SearchSystems Editorial

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.

About this guide

Lucas County, Ohio, has about 426,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Lucas County Sheriff's Office, 12 city agencies and four 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 Lucas 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: Lucas County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.

Who Makes Arrests in Lucas County

The Lucas County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Lucas County. It reported 478 arrests for 2025.

The FBI lists 11 cities in Lucas County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:

  • Toledo, 265,638 residents: 6,048 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Oregon, 19,726 residents: 967 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Sylvania, 19,102 residents: 134 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Sylvania (township), 19,102 residents: 251 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Maumee, 13,625 residents: 432 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Waterville, 6,022 residents: 54 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Waterville (township), 6,022 residents: 38 arrests reported for 2019.
  • Whitehouse, 5,083 residents: 27 arrests reported for 2024.
  • Ottawa Hills, 4,800 residents: 15 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Holland, 1,795 residents: 223 arrests reported for 2024.
  • Berkey, 283 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 Swanton Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Lucas County, so its arrests are not broken out for Lucas County here.

The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Lucas County: the University of Toledo (campus police); Toledo Fire Department Fire Investigation Unit, the Toledo Metropolitan Park District and the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority (other).

How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Lucas 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.

  • Toledo: 6,048 for 2025, 6,114 for 2024, 6,752 for 2023, 6,169 for 2022, 5,949 for 2021 and 5,992 for 2020.
  • Washington Township: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
  • Berkey: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
  • Oregon: 967 for 2025, 1,137 for 2024, 1,059 for 2023, 1,188 for 2022, 935 for 2021 and 875 for 2020.
  • Lucas County Sheriff's Office: 478 for 2025, 510 for 2024, 557 for 2023, 501 for 2022, 462 for 2021 and 535 for 2020.
  • Maumee: 432 for 2025, 494 for 2024, 519 for 2023, 544 for 2022, 559 for 2021 and 470 for 2020.
  • Sylvania (township): 251 for 2025, 245 for 2023, 298 for 2022, 298 for 2021, 316 for 2020 and 425 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
  • Sylvania: 134 for 2025, 142 for 2024, 94 for 2023, 94 for 2022, 102 for 2021 and 103 for 2020.
  • Waterville: 54 for 2025, 49 for 2024, 19 for 2023, 20 for 2022, 14 for 2021 and 0 for 2020.
  • Ottawa Hills: 15 for 2025, 9 for 2024, 8 for 2023, 38 for 2022, 39 for 2021 and 15 for 2020.
  • Holland: 223 for 2024, 251 for 2023, 300 for 2022, 242 for 2021, 91 for 2020 and 161 for 2019.
  • Waterville (township): 38 for 2019.

Together, the ten agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 10,683 arrests that year. The nine of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 10,432 in 2025 against 10,759 in 2024, down 3 percent.

Through August 2026, the nine agencies with every month so far on file reported 2,540 arrests, against 3,161 in the same months of 2025.

Holland and Whitehouse reported only part of 2025 (7 months and 11 months) and are left out of the totals.

Booking: Where People Arrested in Lucas County Are Held

A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lucas 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 350 people, down from about 500 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 352 beds, and it ran at 141 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.

A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, whose inmate locator is at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.

How to Find Out About an Arrest in Lucas County

Whether someone was arrested in Lucas County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.lucas.oh.us/118/Case-Information, phone 419-213-6901); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.lucas.oh.us/m/directory/department?did=11, phone (419) 213-4700).

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 Lucas 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 Lucas County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
  • An arrest in Toledo, Oregon, Sylvania, Sylvania (township), Maumee, Waterville 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 University of Toledo, Toledo Fire Department Fire Investigation Unit or the Toledo Metropolitan Park District: the records office of the agency involved.
  • A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (419) 213-4700, handles discovery for pending cases.
  • The court file of a case that was filed: the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at co.lucas.oh.us/118/Case-Information, phone 419-213-6901.
  • Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.

Cities in Lucas County: Who Reports the Arrests

The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for 11 of the ten cities in Lucas County: Toledo, Oregon, Sylvania, Sylvania (township), Maumee, Waterville, Waterville (township), Whitehouse, Ottawa Hills, Holland and Berkey. Harbor View has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries Washington Township Police Department, Lucas County as a city agency in Lucas County; Washington Township is not among the cities above.

Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas.

SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Lucas 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 Lucas County each year?

Toledo reported 6,048 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the ten agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 10,683 between them.

Where are people arrested in Lucas County booked?

Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Lucas County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.

Are arrest records public in Lucas County?

The court files of criminal cases in the Lucas 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 Lucas County?

From the agency that made the arrest: the Lucas 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.

Is this the official Lucas 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.