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.
Tuscarawas County, Ohio, has about 92,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office, 12 city agencies and one other agency. 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 Tuscarawas 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: Tuscarawas County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Tuscarawas County
The Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Tuscarawas County. It reported 206 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside 12 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 Philadelphia, 17,378 residents: 309 arrests reported for 2025.
- Dover, 12,946 residents: 205 arrests reported for 2025.
- Uhrichsville, 5,122 residents: 132 arrests reported for 2025.
- Newcomerstown, 3,631 residents: 37 arrests reported for 2024.
- Strasburg, 2,747 residents: 30 arrests reported for 2023.
- Dennison, 2,647 residents: 23 arrests reported for 2022.
- Sugarcreek, 2,316 residents.
- Gnadenhutten, 1,202 residents.
- Tuscarawas, 1,020 residents.
- Bolivar, 964 residents.
- Midvale, 656 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Port Washington, 541 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.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Tuscarawas County: the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Tuscarawas 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.
- Midvale: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office: 206 for 2025, 158 for 2024, 245 for 2023, 242 for 2022, 187 for 2021 and 156 for 2020.
- Dover: 205 for 2025, 171 for 2024, 175 for 2023, 177 for 2022, 151 for 2021 and 176 for 2020.
- Uhrichsville: 132 for 2025, 113 for 2024, 165 for 2023, 159 for 2022, 127 for 2021 and 124 for 2020.
- New Philadelphia: 309 for 2025, 212 for 2024, 128 for 2023, 120 for 2022, 132 for 2021 and 335 for 2020.
- Newcomerstown: 37 for 2024, 72 for 2023, 66 for 2022 and 310 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Strasburg: 30 for 2023, 37 for 2022, 15 for 2021, 23 for 2020 and 23 for 2019.
- Dennison: 23 for 2022, 16 for 2020 and 27 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the seven agencies with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 1,961 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2023 and 2022 complete reported 1,961 in 2023 against 1,933 in 2022, up 1.4 percent.
Dennison reported only part of 2023 (6 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Tuscarawas County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tuscarawas 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 110 people, up from about 90 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 8 beds, and it ran at 1125 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 Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office at co.tuscarawas.oh.us/government/sheriff/divisions/jail/currently_hou... (page title: Tuscarawas County Ohio), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Tuscarawas County
An arrest in Tuscarawas County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Tuscarawas County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.tuscarawas.oh.us/government/court_of_common_pleas_court_general_..., phone 330-343-4682); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.tuscarawas.oh.us/government/prosecutor/index.php, phone 330-365-3286).
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 Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in New Philadelphia, Dover, Uhrichsville, Newcomerstown, Strasburg, Dennison 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 Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 330-365-3286, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Tuscarawas County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at co.tuscarawas.oh.us, phone 330-343-4682.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Cities in Tuscarawas County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for 12 of the 19 cities in Tuscarawas County: New Philadelphia, Dover, Uhrichsville, Newcomerstown, Strasburg, Dennison, Sugarcreek, Gnadenhutten, Tuscarawas, Bolivar, Midvale and Port Washington. Baltic, Mineral City, Barnhill, Roswell, Parral, Zoar and Stone Creek 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 Tuscarawas County Court of Common Pleas.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Tuscarawas County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- New Philadelphia (17,378)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Tuscarawas County each year?
Midvale reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2023, the latest year most of the agencies in Tuscarawas County sent in full, the seven with every month on file reported 1,961 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Tuscarawas County?
Ask the Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.tuscarawas.oh.us.
Where are people arrested in Tuscarawas County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Tuscarawas County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas 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.