Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. 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 October 4, 2026.
Adair County, Oklahoma, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Adair County Sheriff's Office and three city agencies. An arrest 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 Adair County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Adair County public records, Oklahoma arrest records, Oklahoma inmate search and Oklahoma criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Adair County
The Adair County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Adair County. It reported 111 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Stilwell, 3,855 residents: 343 arrests reported for 2025.
- Westville, 1,420 residents: 84 arrests reported for 2024.
- Watts, 277 residents: 12 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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Adair County
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.
- Stilwell: 343 for 2025, 376 for 2024, 415 for 2023, 394 for 2022, 310 for 2021 and 244 for 2020.
- Adair County Sheriff's Office: 111 for 2025, 136 for 2024, 97 for 2023, 94 for 2022, 135 for 2021 and 108 for 2020.
- Watts: 12 for 2025, 1 for 2024, 8 for 2023, 6 for 2022, 3 for 2021 and 4 for 2020.
- Westville: 84 for 2024, 56 for 2023, 97 for 2022, 118 for 2021, 129 for 2020 and 158 for 2019.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 466 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 466 in 2025 against 513 in 2024, down 9.2 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 210 arrests, against 296 in the same months of 2025.
Westville reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Adair County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Adair County 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 72 people, down from about 86 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 95 beds, and it ran at 91 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 Adair County Sheriff's Office at youradaircountysheriff.com (page title: Adair County Sheriff Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Adair County
For Adair County the place to look is the case index of the Adair County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at oscn.net/dockets/Search.aspx).
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 Adair County
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 Adair County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Stilwell, Westville or Watts: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Adair County District Court, through the court records page at oscn.net/dockets/Search.aspx.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Adair County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the three cities in Adair County: Stilwell, Westville and Watts.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Adair County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Adair County each year?
Stilwell reported 343 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 466 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Adair County?
Ask the Adair County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at youradaircountysheriff.com.
Where are people arrested in Adair County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Adair County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Adair County?
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 Adair County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Adair County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Oklahoma Open Records Act the answer is due promptly; the statute sets no number of days.
Is this the official Adair 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.