SearchSystems Editorial

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 October 4, 2026.

About this guide

Summit County, Ohio, has about 538,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Summit County Sheriff's Office, 24 city agencies and two campus, state or other 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 Summit 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: Summit County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.

Who Makes Arrests in Summit County

The Summit County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Summit County. It reported 678 arrests for 2025.

The FBI lists 20 cities in Summit County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported, the largest twelve first; the rest are named in the cities section below:

  • Akron, 189,664 residents: 2,909 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Cuyahoga Falls, 50,979 residents: 772 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Stow, 34,101 residents: 695 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Barberton, 24,624 residents: 914 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Hudson, 23,073 residents: 79 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Twinsburg, 19,504 residents: 183 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Tallmadge, 18,412 residents: 287 arrests reported for 2025.
  • New Franklin, 13,859 residents: 125 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Macedonia, 12,139 residents: 345 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Norton, 11,423 residents: 156 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Fairlawn, 7,773 residents: 341 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Reminderville, 5,345 residents: 7 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.

The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Summit County: the University of Akron (campus police); the Akron Metro Regional Transit Authority (other).

How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Summit 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.

  • Akron: 2,909 for 2025, 2,700 for 2024, 1,816 for 2023, 2,245 for 2022, 3,173 for 2021 and 4,747 for 2020.
  • Silver Lake: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
  • Richfield: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
  • Barberton: 914 for 2025, 831 for 2024, 942 for 2023, 849 for 2022, 1,010 for 2021 and 932 for 2020.
  • Cuyahoga Falls: 772 for 2025, 625 for 2024, 785 for 2023, 740 for 2022, 2,676 for 2020 and 2,685 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Stow: 695 for 2025, 653 for 2024, 799 for 2023, 665 for 2022, 985 for 2020 and 1,396 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Summit County Sheriff's Office: 678 for 2025, 576 for 2024, 548 for 2023, 721 for 2022, 698 for 2021 and 666 for 2020.
  • Macedonia: 345 for 2025, 161 for 2024, 132 for 2023, 224 for 2022, 142 for 2021 and 149 for 2020.
  • Fairlawn: 341 for 2025, 238 for 2024, 239 for 2023 and 277 for 2022.
  • Tallmadge: 287 for 2025, 302 for 2024, 247 for 2023, 307 for 2022, 424 for 2020 and 822 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Springfield Township: 220 for 2025, 214 for 2024, 695 for 2022, 580 for 2021, 641 for 2020 and 696 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
  • Twinsburg: 183 for 2025, 216 for 2024, 178 for 2023, 242 for 2022, 140 for 2021 and 288 for 2020.

Together, the 22 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 10,322 arrests that year. The 20 of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 10,285 in 2025 against 9,504 in 2024, up 8.2 percent.

Through June 2026, the 18 agencies with every month so far on file reported 4,808 arrests, against 4,474 in the same months of 2025.

Boston Heights and Peninsula reported only part of 2025 (7 months and 9 months) and are left out of the totals.

Booking: Where People Arrested in Summit County Are Held

A person kept in custody after an arrest in Summit County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.

On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 520 people, down from about 720 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 791 beds, and it ran at 66 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.

SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Summit County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.summitoh.net/files/Current-Inmate-Roster.html (page title: Head Counts with Photos Report | ODY-365898), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.

That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.

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 Summit County

Whether someone was arrested in Summit County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Summit County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Summit County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at clerkweb.summitoh.net); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at prosecutor.summitoh.net).

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 Summit 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 Summit County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
  • An arrest in Akron, Cuyahoga Falls, Stow, Barberton, Hudson, Twinsburg or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
  • An arrest by the University of Akron or the Akron Metro Regional Transit Authority: the records office of the agency involved.
  • A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
  • The court file of a case that was filed: the Summit County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at clerkweb.summitoh.net.
  • Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at clerkweb.summitoh.net/public-records-requests (page title: Public Records Requests | Summit County Clerk of Courts).
  • Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.

Cities in Summit County: Who Reports the Arrests

The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for 20 of the 22 cities in Summit County: the twelve named above and Munroe Falls, Mogadore, Richfield, Northfield, Lakemore, Silver Lake, Boston Heights and Peninsula. Green and Clinton have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries Bath Township Police Department, Summit County, Springfield Township Police Department, Summit County, the Copley Township Police Department and one more as city agencies in Summit County; Bath Township, Springfield Township, Copley Township and one more are not among the cities above.

Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Summit County Court of Common Pleas.

SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Summit County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:

Frequently Asked Questions

How many arrests are made in Summit County each year?

Akron reported 2,909 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 22 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 10,322 between them.

How do I find out if someone is in jail in Summit County?

Look on the custody page of the Summit County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.summitoh.net. It covers people booked into the county jail.

Where are people arrested in Summit County booked?

Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Summit County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.

Are arrest records public in Summit County?

The court files of criminal cases in the Summit 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 Summit County?

From the agency that made the arrest: the Summit 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 clerkweb.summitoh.net/public-records-requests.

Is this the official Summit 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.