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.
Pickaway County, Ohio, has about 62,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Pickaway County Sheriff's Office and five 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 Pickaway 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: Pickaway County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Pickaway County
The Pickaway County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Pickaway County. It reported 269 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside five 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:
- Circleville, 14,433 residents: 227 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ashville, 4,758 residents: 28 arrests reported for 2025.
- South Bloomfield, 3,747 residents: 78 arrests reported for 2025.
- Commercial Point, 3,221 residents: 53 arrests reported for 2025.
- New Holland, 831 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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Pickaway 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.
- Pickaway County Sheriff's Office: 269 for 2025, 394 for 2024, 418 for 2023, 406 for 2022, 319 for 2021 and 279 for 2020.
- Circleville: 227 for 2025, 276 for 2024, 267 for 2023, 199 for 2022, 215 for 2021 and 205 for 2020.
- South Bloomfield: 78 for 2025, 38 for 2024, 68 for 2023, 56 for 2022, 66 for 2021 and 63 for 2020.
- Commercial Point: 53 for 2025, 5 for 2023, 20 for 2022, 40 for 2021 and 21 for 2020; 2024 is missing months.
- Ashville: 28 for 2025, 23 for 2024, 39 for 2023, 55 for 2022, 92 for 2021 and 64 for 2020.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 655 arrests that year. The four of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 602 in 2025 against 731 in 2024, down 18 percent.
Through August 2026, the five agencies with every month so far on file reported 539 arrests, against 438 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Pickaway County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Pickaway 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 96 people, down from about 110 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2022, the last year with a capacity figure, was 110 beds, and it ran at 82 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 Pickaway County Sheriff's Office at pickawaysheriff.gov (page title: Pickaway County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Pickaway County
Whether someone was arrested in Pickaway County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Pickaway County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at pickawaycountyclerk.com, phone 740-474-5231); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pickawaycountyohio.gov/offices/prosecutor/index.html, phone (740) 474-6066).
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 Pickaway 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 Pickaway County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Circleville, Ashville, South Bloomfield, Commercial Point or New Holland: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (740) 474-6066, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Pickaway County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at pickawaycountyclerk.com, phone 740-474-5231.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at pickawaycountyclerk.com (page title: Public Records Request | Pickaway County Clerk of Courts, OH).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Cities in Pickaway County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the eight cities in Pickaway County: Circleville, Ashville, South Bloomfield, Commercial Point and New Holland. Williamsport, Tarlton and Darbyville 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 Pickaway County Court of Common Pleas.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Pickaway County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Circleville (14,433)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Pickaway County each year?
The Pickaway County Sheriff's Office reported 269 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 655 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Pickaway County?
Ask the Pickaway County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pickawaysheriff.gov.
Where are people arrested in Pickaway County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Pickaway County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Pickaway County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Pickaway 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 Pickaway County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Pickaway 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at pickawaycountyclerk.com.
Is this the official Pickaway 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.