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.
Mahoning County, Ohio, has about 226,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Mahoning County depends on where the incident happened: the Mahoning County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Ohio Public Records Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Mahoning County public records, Mahoning County arrest records, Mahoning County warrants, Mahoning County criminal records, Mahoning County court records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Mahoning County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Mahoning County that is the Mahoning County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's list also carries Youngstown State University (campus police) and Mill Creek Metropark and Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force (other agency), each with a records office of its own.
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.
Reports from the Mahoning County Sheriff's Office
The Mahoning County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 23 violent and 109 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 96 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit.
Reports from the City Agencies in Mahoning County
The ten cities the FBI lists in Mahoning County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Youngstown: 847 arrests reported for 2024. The Youngstown police department's page is at youngstownohio.gov/police, phone (330) 747-9324 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Struthers: 12 violent and 110 property crimes reported for 2025; 70 arrests reported for 2025. The Struthers police department's page is at cityofstruthers.com/police_department.html, phone 330.755.9849 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Campbell: 14 violent and 118 property crimes reported for 2025; 313 arrests reported for 2025.
- Canfield: 2 violent and 25 property crimes reported for 2025; 124 arrests reported for 2025.
- Sebring: 15 violent and 44 property crimes reported for 2025; 71 arrests reported for 2025.
- Poland (village): 1 violent and 2 property crimes reported for 2025; 24 arrests reported for 2025.
- Poland (township): 10 violent and 53 property crimes reported for 2025; 65 arrests reported for 2025.
- New Middletown.
- Craig Beach.
- Lowellville.
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.
How Many Reports: Mahoning County in 2025
The 14 agencies in Mahoning County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 213 violent and 2,325 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 15 agencies in Mahoning County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,865 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Ohio Public Records Act Requires
The Ohio Public Records Act sets the rules: an answer promptly, within a reasonable period of time, at a charge of the actual cost of copying, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at mahoningcountyoh.gov/1112/Public-Records-Request (page title: Public Records Request | Mahoning County, OH).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 330-740-2073, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Mahoning County?
From the agency whose officer took it: 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.
How long does an agency in Mahoning County have to answer?
Under the Ohio Public Records Act, promptly, within a reasonable period of time. It may charge the actual cost of copying.
How do I get a report from the Mahoning County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Ohio Public Records Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable period of time.
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.