Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Portage County, Ohio, has about 164,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Portage County depends on where the incident happened: the Portage County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Ohio Public Records Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Portage County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Portage County that is the Portage County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's list also carries Kent State University (campus police) and the University Hospitals Portage Medical Center (other agency), each with a records office of its own.
The Mogadore Police Department and the Tallmadge Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Portage County, so their arrests are not broken out for Portage County here.
Reports from the Portage County Sheriff's Office
The Portage County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 36 violent and 471 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 69 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at (330) 296-5100. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at portagecounty-oh.gov/sheriffs-department/pages/corrections-division (page title: Corrections Division | Portage County OH), phone (330) 296-5100, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Reports from the City Agencies in Portage County
The eight cities the FBI lists in Portage County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Kent: 52 violent and 219 property crimes reported for 2025; 874 arrests reported for 2025. The Kent police records page is at kentohio.gov/living-here/police-department/police-records-and-repor..., phone 330.678.8100 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Aurora: 9 violent and 67 property crimes reported for 2025; 77 arrests reported for 2025. The Aurora police records page is at auroraoh.com/departments/police/reports___records.php, phone 330.562.8181 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Streetsboro: 20 violent and 273 property crimes reported for 2025; 425 arrests reported for 2025. The Streetsboro police records page is at cityofstreetsboro.com/police-department-requests, phone (330) 626-4976 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Ravenna: 15 violent and 145 property crimes reported for 2025; 463 arrests reported for 2025. The Ravenna police records page is at ravennaoh.gov/departments/police-department/services-functions/poli..., phone 330.296.6486 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Garrettsville: 4 arrests reported for 2023.
- Windham: 15 arrests reported for 2019.
- Mantua: 22 arrests reported for 2022.
- Hiram.
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 Reports: Portage County in 2025
The six agencies in Portage County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 139 violent and 1,427 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the six agencies in Portage County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,111 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Ohio Public Records Act Requires
Under the Ohio Public Records Act the agency must answer a request promptly, within a reasonable period of time, and it may charge the actual cost of copying. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Portage County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Portage 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.
How long does an agency in Portage County have to answer?
Under the Ohio Public Records Act, promptly, within a reasonable period of time. It may charge the actual cost of copying.
How do I get a report from the Portage County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at (330) 296-5100. Under the Ohio Public Records Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable period of time.
Is this the official Portage 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.