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.
The Dalles, Oregon, in Wasco 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 Wasco 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: The Dalles public records, Wasco County arrest records, Oregon arrest records and Oregon inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in The Dalles
The FBI lists The Dalles with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as The Dalles Police Department. It reported 708 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 Wasco County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 109 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Wasco County: the Wasco County State Police (state police); the Wasco County Liquor Commission (state agency).
How Many Arrests The Dalles 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.
- The Dalles: 708 for 2025, 817 for 2024, 635 for 2023, 574 for 2022, 718 for 2020 and 577 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
The Dalles's 708 arrests in 2025 were down 13 percent from 817 in 2024.
Through August 2026, The Dalles reported 510 arrests, against 466 in the same months of 2025.
Across Wasco County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 817 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in The Dalles Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in The Dalles 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 68 people, down from about 71 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 87 beds, and it ran at 78 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 Wasco County Sheriff's Office at wascocountyor.gov/departments/sheriff/index.php (page title: Sheriff), phone 541-506-2580, 511 Washington St., Ste. 101, The Dalles, OR 97058, Mon 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, 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 The Dalles
Whether someone was arrested in The Dalles, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Wasco 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/wasco/records/pages/default.aspx); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at wascocountyor.gov/departments/district_attorney/criminal_prosecutio...).
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 The Dalles
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 Dalles police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at wascocountyor.gov/departments/sheriff/how_do_i.php (page title: Welcome to Wasco County, OR), phone (541) 506-2580, 511 Washington Street, Suite 102, The Dalles, OR 97058, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Wasco County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 541-506-2580.
- 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 Wasco 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 Wasco County guide covers every agency in the county: Wasco County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in The Dalles each year?
The Dalles reported 708 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in The Dalles?
Ask the Wasco County Sheriff's Office at 541-506-2580; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at wascocountyor.gov.
Where are people arrested in The Dalles booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wasco County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in The Dalles?
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 The Dalles?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Dalles police for its own arrests, the Wasco 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 The Dalles 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.