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.
Baker County, Oregon, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Baker County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and two 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 Baker County Circuit 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: Baker County public records, Oregon arrest records, Oregon inmate search and Oregon criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Baker County
The Baker County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Baker County. It reported 147 arrests for 2025.
One city in Baker County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Baker City, 10,135 residents: 228 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 these agencies in Baker County: the Baker County Liquor Commission (state agency); the Baker County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Baker 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.
- Baker City: 228 for 2025, 229 for 2022, 264 for 2020 and 271 for 2019; 2021, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
- Baker County Sheriff's Office: 147 for 2025, 206 for 2024, 82 for 2023, 74 for 2022, 49 for 2021 and 96 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 375 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 147 in 2025 against 206 in 2024, down 29 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Baker County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Baker 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 18 people, down from about 35 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 45 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 custody page of the Baker County Sheriff's Office at bakersheriff.org/jaillist.htm (page title: Jail List), 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 Baker County
Whether someone was arrested in Baker County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the custody page of the Baker County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Baker 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/baker/records/pages/default.aspx).
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 Baker 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 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 Baker County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Baker City: 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 the Baker County Liquor Commission or the Baker County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Baker County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.oregon.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at bakersheriff.org/recordsrequest.htm (page title: Baker County Sheriff's Office).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Baker County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the seven cities in Baker County: Baker City. Huntington, Haines, Halfway, Sumpter, Richland and Unity 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 Baker County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Baker County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Baker City (10,135)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Baker County each year?
Baker City reported 228 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 375 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Baker County?
Look on the custody page of the Baker County Sheriff's Office at bakersheriff.org/jaillist.htm. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Baker County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Baker County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Baker County?
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 Baker County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Baker County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. 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 bakersheriff.org/recordsrequest.htm.
Is this the official Baker 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.