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.
Curry County, Oregon, has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Curry County Sheriff's Office, three city agencies 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 Curry 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: Curry County public records, Oregon arrest records, Oregon inmate search and Oregon criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Curry County
The Curry County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Curry County. It reported 159 arrests for 2021, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists three cities in Curry County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Brookings, 6,493 residents: 214 arrests reported for 2025.
- Gold Beach, 2,272 residents.
- Port Orford, 1,114 residents: 1,171 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 Curry County: the Curry County Liquor Commission (state agency); the Curry County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Curry County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Port Orford: 1,171 for 2025, 1,176 for 2024, 1,176 for 2023, 1,180 for 2022, 1,164 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Brookings: 214 for 2025, 277 for 2024, 254 for 2023, 306 for 2022, 255 for 2021 and 348 for 2020.
- Curry County Sheriff's Office: 159 for 2021, 172 for 2020 and 175 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,385 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,385 in 2025 against 1,453 in 2024, down 4.7 percent.
Through June 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 633 arrests, against 674 in the same months of 2025.
Curry County Sheriff's Office reported only part of 2025 (7 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Curry County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Curry 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 31 people, up from about 29 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 35 beds, and it ran at 83 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 Curry County Sheriff's Office at currycountyor.gov/government/county_sheriff (page title: Welcome To Curry County, OR), phone (541) 247-3242, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 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 Curry County
An arrest in Curry County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Curry 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 currycountyor.gov/government/district_attorney.php, phone (541) 247.3298).
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 Curry 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 Curry County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (541) 247-3242.
- An arrest in Brookings, Gold Beach or Port Orford: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Curry County Liquor Commission or the Curry 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) 247.3298, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Curry 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 currycountyor.gov (page title: Welcome To Curry County, OR).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Curry County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the three cities in Curry County: Brookings, Gold Beach and Port Orford.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Curry County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Curry County each year?
Port Orford reported 1,171 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,385 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Curry County?
Ask the Curry County Sheriff's Office at (541) 247-3242; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at currycountyor.gov/government/county_sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Curry County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Curry County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Curry 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 Curry County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Curry 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 currycountyor.gov.
Is this the official Curry 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.