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). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Licking County is held at the county jail, run by the Licking County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Licking County
The county jail, run by the Licking County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Licking County, from every agency.
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 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.
The Licking County Jail by the Numbers
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.
Licking County has about 185,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 13 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Licking County Jail
The Licking County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Newark, Pataskala, Heath, Granville, Johnstown, Buckeye Lake and five more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Licking County.
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).
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 largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Alexandria's 1,152 for 2025, Newark's 455 for 2025 and the Licking County Sheriff's Office's 430 for 2025.
Together, the seven agencies in Licking County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,221 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Licking County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Licking County serves the sentence in a facility of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, whose inmate locator is at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate 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.
How many people are in the Licking County jail?
About 250 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 332 beds.
What is the phone number for the Licking County jail?
888-506-8407, the number on the page of the Licking County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Licking County go?
To a facility of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; its inmate locator is at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
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.