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.
Skiatook, Oklahoma, in Osage County, has about 8,900 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 Osage 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: Skiatook public records, Osage County arrest records, Oklahoma arrest records and Oklahoma inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Skiatook
The FBI lists Skiatook with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Skiatook Police Department. It reported 228 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 Osage County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 240 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Skiatook 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.
- Skiatook: 228 for 2025, 192 for 2024, 171 for 2023, 154 for 2022, 200 for 2021 and 139 for 2020.
Skiatook's 228 arrests in 2025 were up 19 percent from 192 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Skiatook reported 141 arrests, against 132 in the same months of 2025.
Across Osage County, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 590 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Skiatook Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Skiatook 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 2023 the jail held about 130 people, up from about 130 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 168 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 Osage County Sheriff's Office at osagecountyok.gov/current-inmates (page title: Osage County Jail Current Inmates | Osage 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 Skiatook
An arrest in Skiatook can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Osage County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Osage County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at osage.okcounties.org/offices/court-clerk, phone 918-287-4104); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at osage.okcounties.org/offices/district-attorney, phone (918) 287-1510).
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 Skiatook
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 Skiatook police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at skiatookpolice.gov/request-forms (page title: Request Forms), phone (918) 396-2424, 220 S Broadway St, Skiatook, OK 74070, Mon 08:00 am - 04:00 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Osage 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) 287-1510, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Osage County District Court, through the court records page at osage.okcounties.org/offices/court-clerk, phone 918-287-4104.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Osage County guide covers every agency in the county: Osage County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Skiatook each year?
Skiatook reported 228 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Skiatook?
Look on the custody page of the Osage County Sheriff's Office at osagecountyok.gov/current-inmates, or call 877-654-8463. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Skiatook booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Osage County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Skiatook?
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 Skiatook?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Skiatook police for its own arrests, the Osage 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 Skiatook 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.