Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 28, 2026.
Kay County, Oklahoma, has about 43,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Kay County depends on where the incident happened: the Kay County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Oklahoma Open Records Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Kay County public records, Kay County arrest records, Kay County warrants, Kay County inmate search, Kay County criminal records, Oklahoma arrest records and Oklahoma inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Kay County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Kay County that is the Kay County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's list also carries District Attorneys Council at Drug Task Force 8 (other agency), with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Kay County Sheriff's Office
The Kay County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 19 violent and 106 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 120 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 580-362-3250. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at courthouse.kay.ok.us/176/Kay-County-Sheriffs-Office (page title: Kay County Sheriff's Office | Kay County, OK), phone 580-362-3250, 1101 W Dry Road Newkirk, OK 74647, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Kay County
The four cities the FBI lists in Kay County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Ponca City: 121 violent and 406 property crimes reported for 2025; 743 arrests reported for 2025. The Ponca City police department's page is at poncacityok.gov/768/Contact-The-Ponca-City-Police-Department, phone 580-767-0370 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Blackwell: 21 violent and 136 property crimes reported for 2025; 97 arrests reported for 2025.
- Tonkawa: 6 violent and 32 property crimes reported for 2025; 66 arrests reported for 2025.
- Newkirk: 4 violent and 14 property crimes reported for 2025; 8 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 Reports: Kay County in 2025
The five agencies in Kay County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 171 violent and 694 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the five agencies in Kay County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,034 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Oklahoma Open Records Act Requires
Under the Oklahoma Open Records Act the agency must answer a request promptly; the statute sets no number of days, and it may charge copying at no more than 25 cents a page. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Kay County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Kay 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.
How long does an agency in Kay County have to answer?
Under the Oklahoma Open Records Act, promptly; the statute sets no number of days. It may charge copying at no more than 25 cents a page.
How do I get a report from the Kay County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 580-362-3250. Under the Oklahoma Open Records Act the answer is due promptly; the statute sets no number of days.
Is this the official Kay 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.