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). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tuscarawas County is held at the county jail, run by the Tuscarawas 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.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Tuscarawas County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tuscarawas County is held at the county jail, run by the Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
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.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Tuscarawas County Jail by the Numbers
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.
Tuscarawas County has about 92,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 12 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Tuscarawas County Jail
The Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for New Philadelphia, Dover, Uhrichsville, Newcomerstown, Strasburg, Dennison and six more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Tuscarawas County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Tuscarawas County: the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (other agency).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Midvale's 1,152 for 2025, New Philadelphia's 309 for 2025 and the Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office's 206 for 2025.
Together, the seven agencies in Tuscarawas County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 1,961 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 Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas County?
Ask the Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.tuscarawas.oh.us.
How many people are in the Tuscarawas County jail?
About 110 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 8 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Tuscarawas 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 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.