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.
Medina County, Ohio, has about 185,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Medina County Sheriff's Office, 11 city agencies and two 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 Medina 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: Medina County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Medina County
The Medina County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Medina County. It reported 202 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists nine cities in Medina County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Brunswick (township), 35,166 residents: 5 arrests reported for 2021.
- Brunswick, 35,166 residents: 411 arrests reported for 2025.
- Medina (township), 25,757 residents: 63 arrests reported for 2025.
- Medina, 25,757 residents: 417 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wadsworth, 24,753 residents: 436 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lodi, 2,794 residents: 35 arrests reported for 2025.
- Seville, 2,375 residents.
- Westfield Center, 1,214 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Spencer, 694 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 Creston Police Department and the Rittman Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Medina County, so their arrests are not broken out for Medina County here.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Medina County: the Medina County Park District and Medina County Drug Task Force (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Medina 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.
- Westfield Center: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Wadsworth: 436 for 2025, 460 for 2024, 352 for 2023, 369 for 2022, 424 for 2021 and 500 for 2020.
- Medina: 417 for 2025, 301 for 2024, 374 for 2023, 296 for 2022, 338 for 2021 and 301 for 2020.
- Brunswick: 411 for 2025, 445 for 2024, 542 for 2023, 445 for 2022 and 696 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Medina County Sheriff's Office: 202 for 2025, 305 for 2024, 339 for 2023, 316 for 2022, 238 for 2021 and 172 for 2020.
- Montville Township: 142 for 2025, 137 for 2024, 341 for 2023, 197 for 2022, 136 for 2021 and 112 for 2020.
- Medina (township): 63 for 2025, 72 for 2024, 64 for 2023, 70 for 2022, 114 for 2021 and 91 for 2020.
- Hinckley Township: 54 for 2025, 85 for 2024, 77 for 2023, 60 for 2022, 37 for 2021 and 70 for 2020.
- Lodi: 35 for 2025, 50 for 2024, 32 for 2023, 54 for 2022 and 24 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
- Brunswick (township): 5 for 2021.
Together, the nine agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,912 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,912 in 2025 against 3,007 in 2024, down 3.2 percent.
Through June 2026, the seven agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,406 arrests, against 1,384 in the same months of 2025.
Seville and Spencer reported only part of 2025 (7 months and 6 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Medina County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Medina 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 210 people, down from about 240 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 256 beds, and it ran at 83 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 Medina County
For Medina County the place to look is the case index of the Medina County Court of Common Pleas, kept by the Clerk of Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at medinamunicipalcourt.org (page title: Medina Municipal Court), phone 330-241-4385, belongs to a lower court, not to the Medina 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 Medina County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Medina County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Brunswick (township), Brunswick, Medina (township), Medina, Wadsworth, Lodi 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 Medina County Park District or Medina County Drug Task Force: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Medina County Court of Common Pleas it is kept by the Clerk of Courts. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at medinamunicipalcourt.org, phone 330-241-4385, is a lower court's.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Cities in Medina County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the nine cities in Medina County: Brunswick (township), Brunswick, Medina (township), Medina, Wadsworth, Lodi, Seville, Westfield Center and Spencer. Chippewa Lake and Gloria Glens Park have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Montville Township Police Department and the Hinckley Township Police Department as city agencies in Medina County; Montville Township and Hinckley Township 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 Medina County Court of Common Pleas.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Medina 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 Medina County each year?
Westfield Center reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the nine agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,912 between them.
Where are people arrested in Medina County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Medina County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Medina County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Medina 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 Medina County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Medina 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 Medina 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.