2025
The six agencies in Licking County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 308 violent and 1,655 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,963 crimes in 2025 against 2,175 in 2024. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Licking County public records guide.
The Prosecuting Attorney for Licking County
Charges in Licking County are filed by the Prosecuting Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Licking County Court of Common Pleas or the Municipal and County Courts.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at lickingcounty.gov/depts/prosecutors/default.htm (page title: Licking County | Prosecutors), phone 740-670-5255, Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Licking County
Registered sex offenders living in Licking County are listed on eSORN, run by the Ohio Attorney General at icrimewatch.net/index.php?AgencyID=55149. The registry is public and can be searched online; the county sheriff registers them.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Licking County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Ohio Public Records Act a county office must answer a request promptly, within a reasonable period of time, and it may charge the actual cost of copying. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at lickingcounty.gov/depts/commissioners/forms/recordsreq.htm (page title: Licking County | Public Records Request).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal 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.
Can I search Licking County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at lickingcounty.gov (page title: Licking County | Common Pleas Case Records Search).
How do I get my own Ohio criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Who prosecutes crimes in Licking County?
The Prosecuting Attorney, reached at 740-670-5255, which files its cases in the Licking County Court of Common Pleas or the Municipal and County Courts.
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.