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 between September 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Monroe County, Ohio, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 Monroe 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: Monroe County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Monroe County
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Monroe County. It reported 65 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Monroe County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Woodsfield, 2,145 residents: 19 arrests reported for 2023.
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 Arrests Each Agency Reports in Monroe County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Monroe County Sheriff's Office: 65 for 2025, 31 for 2024, 36 for 2023, 27 for 2022, 40 for 2021 and 56 for 2020.
- Woodsfield: 19 for 2023.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 55 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2023 and 2022 complete reported 36 in 2023 against 27 in 2022.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Monroe County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Monroe County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 73 people. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Monroe County Sheriff's Office at monroecosheriffga.us/offender-search (page title: Offender Search | mcso-html), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
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 Monroe County
Whether someone was arrested in Monroe County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at monroecountyohio.net/government/clerk_of_courts/index.php, phone (740) 472-0761); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at monroecountyohio.net/government/prosecutor/index.php, phone (740) 472-1568).
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 Monroe 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 Monroe County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Woodsfield: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (740) 472-1568, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at monroecountyohio.net, phone (740) 472-0761.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
The other Monroe County guides go further: warrants, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets, DUI and divorce records.
Cities in Monroe County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the nine cities in Monroe County: Woodsfield. Beallsville, Clarington, Wilson, Jerusalem, Antioch, Stafford, Graysville and Miltonsburg have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Monroe County each year?
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office reported 65 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2023, the latest year most of the agencies in Monroe County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 55 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Monroe County?
Ask the Monroe County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at monroecosheriffga.us/offender-search.
Where are people arrested in Monroe County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Monroe County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Monroe 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 Monroe County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Monroe 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 Monroe 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.