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 on September 25, 2026.
Blaine County, Oklahoma, has about 8,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Blaine County Sheriff's Office and four 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 Blaine 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: Blaine County public records, Oklahoma arrest records, Oklahoma inmate search and Oklahoma criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Blaine County
The Blaine County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Blaine County. It reported 120 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists four cities in Blaine County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Watonga, 2,617 residents: 52 arrests reported for 2025.
- Okeene, 1,052 residents: 7 arrests reported for 2025.
- Geary, 987 residents: 64 arrests reported for 2025.
- Canton, 455 residents: 3 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.
The Hydro Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Blaine County, so its arrests are not broken out for Blaine County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Blaine 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.
- Geary: 64 for 2025, 48 for 2024, 30 for 2023, 62 for 2022, 57 for 2021 and 60 for 2020.
- Watonga: 52 for 2025, 46 for 2024, 81 for 2023, 75 for 2022, 69 for 2021 and 47 for 2020.
- Okeene: 7 for 2025, 1 for 2024, 2 for 2023, 1 for 2022, 5 for 2021 and 6 for 2020.
- Canton: 3 for 2025, 10 for 2024, 13 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 0 for 2021 and 9 for 2020.
- Blaine County Sheriff's Office: 120 for 2024, 186 for 2023, 147 for 2022, 156 for 2021, 120 for 2020 and 91 for 2019.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 126 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 126 in 2025 against 105 in 2024, up 20 percent.
Through July 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 47 arrests, against 73 in the same months of 2025.
Blaine County Sheriff's Office reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Blaine County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Blaine 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 2024 the jail held about 35 people, down from about 45 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 35 beds, and it ran at 103 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Blaine County
For Blaine County the place to look is the case index of the Blaine County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at blaine.okcounties.org/offices/court-clerk, phone 580.623.5970).
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 Blaine 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 Blaine County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Watonga, Okeene, Geary or Canton: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Blaine County District Court, through the court records page at blaine.okcounties.org/offices/court-clerk, phone 580.623.5970.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Blaine County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the seven cities in Blaine County: Watonga, Okeene, Geary and Canton. Longdale, Greenfield and Hitchcock have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Blaine County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Blaine County each year?
Geary reported 64 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 126 between them.
Where are people arrested in Blaine County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Blaine County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Blaine 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 Blaine County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Blaine 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 Blaine 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.