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 25, 2026 and September 28, 2026.
Delaware County, Oklahoma, has about 42,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Delaware County Sheriff's Office and six 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 Delaware 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: Delaware County public records, Oklahoma arrest records, Oklahoma inmate search and Oklahoma criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Delaware County
The Delaware County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Delaware County. It reported 249 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists six cities in Delaware County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Grove, 7,327 residents: 118 arrests reported for 2025.
- Jay, 2,474 residents: 34 arrests reported for 2025.
- West Siloam Springs, 1,068 residents: 86 arrests reported for 2025.
- Colcord, 753 residents: 8 arrests reported for 2025.
- Kansas, 753 residents: 16 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bernice, 433 residents: 0 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 Vinita Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Delaware County, so its arrests are not broken out for Delaware County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Delaware County
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.
- Delaware County Sheriff's Office: 249 for 2025, 208 for 2024, 104 for 2023, 114 for 2022, 121 for 2021 and 112 for 2020.
- Grove: 118 for 2025, 102 for 2024, 104 for 2023, 130 for 2022, 136 for 2021 and 117 for 2020.
- West Siloam Springs: 86 for 2025, 104 for 2024, 93 for 2023, 60 for 2022, 84 for 2021 and 117 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Jay: 34 for 2025, 105 for 2024, 78 for 2023, 73 for 2022, 57 for 2021 and 43 for 2020.
- Kansas: 16 for 2025, 28 for 2024, 13 for 2023, 11 for 2022, 58 for 2021 and 18 for 2020.
- Colcord: 8 for 2025, 10 for 2024, 2 for 2023, 7 for 2022, 8 for 2021 and 12 for 2020.
- Bernice: 0 for 2025, 3 for 2024, 7 for 2023, 1 for 2022, 1 for 2021 and 2 for 2020.
Together, the seven agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 511 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 511 in 2025 against 560 in 2024, down 8.8 percent.
Through July 2026, the six agencies with every month so far on file reported 262 arrests, against 305 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Delaware County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Delaware 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 2023 the jail held about 82 people, down from about 100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 61 beds, and it ran at 164 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 Delaware County Sheriff's Office at delcosheriff.org/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Delaware County Sheriff's Office), phone 877-654-8463, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 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 Delaware County
Whether someone was arrested in Delaware County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the custody page of the Delaware County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Delaware County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at delaware.okcounties.org/offices/court-clerk, phone 918.253.4420).
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 Delaware County
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 Delaware County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 877-654-8463.
- An arrest in Grove, Jay, West Siloam Springs, Colcord, Kansas or Bernice: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Delaware County District Court, through the court records page at delaware.okcounties.org/offices/court-clerk, phone 918.253.4420.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Delaware County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for six of the seven cities in Delaware County: Grove, Jay, West Siloam Springs, Colcord, Kansas and Bernice. Oaks has 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 Delaware County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Delaware County each year?
The Delaware County Sheriff's Office reported 249 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the seven agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 511 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Delaware County?
Look on the custody page of the Delaware County Sheriff's Office at delcosheriff.org/inmate-search, or call 877-654-8463. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Delaware County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Delaware County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Delaware 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 Delaware County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Delaware 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 Delaware 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.