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.
Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, has about 37,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Okmulgee County Sheriff's Office, five city agencies and three 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 Okmulgee 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: Okmulgee County public records, Oklahoma arrest records, Oklahoma inmate search and Oklahoma criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Okmulgee County
The Okmulgee County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Okmulgee County. It reported 75 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists five cities in Okmulgee County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Okmulgee, 11,354 residents: 495 arrests reported for 2025.
- Henryetta, 5,606 residents: 228 arrests reported for 2025.
- Morris, 1,334 residents: 12 arrests reported for 2025.
- Beggs, 1,184 residents: 26 arrests reported for 2025.
- Dewar, 760 residents: 9 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 Mounds Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Okmulgee County, so its arrests are not broken out for Okmulgee County here.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Okmulgee County: Oklahoma State University at Okmulgee (campus police); the Okmulgee County Criminal Justice Authority and Beggs Public Schools (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Okmulgee 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.
- Okmulgee: 495 for 2025, 255 for 2024, 275 for 2022, 337 for 2021, 398 for 2020 and 433 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Henryetta: 228 for 2025, 342 for 2024, 224 for 2023, 214 for 2022, 397 for 2021 and 266 for 2020.
- Okmulgee County Sheriff's Office: 75 for 2025, 87 for 2024, 91 for 2022, 112 for 2021, 148 for 2020 and 219 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Beggs: 26 for 2025, 10 for 2024, 4 for 2023, 13 for 2022, 21 for 2021 and 6 for 2020.
- Morris: 12 for 2025, 19 for 2024, 20 for 2023, 12 for 2022, 5 for 2021 and 4 for 2020.
- Dewar: 9 for 2025, 4 for 2024, 2 for 2023, 3 for 2022, 7 for 2021 and 7 for 2020.
Together, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 845 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 845 in 2025 against 717 in 2024, up 18 percent.
Through July 2026, the five agencies with every month so far on file reported 546 arrests, against 458 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Okmulgee County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Okmulgee 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 2023 the jail held about 440 people, up from about 270 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 529 beds, and it ran at 83 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 Okmulgee County Sheriff's Office at okmulgeesheriff.com (page title: Okmulgee County Sheriff), phone (918) 756-4311, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
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 Okmulgee County
An arrest in Okmulgee County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Okmulgee County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at oscn.net/dockets/Search.aspx); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at yourokmulgee.com/article/3233,okmulgee-county-district-attorney-s-o...).
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 Okmulgee 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 Okmulgee County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (918) 756-4311.
- An arrest in Okmulgee, Henryetta, Morris, Beggs or Dewar: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Oklahoma State University at Okmulgee, the Okmulgee County Criminal Justice Authority or Beggs Public Schools: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Okmulgee County District Court, through the court records page at oscn.net/dockets/Search.aspx.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Okmulgee County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the nine cities in Okmulgee County: Okmulgee, Henryetta, Morris, Beggs and Dewar. Winchester, Schulter, Grayson and Hoffman 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 Okmulgee County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Okmulgee County each year?
Okmulgee reported 495 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the six agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 845 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Okmulgee County?
Ask the Okmulgee County Sheriff's Office at (918) 756-4311; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at okmulgeesheriff.com.
Where are people arrested in Okmulgee County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Okmulgee County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Okmulgee 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 Okmulgee County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Okmulgee 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 Okmulgee 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.