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 on September 24, 2026.
Crook County, Oregon, has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Crook 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 Crook 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: Crook County public records, Oregon arrest records, Oregon inmate search and Oregon criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Crook County
The Crook County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Crook County. It reported 105 arrests for 2025.
One city in Crook County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Prineville, 11,917 residents: 294 arrests reported for 2024.
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 Crook County: the Crook County Liquor Commission (state agency); the Crook County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Crook 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.
- Prineville: 294 for 2024, 384 for 2023, 258 for 2022, 376 for 2021, 473 for 2020 and 565 for 2019.
- Crook County Sheriff's Office: 105 for 2025, 130 for 2024, 129 for 2023, 194 for 2022, 307 for 2021 and 256 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 424 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 424 in 2024 against 513 in 2023, down 17 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Crook County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Crook 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 40 people, up from about 16 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 16 beds, and it ran at 100 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 Crook County Sheriff's Office at crookcountyor.gov/1249/Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Crook County, OR), phone 541-447-6398, 260 NW 2nd Street, Suite 100 Prineville, OR 97754, Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
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 Crook County
Whether someone was arrested in Crook County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Crook 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/crook/records/pages/default.aspx, phone 541-447-6541); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at crookcountyor.gov/1264/District-Attorney, phone (541) 447-4158).
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 Crook 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 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 Crook County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 541-447-6398.
- An arrest in Prineville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Crook County Liquor Commission or the Crook County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (541) 447-4158, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Crook County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.oregon.gov, phone 541-447-6541.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at crookcountyor.gov (page title: Crook County Public Records Request | Crook County, OR).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Crook County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Prineville, the one city in Crook County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Crook County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Crook County each year?
Prineville reported 294 arrests to the FBI for 2024, and the two agencies with every month of 2024 on file reported 424 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Crook County?
Ask the Crook County Sheriff's Office at 541-447-6398; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at crookcountyor.gov/1249/Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Crook County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Crook County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Crook 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 Crook County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Crook 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 crookcountyor.gov.
Is this the official Crook 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.