Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Miami, Oklahoma, in Ottawa County, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Ottawa County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Miami public records, Ottawa County arrest records, Oklahoma arrest records and Oklahoma inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Miami
The FBI lists Miami with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Miami Police Department. It reported 251 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 38 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Ottawa County: Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College and Northeast Technology Center (campus police); Miami Public Schools (other).
How Many Arrests Miami Reports
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.
- Miami: 251 for 2025, 406 for 2024, 509 for 2023, 333 for 2022, 331 for 2021 and 269 for 2020.
Miami's 251 arrests in 2025 were down 38 percent from 406 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Miami reported 200 arrests, against 139 in the same months of 2025.
Across Ottawa County, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 358 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Miami Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Miami 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 2024 the jail held about 87 people, down from about 100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 124 beds, and it ran at 76 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 Ottawa County Sheriff's Office at ottawacountysook.gov/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Ottawa County Sheriff's Office), phone 877-654-8463, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 Oklahoma Department of Corrections lists its inmates at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Miami
An arrest in Miami can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Ottawa County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at ottawaok.gov/offices/court-clerk, phone 918.542.2801); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at ottawaok.gov/offices/district-attorney, phone 918.542.5547).
Statewide, OSCN and ODCR is the free online dockets of every Oklahoma district court.
Oklahoma is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: anyone can order a name-based criminal history search online, for $15 a search, through the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Miami
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 Oklahoma Open Records Act the agency must answer promptly; the statute sets no number of days, and it may charge copying at no more than 25 cents a page.
- An arrest by the Miami police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at miamiok.gov/172/Police-Department (page title: Police Department | Miami, OK), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 877-654-8463.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 918.542.5547, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Ottawa County District Court, through the court records page at ottawaok.gov/offices/court-clerk, phone 918.542.2801.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Ottawa County guide covers every agency in the county: Ottawa County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Miami each year?
Miami reported 251 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Miami?
Look on the custody page of the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office at ottawacountysook.gov/inmate-search, or call 877-654-8463. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Miami booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Miami?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation: anyone can order a name-based criminal history search online, for $15. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Miami?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Miami police for its own arrests, the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Oklahoma Open Records Act the answer is due promptly; the statute sets no number of days.
Is this the official Miami website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.