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 on September 23, 2026.
Wood County, Ohio, has about 133,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Wood County depends on where the incident happened: the Wood 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.
Related guides: Wood County public records, Wood County arrest records, Wood County warrants, Wood County criminal records, Wood County court records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Wood County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Wood County that is the Wood 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 Bowling Green State University (campus police) and the Wood County Park District (other agency), each with a records office of its own.
The Fostoria Police Department is listed by the FBI across three counties including Wood County, so its arrests are not broken out for Wood County here.
Reports from the Wood County Sheriff's Office
The Wood County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 27 violent and 198 property crimes reported for 2024 and reported 76 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit.
Reports from the City Agencies in Wood County
The 14 cities the FBI lists in Wood County with a reporting agency of their own, the largest twelve first, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Bowling Green: 21 violent and 290 property crimes reported for 2024; 988 arrests reported for 2024.
- Perrysburg: 7 violent and 113 property crimes reported for 2024; 109 arrests reported for 2025.
- Perrysburg (township): 5 violent and 171 property crimes reported for 2024; 210 arrests reported for 2025.
- Rossford: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025. The Rossford police records page is at rossfordohio.com/departments/police/services/public_records.php, phone (419) 666-7390 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Northwood: 10 violent and 102 property crimes reported for 2024; 197 arrests reported for 2024.
- North Baltimore: 5 violent and 22 property crimes reported for 2024; 38 arrests reported for 2024.
- Walbridge: 4 arrests reported for 2025.
- Pemberville.
- Haskins.
- Luckey: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bradner.
- Wayne: 1,152 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 rest: Bloomdale and Risingsun.
How Many Reports: Wood County in 2024
The six agencies in Wood County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 75 violent and 896 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the nine agencies in Wood County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 5,061 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Ohio Public Records Act Requires
The Ohio Public Records Act sets the rules: an answer promptly, within a reasonable period of time, at a charge of the actual cost of copying, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at clerkofcourt.co.wood.oh.us/DocumentCenter/View/150/Public-Records-R... (page title: Wood County Clerk of Courts, Wood County Ohio Public Records Request).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 419-354-9250, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Wood County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Wood 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 Wood 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 Wood County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Ohio Public Records Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable period of time.
Is this the official Wood 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.