SearchSystems Editorial

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 September 30, 2026.

About this guide

Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, has about 816,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office, 17 city agencies and eight campus, state or other 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 Oklahoma 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: Oklahoma County public records, Oklahoma arrest records, Oklahoma inmate search and Oklahoma criminal records.

Who Makes Arrests in Oklahoma County

The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Oklahoma County. It reported 359 arrests for 2025.

The FBI lists 17 cities in Oklahoma County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported, the largest twelve first; the rest are named in the cities section below:

  • Oklahoma City, 712,919 residents: 16,405 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Edmond, 99,040 residents: 2,106 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Midwest City, 58,505 residents: 1,730 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Del City, 21,272 residents: 885 arrests reported for 2024.
  • Bethany, 20,421 residents: 408 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Choctaw, 12,358 residents: 147 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Warr Acres, 10,456 residents: 105 arrests reported for 2025.
  • The Village, 9,337 residents: 189 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Harrah, 6,853 residents: 100 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Spencer, 3,883 residents: 39 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Nichols Hills, 3,851 residents: 63 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Jones, 3,213 residents: 50 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 FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Oklahoma County: Choctaw-Nicoma Park Schools and Putnam City Campus (other); the Department of Agriculture and Forestry Service Law Enforcement Section (state agency); Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City Community College, Southern Nazarene University, the University of Oklahoma at Health Sciences Center and one more (campus police).

How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Oklahoma 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.

  • Oklahoma City: 16,405 for 2025, 15,092 for 2024, 14,680 for 2023, 14,740 for 2022, 14,024 for 2021 and 15,264 for 2020.
  • Edmond: 2,106 for 2025, 2,042 for 2024, 1,974 for 2023, 1,812 for 2022, 1,941 for 2021 and 1,562 for 2020.
  • Midwest City: 1,730 for 2025, 1,685 for 2024, 1,549 for 2023, 1,255 for 2022, 2,686 for 2020 and 3,102 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Bethany: 408 for 2025, 379 for 2024, 490 for 2023, 372 for 2022, 278 for 2021 and 647 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
  • Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office: 359 for 2025, 430 for 2024, 398 for 2023, 455 for 2022, 284 for 2021 and 425 for 2020.
  • The Village: 189 for 2025, 129 for 2024, 108 for 2023, 101 for 2022, 161 for 2021 and 150 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
  • Choctaw: 147 for 2025, 216 for 2024, 201 for 2023, 144 for 2022, 125 for 2021 and 43 for 2020.
  • Warr Acres: 105 for 2025, 95 for 2024, 77 for 2023, 110 for 2022, 187 for 2021 and 261 for 2020.
  • Harrah: 100 for 2025, 99 for 2024, 166 for 2023, 164 for 2022, 168 for 2021 and 99 for 2020.
  • Nichols Hills: 63 for 2025, 52 for 2024, 55 for 2023, 31 for 2022, 38 for 2021 and 33 for 2020.
  • Jones: 50 for 2025, 69 for 2024, 83 for 2023, 45 for 2022, 41 for 2021 and 39 for 2020.
  • Luther: 41 for 2025, 38 for 2024, 39 for 2023, 50 for 2022, 41 for 2021 and 33 for 2020.

Together, the 16 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 21,767 arrests that year. The 15 of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 21,758 in 2025 against 20,377 in 2024, up 6.8 percent.

Through July 2026, the 13 agencies with every month so far on file reported 12,605 arrests, against 12,513 in the same months of 2025.

Valley Brook and Del City reported only part of 2025 (7 months and 11 months) and are left out of the totals.

Booking: Where People Arrested in Oklahoma County Are Held

A person kept in custody after an arrest in Oklahoma 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 1,290 people, down from about 1,910 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 2,890 beds, and it ran at 50 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 Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office at oklahomacounty.org/county-information/jail-tracker-scheduler (page title: Jail Tracker & Scheduler), phone 405-713-7359, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.

A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.

How to Find Out About an Arrest in Oklahoma County

Whether someone was arrested in Oklahoma County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Oklahoma County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at oklahoma.gov/occ/court-dockets/docket-results.html); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at oklahomacounty.org/elected-offices/district-attorney, phone 405-713-1600).

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 Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 405-713-7359.
  • An arrest in Oklahoma City, Edmond, Midwest City, Del City, Bethany, Choctaw or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
  • An arrest by Choctaw-Nicoma Park Schools, the Department of Agriculture and Forestry Service Law Enforcement Section or Oklahoma City University: the records office of the agency involved.
  • A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 405-713-1600, handles discovery for pending cases.
  • The court file of a case that was filed: the Oklahoma County District Court, through the court records page at oklahoma.gov.
  • Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at oklahomacounty.org (page title: Open Records Request).
  • Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.

Cities in Oklahoma County: Who Reports the Arrests

The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for 17 of the 20 cities in Oklahoma County: the twelve named above and Nicoma Park, Luther, Forest Park, Valley Brook and Arcadia. Woodlawn Park, Lake Aluma and Smith Village 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 Oklahoma County District Court.

SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Oklahoma County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:

Frequently Asked Questions

How many arrests are made in Oklahoma County each year?

Oklahoma City reported 16,405 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 16 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 21,767 between them.

How do I find out if someone is in jail in Oklahoma County?

Ask the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office at 405-713-7359; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at oklahomacounty.org.

Where are people arrested in Oklahoma County booked?

Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.

Are arrest records public in Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma County?

From the agency that made the arrest: the Oklahoma 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 oklahomacounty.org.

Is this the official Oklahoma 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.