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). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pickaway County is held at the county jail, run by the Pickaway County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Pickaway County public records, Pickaway County arrest records, Pickaway County warrants, Pickaway County criminal records, Pickaway County court records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Pickaway County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pickaway County is held at the county jail, run by the Pickaway County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
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.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Pickaway County Jail by the Numbers
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.
Pickaway County has about 62,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 15 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Pickaway County Jail
The Pickaway County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Circleville, Ashville, South Bloomfield, Commercial Point and New Holland make the arrests that end in a booking in Pickaway County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Pickaway County Sheriff's Office's 269 for 2025, Circleville's 227 for 2025 and South Bloomfield's 78 for 2025.
Together, the five agencies in Pickaway County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 655 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Pickaway County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Pickaway County serves the sentence in a facility of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, whose inmate locator is at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Pickaway County?
Ask the Pickaway County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pickawaysheriff.gov.
How many people are in the Pickaway County jail?
About 96 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 110 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Pickaway County go?
To a facility of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; its inmate locator is at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
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.