Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. 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 30, 2026.
Perry County, Ohio, has about 36,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Perry County Sheriff's Office and nine city 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 Perry County Court of Common Pleas. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, arrest counts, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Perry County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Perry County
The Perry County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Perry County. It reported 60 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside nine of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- New Lexington, 4,463 residents: 145 arrests reported for 2022.
- Crooksville, 2,401 residents.
- Roseville, 1,744 residents.
- Somerset, 1,483 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2019.
- Thornville, 1,093 residents.
- Junction City, 723 residents.
- New Straitsville, 649 residents: 16 arrests reported for 2020.
- Shawnee, 503 residents.
- Corning, 484 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
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.
Arrest Counts on File for Perry County
The FBI publishes monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. For Perry County the counts on file are partial: Thornville, Perry County Sheriff's Office, Crooksville, New Straitsville and six more have sent some months but no full year since 2019, so no annual total is given here.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Perry County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Perry 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 44 people, down from about 49 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 42 beds, and it ran at 106 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 Perry County Sheriff's Office at isoms.perrycountysheriff.net/portal/Jail (page title: Inmates | ISOMS Portal), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, whose inmate locator is at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Perry County
Whether someone was arrested in Perry County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Perry County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at perrycountyohio.gov/records/perry-county-ohio-clerk-of-courts, phone (740) 342-1022); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at perrycountyohio.gov/law-courts/perry-county-ohio-prosecutor, phone (740) 342-4582).
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 Perry 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 Perry County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in New Lexington, Crooksville, Roseville, Somerset, Thornville, Junction City or another of the cities listed above: 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) 342-4582, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Perry County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at perrycountyohio.gov, phone (740) 342-1022.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Cities in Perry County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for nine of the 11 cities in Perry County: New Lexington, Crooksville, Roseville, Somerset, Thornville, Junction City, New Straitsville, Shawnee and Corning. Glenford and Hemlock 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 Perry County Court of Common Pleas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Perry County?
Ask the Perry County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at isoms.perrycountysheriff.net/portal/Jail.
Where are people arrested in Perry County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Perry County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Perry County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Perry 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 Perry County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Perry 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 Perry 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.