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 September 28, 2026.
Muskingum County, Ohio, has about 87,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Muskingum County Sheriff's Office, five city agencies and one campus 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 Muskingum 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: Muskingum County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Muskingum County
The Muskingum County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Muskingum County. It reported 409 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists five cities in Muskingum County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Zanesville, 24,916 residents: 647 arrests reported for 2025.
- New Concord, 2,340 residents.
- South Zanesville, 1,899 residents: 12 arrests reported for 2025.
- Dresden, 1,647 residents.
- Frazeysburg, 1,351 residents: 18 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.
The Roseville Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Muskingum County, so its arrests are not broken out for Muskingum County here.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Muskingum County: Muskingum University (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Muskingum 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.
- Zanesville: 647 for 2025, 882 for 2024, 1,071 for 2023, 956 for 2022, 1,002 for 2021 and 1,029 for 2020.
- Muskingum County Sheriff's Office: 409 for 2025, 446 for 2024, 400 for 2023, 478 for 2022, 325 for 2021 and 315 for 2020.
- South Zanesville: 12 for 2025, 14 for 2024, 19 for 2023, 24 for 2022 and 37 for 2021.
- Frazeysburg: 18 for 2023, 15 for 2021 and 24 for 2019; 2020 and 2022 are missing months.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,342 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 1,342 in 2024 against 1,490 in 2023, down 9.9 percent.
New Concord and Frazeysburg reported only part of 2024 (5 months and 11 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Muskingum County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Muskingum 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 220 people, down from about 260 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 56 beds, and it ran at 455 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Muskingum County Sheriff's Office at ohiomuskingumsheriff.org (page title: Muskingum County Sheriff's Office | Muskingum County Ohio), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 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 Muskingum County
For Muskingum County the place to look is the case index of the Muskingum County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at muskingumcountyoh.gov/Courts/Clerk-Of-Courts, phone (740) 455-7104).
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 Muskingum 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 Muskingum County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Zanesville, New Concord, South Zanesville, Dresden or Frazeysburg: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Muskingum University: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Muskingum County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at muskingumcountyoh.gov/Courts/Clerk-Of-Courts, phone (740) 455-7104.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Cities in Muskingum County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the nine cities in Muskingum County: Zanesville, New Concord, South Zanesville, Dresden and Frazeysburg. Philo, Adamsville, Fultonham and Norwich 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 Muskingum County Court of Common Pleas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Muskingum County each year?
Zanesville reported 647 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in Muskingum County sent in full, the three with every month on file reported 1,342 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Muskingum County?
Ask the Muskingum County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at ohiomuskingumsheriff.org.
Where are people arrested in Muskingum County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Muskingum County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Muskingum County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Muskingum 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 Muskingum County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Muskingum 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 Muskingum 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.