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

Mahoning County, Ohio, has about 226,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Mahoning County Sheriff's Office, 19 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 Mahoning 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: Mahoning County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.

Who Makes Arrests in Mahoning County

The Mahoning County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Mahoning County. It reported 96 arrests for 2025.

Arrests inside ten 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:

  • Youngstown, 59,123 residents: 847 arrests reported for 2024.
  • Struthers, 9,891 residents: 70 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Campbell, 7,751 residents: 313 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Canfield, 7,628 residents: 124 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Sebring, 4,134 residents: 71 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Poland (village), 2,423 residents: 24 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Poland (township), 2,423 residents: 65 arrests reported for 2025.
  • New Middletown, 1,489 residents.
  • Craig Beach, 1,063 residents.
  • Lowellville, 986 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 Alliance Police Department, the Salem Police Department, the Washingtonville Police Department and one more are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Mahoning County, so their arrests are not broken out for Mahoning County here.

The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Mahoning County: Youngstown State University (campus police); Mill Creek Metropark and Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force (other).

How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Mahoning 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.

  • Boardman: 1,230 for 2025, 1,184 for 2024, 1,096 for 2023, 1,130 for 2022 and 1,205 for 2021.
  • Smith 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.
  • Austintown: 454 for 2025, 509 for 2023, 541 for 2022, 528 for 2021, 382 for 2020 and 552 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
  • Campbell: 313 for 2025, 296 for 2024, 416 for 2023, 356 for 2022 and 261 for 2021.
  • Canfield: 124 for 2025, 142 for 2024, 235 for 2023, 235 for 2022, 182 for 2021 and 184 for 2020.
  • Beaver Township: 122 for 2025, 112 for 2024, 161 for 2023, 95 for 2022, 114 for 2021 and 89 for 2020.
  • Mahoning County Sheriff's Office: 96 for 2025, 85 for 2024, 79 for 2023, 71 for 2022, 90 for 2021 and 487 for 2020.
  • Sebring: 71 for 2025, 104 for 2024, 100 for 2023, 98 for 2022, 87 for 2021 and 127 for 2020.
  • Struthers: 70 for 2025, 80 for 2024, 95 for 2021, 75 for 2020 and 110 for 2019; 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
  • Poland (township): 65 for 2025, 52 for 2024, 64 for 2023, 63 for 2022, 44 for 2021 and 44 for 2020.
  • Goshen Township: 56 for 2025, 44 for 2024, 34 for 2023, 43 for 2022, 42 for 2021 and 23 for 2020.
  • Springfield Township: 53 for 2025, 71 for 2024, 61 for 2023, 65 for 2022, 34 for 2021 and 69 for 2020.

Together, the 15 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,865 arrests that year. The 12 of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,367 in 2025 against 3,334 in 2024, up 1 percent.

Through July 2026, the 13 agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,817 arrests, against 1,787 in the same months of 2025.

Lowellville, Jackson Township and Youngstown reported only part of 2025 (2 months, 11 months and 8 months) and are left out of the totals.

Booking: Where People Arrested in Mahoning County Are Held

A person kept in custody after an arrest in Mahoning 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 420 people, down from about 480 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 562 beds, and it ran at 86 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.

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 Mahoning County

Whether someone was arrested in Mahoning County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas, kept by the Clerk of Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date; the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at prosecutor.mahoningcountyoh.gov/resources/faq, phone 330-740-2073).

The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at ecourts.mahoningcountyoh.gov/eservices/home.page.2 (page title: Mahoning County Court View), belongs to a lower court, not to the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas.

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 Mahoning 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 Mahoning County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
  • An arrest in Youngstown, Struthers, Campbell, Canfield, Sebring, Poland (village) 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 Youngstown State University, Mill Creek Metropark or Mahoning Valley Law 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, 330-740-2073, handles discovery for pending cases.
  • The court file of a case that was filed: in the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas it is kept by the Clerk of Courts. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at ecourts.mahoningcountyoh.gov, is a lower court's.
  • Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at mahoningcountyoh.gov (page title: Public Records Request | Mahoning County, OH).
  • Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.

Cities in Mahoning County: Who Reports the Arrests

The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the ten cities in Mahoning County: Youngstown, Struthers, Campbell, Canfield, Sebring, Poland (village), Poland (township), New Middletown, Craig Beach and Lowellville. Beloit has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Milton Township Police Department, the Austintown Police Department, the Boardman Police Department and six more as city agencies in Mahoning County; Milton Township, Austintown, Boardman and six more are 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 Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas.

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

Boardman reported 1,230 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 15 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,865 between them.

Where are people arrested in Mahoning County booked?

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

Are arrest records public in Mahoning County?

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

From the agency that made the arrest: the Mahoning 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 mahoningcountyoh.gov.

Is this the official Mahoning 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.