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 24, 2026.
Craig County, Oklahoma, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Craig County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 Craig 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: Craig County public records, Oklahoma arrest records, Oklahoma inmate search and Oklahoma criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Craig County
The Craig County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Craig County. It reported 163 arrests for 2025.
One city in Craig County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Vinita, 5,395 residents: 92 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 Craig 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.
- Craig County Sheriff's Office: 163 for 2025, 109 for 2024, 102 for 2023, 115 for 2022, 111 for 2021 and 115 for 2020.
- Vinita: 92 for 2025, 99 for 2024, 104 for 2023, 114 for 2022, 121 for 2021 and 122 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 255 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 255 in 2025 against 208 in 2024, up 23 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 178 arrests, against 149 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Craig County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Craig County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 63 people, down from about 78 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 78 beds, and it ran at 100 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 Craig County Sheriff's Office at craigcountyso.com/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Craig 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 Craig County
An arrest in Craig County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Craig County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; OSCN and ODCR, the free online dockets of every Oklahoma district court, which shows whether charges were filed.
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 Craig 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 Craig County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 877-654-8463.
- An arrest in Vinita: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at craigcountyso.com/records (page title: Record Requests | Craig County Sheriff's Office).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Craig County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the five cities in Craig County: Vinita. Welch, Ketchum, Bluejacket and Big Cabin 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 Craig County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Craig County each year?
The Craig County Sheriff's Office reported 163 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 255 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Craig County?
Look on the custody page of the Craig County Sheriff's Office at craigcountyso.com/inmate-search, or call 877-654-8463. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Craig County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Craig County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Craig 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 Craig County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Craig 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at craigcountyso.com/records.
Is this the official Craig 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.