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

Tulsa County, Oklahoma, has about 694,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office, nine city agencies and five 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 Tulsa 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: Tulsa County public records, Oklahoma arrest records, Oklahoma inmate search and Oklahoma criminal records.

Who Makes Arrests in Tulsa County

The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Tulsa County. It reported 1,178 arrests for 2025.

Arrests inside nine 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:

  • Tulsa, 415,154 residents: 14,589 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Broken Arrow, 122,756 residents: 1,356 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Owasso, 42,821 residents: 618 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Bixby, 31,728 residents: 293 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Jenks, 27,869 residents: 145 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Sand Springs, 20,330 residents: 655 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Glenpool, 14,567 residents: 320 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Collinsville, 9,757 residents: 164 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Sperry, 1,244 residents: 11 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 Sapulpa Police Department, the Skiatook Police Department and the Mannford Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Tulsa County, so their arrests are not broken out for Tulsa County here.

The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Tulsa County: Tulsa Community College and the University of Oklahoma at Tulsa (campus police); Jenks Public Schools, Tulsa County Court Services and Tulsa International Airport (other).

How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Tulsa 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.

  • Tulsa: 14,589 for 2025, 15,422 for 2024, 13,890 for 2023, 8,940 for 2022, 9,274 for 2021 and 14,175 for 2020.
  • Broken Arrow: 1,356 for 2025, 1,301 for 2024, 1,424 for 2023, 994 for 2022, 910 for 2021 and 1,955 for 2020.
  • Tulsa County Sheriff's Office: 1,178 for 2025, 1,147 for 2024, 1,101 for 2023, 1,095 for 2022, 1,077 for 2021 and 1,078 for 2020.
  • Sand Springs: 655 for 2025, 763 for 2024, 741 for 2023, 786 for 2022, 685 for 2021 and 701 for 2020.
  • Owasso: 618 for 2025, 675 for 2024, 845 for 2023, 750 for 2022, 503 for 2021 and 550 for 2020.
  • Glenpool: 320 for 2025, 315 for 2024, 312 for 2023, 381 for 2022, 396 for 2020 and 550 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Bixby: 293 for 2025, 273 for 2024, 193 for 2023, 209 for 2022, 306 for 2021 and 217 for 2020.
  • Collinsville: 164 for 2025, 197 for 2024, 81 for 2023, 90 for 2022, 186 for 2021 and 95 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
  • Jenks: 145 for 2025, 172 for 2024, 109 for 2023, 95 for 2022, 82 for 2021 and 78 for 2020.
  • Sperry: 11 for 2025, 32 for 2024, 28 for 2023, 34 for 2022, 67 for 2021 and 46 for 2020.

Together, the ten agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 19,329 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 19,329 in 2025 against 20,297 in 2024, down 4.8 percent.

Through June 2026, the eight agencies with every month so far on file reported 2,078 arrests, against 2,171 in the same months of 2025.

Booking: Where People Arrested in Tulsa County Are Held

The county jail is where a person arrested in Tulsa 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 2024 the jail held about 4 people, down from about 1,440 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 2,014 beds, and it ran at 65 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 Tulsa County Sheriff's Office at tcso.org/jailinformation (page title: Jail Information | Tulsa County Sheriff's Office), phone (918)596-8900, 300 N Denver Ave. Tulsa, OK 74103, Fridays between 8:30-3:30pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 Tulsa County

An arrest in Tulsa County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Tulsa County District Court, kept by the Court Clerk, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date; the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at www2.tulsacounty.org/districtattorney/about, phone 918-596-4805).

The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at courtclerk.tulsacounty.org (page title: Don Newberry, Tulsa County Court Clerk), phone 918-596-5420, belongs to a lower court, not to the Tulsa 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 Tulsa 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 Tulsa County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (918)596-8900.
  • An arrest in Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Owasso, Bixby, Jenks, Sand Springs 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 Tulsa Community College, the University of Oklahoma at Tulsa or Jenks Public Schools: the records office of the agency involved.
  • A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 918-596-4805, handles discovery for pending cases.
  • The court file of a case that was filed: in the Tulsa County District Court it is kept by the Court Clerk. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at courtclerk.tulsacounty.org, phone 918-596-5420, is a lower court's.
  • Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at tcso.org/resources/public-records-requests (page title: Open Records Requests | Tulsa County Sheriff's Office).
  • Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.

Cities in Tulsa County: Who Reports the Arrests

The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for nine of the 11 cities in Tulsa County: Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Owasso, Bixby, Jenks, Sand Springs, Glenpool, Collinsville and Sperry. Liberty and Lotsee 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 Tulsa County District Court.

SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Tulsa 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 Tulsa County each year?

Tulsa reported 14,589 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the ten agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 19,329 between them.

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

Ask the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office at (918)596-8900; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at tcso.org/jailinformation.

Where are people arrested in Tulsa County booked?

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

Are arrest records public in Tulsa 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 Tulsa County?

From the agency that made the arrest: the Tulsa 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 tcso.org/resources/public-records-requests.

Is this the official Tulsa 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.