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.
Owasso, Oklahoma, in Tulsa County, has about 43,000 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 Tulsa 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: Owasso public records, Tulsa County arrest records, Oklahoma arrest records and Oklahoma inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Owasso
The FBI lists Owasso with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Owasso Police Department. It reported 618 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 Tulsa County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 1,178 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Tulsa County: Tulsa Community College and the University of Oklahoma at Tulsa (campus police); Jenks Public Schools, Tulsa County Court Services and Tulsa International Airport (other).
How Many Arrests Owasso Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Owasso: 618 for 2025, 675 for 2024, 845 for 2023, 750 for 2022, 503 for 2021 and 550 for 2020.
Owasso's 618 arrests in 2025 were down 8.4 percent from 675 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Owasso reported 377 arrests, against 347 in the same months of 2025.
Across Tulsa County, the ten agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 19,329 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Owasso Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Owasso 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 4 people, down from about 1,440 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 2,014 beds, and it ran at 65 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 Tulsa County Sheriff's Office at tcso.org/jailinformation (page title: Jail Information | Tulsa County Sheriff's Office), phone (918)596-8900, 300 N Denver Ave. Tulsa, OK 74103, Fridays between 8:30-3:30pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Owasso
An arrest in Owasso can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Tulsa County District Court, kept by the Court Clerk, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date; the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at www2.tulsacounty.org/districtattorney/about, phone 918-596-4805).
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at courtclerk.tulsacounty.org (page title: Don Newberry, Tulsa County Court Clerk), phone 918-596-5420, belongs to a lower court, not to the Tulsa County District Court.
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 Owasso
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 Owasso police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at cityofowasso.com/201/Records-Division (page title: Records Division | Owasso, OK), phone 918-376-1568, 111 N Main St Owasso, OK 74055, Monday - Thursday 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (918)596-8900.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 918-596-4805, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Tulsa County District Court it is kept by the Court Clerk. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at courtclerk.tulsacounty.org, phone 918-596-5420, is a lower court's.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at tcso.org/resources/public-records-requests (page title: Open Records Requests | Tulsa County Sheriff's Office).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Tulsa County guide covers every agency in the county: Tulsa County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Owasso each year?
Owasso reported 618 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Owasso?
Ask the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office at (918)596-8900; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at tcso.org/jailinformation.
Where are people arrested in Owasso booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Owasso?
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 Owasso?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Owasso police for its own arrests, the Tulsa 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 tcso.org/resources/public-records-requests.
Is this the official Owasso 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.