Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 26, 2026.
Coos Bay, Oregon, in Coos County, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city 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 Coos County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Coos Bay public records, Coos County arrest records, Oregon arrest records and Oregon inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Coos Bay
The FBI lists Coos Bay with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Coos Bay Police Department. It reported 989 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Coos County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 197 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Coos County: the Coos County Liquor Commission (state agency); the Coos County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Coos Bay Reports
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.
- Coos Bay: 989 for 2025, 1,177 for 2024, 876 for 2023, 830 for 2022, 746 for 2021 and 809 for 2020.
Coos Bay's 989 arrests in 2025 were down 16 percent from 1,177 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Coos Bay reported 568 arrests, against 565 in the same months of 2025.
Across Coos County, the seven agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,911 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Coos Bay Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Coos Bay 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 2023 the jail held about 48 people, down from about 85 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 250 beds, and it ran at 34 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 Coos County Sheriff's Office at co.coos.or.us/sheriff-s-office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Coos County), phone 541-269-8911, 200 E. 2nd Street Coquille, OR 97423, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Oregon Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at oregon.gov/doc/victim-services/pages/offender-search.aspx.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Coos Bay
An arrest in Coos Bay can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Coos County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.oregon.gov/courts/coos/records/pages/default.aspx); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.coos.or.us/district-attorney, phone (541)396-7550).
Statewide, Oregon eCourt Case Information is the Oregon Judicial Department's online case search, free for basic case information.
Oregon is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: an Open Record Request returns anyone's Oregon conviction record by name, and the subject is told who asked, for $10 a search, through the Oregon State Police. 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 Coos Bay
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 Oregon Public Records Law the agency must answer within 15 business days where practicable, after acknowledging the request within 5, and it may charge the actual cost of making the record available.
- An arrest by the Coos Bay police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at coosbayor.gov/government/city-departments/finance-department/public... (page title: Public Records Request | City of Coos Bay), phone 541-267-5912, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Coos County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 541-269-8911.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (541)396-7550, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Coos County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.oregon.gov.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Coos County guide covers every agency in the county: Coos County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Coos Bay each year?
Coos Bay reported 989 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Coos Bay?
Ask the Coos County Sheriff's Office at 541-269-8911; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.coos.or.us/sheriff-s-office.
Where are people arrested in Coos Bay booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Coos County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Coos Bay?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Oregon State Police: an Open Record Request returns anyone's Oregon conviction record by name, and the subject is told who asked, for $10. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Oregon Public Records Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Coos Bay?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Coos Bay police for its own arrests, the Coos County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Oregon Public Records Law the answer is due within 15 business days where practicable, after acknowledging the request within 5.
Is this the official Coos Bay website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.