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.
Stephens County, Oklahoma, has about 44,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Stephens County Sheriff's Office, four city agencies and one other 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 Stephens 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: Stephens County public records, Oklahoma arrest records, Oklahoma inmate search and Oklahoma criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Stephens County
The Stephens County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Stephens County. It reported 68 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside four of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Duncan, 23,174 residents: 441 arrests reported for 2025.
- Marlow, 4,505 residents: 40 arrests reported for 2025.
- Comanche, 1,397 residents: 13 arrests reported for 2025.
- Velma, 574 residents: 5 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 one more agency in Stephens County: Velma-Alma Public Schools (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Stephens 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.
- Duncan: 441 for 2025, 425 for 2024, 433 for 2023, 357 for 2022, 306 for 2021 and 324 for 2020.
- Stephens County Sheriff's Office: 68 for 2025, 66 for 2024, 51 for 2023, 78 for 2022, 99 for 2021 and 158 for 2020.
- Marlow: 40 for 2025, 58 for 2024, 60 for 2023, 53 for 2022, 39 for 2021 and 53 for 2020.
- Comanche: 13 for 2025, 48 for 2024, 31 for 2023, 28 for 2022, 30 for 2021 and 31 for 2020.
- Velma: 5 for 2025, 3 for 2024, 4 for 2023, 3 for 2022, 3 for 2021 and 3 for 2020.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 567 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 567 in 2025 against 600 in 2024, down 5.5 percent.
Through May 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 272 arrests, against 222 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Stephens County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Stephens 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 170 people, up from about 160 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 164 beds, and it ran at 99 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 Stephens County Sheriff's Office at stephenssheriff-ok.gov/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Stephens 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 Stephens County
Whether someone was arrested in Stephens County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the custody page of the Stephens County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Stephens County District Court, kept by the Court Clerk, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/api/collection/stgovpub/id/37046/down... (page title: Page 5 Angie Bruce, Court Clerk Osage County Courthouse 600 Grandview Avenue), phone 918-775-4411, belongs to a lower court, not to the Stephens County District Court.
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 Stephens 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 Stephens County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 877-654-8463.
- An arrest in Duncan, Marlow, Comanche or Velma: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Velma-Alma Public Schools: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Stephens County District Court it is kept by the Court Clerk. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at digitalprairie.ok.gov, phone 918-775-4411, is a lower court's.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Stephens County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the eight cities in Stephens County: Duncan, Marlow, Comanche and Velma. Central High, Bray, Empire City and Loco 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 Stephens County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Stephens County each year?
Duncan reported 441 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 567 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Stephens County?
Look on the custody page of the Stephens County Sheriff's Office at stephenssheriff-ok.gov/inmate-search, or call 877-654-8463. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Stephens County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Stephens County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Stephens 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 Stephens County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Stephens 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 Stephens 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.