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.
Medina County, Ohio, has about 185,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Medina County depends on where the incident happened: the Medina 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: Medina County public records, Medina County arrest records, Medina County warrants, Medina County criminal records, Medina County court records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Medina 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 Medina County that is the Medina 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 the Medina County Park District and Medina County Drug Task Force (other agency), each with a records office of its own.
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.
Reports from the Medina County Sheriff's Office
The Medina County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 13 violent and 115 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 202 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit.
Reports from the City Agencies in Medina County
The nine cities the FBI lists in Medina County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Brunswick (township): 5 arrests reported for 2021. The Brunswick police records page is at brunswick.oh.us/police/police-reports-information-requests, phone 330-225-9111 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Brunswick: 13 violent and 176 property crimes reported for 2025; 411 arrests reported for 2025. The Brunswick police records page is at brunswick.oh.us/police/police-reports-information-requests, phone 330-225-9111 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Medina (township): 3 violent and 84 property crimes reported for 2025; 63 arrests reported for 2025.
- Medina: 39 violent and 208 property crimes reported for 2025; 417 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wadsworth: 25 violent and 213 property crimes reported for 2025; 436 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lodi: 3 violent and 19 property crimes reported for 2025; 35 arrests reported for 2025.
- Seville.
- Westfield Center: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Spencer.
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: Medina County in 2025
The eight agencies in Medina County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 100 violent and 858 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the nine agencies in Medina County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,912 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Medina County?
From the agency whose officer took it: 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.
How long does an agency in Medina 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 Medina 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 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.