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 2024. 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.
Springfield, Oregon, in Lane County, has about 61,000 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 Lane 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: Springfield public records, Lane County arrest records, Oregon arrest records and Oregon inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Springfield
The FBI lists Springfield with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Springfield Police Department. It reported 2,912 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year. 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 Lane County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 1,023 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Lane County: the Lane County Liquor Commission (state agency); the University of Oregon (campus police); the Lane County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Springfield 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.
- Springfield: 2,912 for 2024, 2,383 for 2023, 2,114 for 2022, 2,463 for 2020 and 3,216 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Springfield's 2,912 arrests in 2024 were up 22 percent from 2,383 in 2023.
Across Lane County, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,665 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Springfield Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Springfield 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 320 people, down from about 470 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 382 beds, and it ran at 85 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 Lane County Sheriff's Office at lanecountyor.gov/government/county_departments/sheriff_s_office/jai... (page title: Offender Bookings & Releases | Lane County), phone 541-682-4020, 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 Oregon Department of Corrections lists its inmates at oregon.gov/doc/victim-services/pages/offender-search.aspx.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Springfield
An arrest in Springfield can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Lane County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Lane 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/lane/records/pages/default.aspx, phone 541-682-4020); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at lanecountyor.gov/government/county_departments/district_attorney_s_...).
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 Springfield
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Springfield police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at springfield-or.gov/city/police-department/public-records-requests (page title: Public Records Requests | City of Springfield Oregon), phone 541.726.3700, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Lane County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 541-682-4020.
- 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 Lane County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.oregon.gov, phone 541-682-4020.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at lanecountyor.gov (page title: Public Records Request | Lane County).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Lane County guide covers every agency in the county: Lane County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Springfield each year?
Springfield reported 2,912 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Springfield?
Look on the custody page of the Lane County Sheriff's Office at lanecountyor.gov, or call 541-682-4020. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Springfield booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Lane County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Springfield?
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 Springfield?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Springfield police for its own arrests, the Lane 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at lanecountyor.gov.
Is this the official Springfield 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.