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 30, 2026.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in Oklahoma County, has about 713,000 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 Oklahoma 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: Oklahoma City public records, Oklahoma County arrest records, Oklahoma arrest records and Oklahoma inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Oklahoma City
The FBI lists Oklahoma City with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Oklahoma City Police Department. It reported 16,405 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 Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 359 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Oklahoma County: Choctaw-Nicoma Park Schools and Putnam City Campus (other); the Department of Agriculture and Forestry Service Law Enforcement Section (state agency); Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City Community College, Southern Nazarene University, the University of Oklahoma at Health Sciences Center and one more (campus police).
How Many Arrests Oklahoma City 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.
- Oklahoma City: 16,405 for 2025, 15,092 for 2024, 14,680 for 2023, 14,740 for 2022, 14,024 for 2021 and 15,264 for 2020.
Oklahoma City's 16,405 arrests in 2025 were up 8.7 percent from 15,092 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Oklahoma City reported 10,129 arrests, against 10,950 in the same months of 2025.
Across Oklahoma County, the 16 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 21,767 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Oklahoma City Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Oklahoma City 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 1,290 people, down from about 1,910 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 2,890 beds, and it ran at 50 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 Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office at oklahomacounty.org/county-information/jail-tracker-scheduler (page title: Jail Tracker & Scheduler), phone 405-713-7359, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
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 Oklahoma City
Whether someone was arrested in Oklahoma City, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Oklahoma County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at oklahoma.gov/occ/court-dockets/docket-results.html); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at oklahomacounty.org/elected-offices/district-attorney, phone 405-713-1600).
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 Oklahoma City
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Oklahoma City police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at okc.gov/Services/Public-Safety/Police/Police-Records-Permits (page title: Police Records & Permits | City of OKC), phone (405) 297-1112, 700 Colcord Drive Oklahoma City, OK 73102, Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 405-713-7359.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 405-713-1600, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Oklahoma County District Court, through the court records page at oklahoma.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at oklahomacounty.org (page title: Open Records Request).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Oklahoma County guide covers every agency in the county: Oklahoma County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Oklahoma City each year?
Oklahoma City reported 16,405 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Oklahoma City?
Ask the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office at 405-713-7359; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at oklahomacounty.org.
Where are people arrested in Oklahoma City booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Oklahoma City?
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 Oklahoma City?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Oklahoma City police for its own arrests, the Oklahoma 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at oklahomacounty.org.
Is this the official Oklahoma City 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.