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 October 2, 2026.
Douglas County, Oregon, has about 112,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, five 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 Douglas 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: Douglas County public records, Oregon arrest records, Oregon inmate search and Oregon criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Douglas County
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Douglas County. It reported 1,244 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside five of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Roseburg, 23,795 residents: 2,081 arrests reported for 2025.
- Sutherlin, 8,643 residents: 415 arrests reported for 2025.
- Winston, 5,691 residents: 344 arrests reported for 2025.
- Reedsport, 4,299 residents: 127 arrests reported for 2025.
- Myrtle Creek, 3,498 residents: 119 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 Douglas County: the Douglas County Liquor Commission (state agency); the Douglas County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Douglas 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.
- Roseburg: 2,081 for 2025, 2,288 for 2024, 1,701 for 2023, 1,395 for 2022, 1,615 for 2021 and 1,922 for 2020.
- Douglas County Sheriff's Office: 1,244 for 2025, 1,275 for 2024, 1,378 for 2023, 1,258 for 2022, 1,408 for 2021 and 1,526 for 2020.
- Sutherlin: 415 for 2025, 269 for 2024, 333 for 2023, 404 for 2022, 390 for 2021 and 311 for 2020.
- Winston: 344 for 2025, 255 for 2024, 308 for 2023, 209 for 2022, 271 for 2021 and 276 for 2020.
- Reedsport: 127 for 2025, 113 for 2024, 100 for 2023, 102 for 2022, 191 for 2021 and 219 for 2020.
- Myrtle Creek: 119 for 2025, 126 for 2024, 147 for 2023, 184 for 2022, 197 for 2021 and 182 for 2020.
Together, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,330 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 4,330 in 2025 against 4,326 in 2024, up 0.1 percent.
Through May 2026, the five agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,105 arrests, against 1,677 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Douglas County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Douglas 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 150 people, down from about 200 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 281 beds, and it ran at 52 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 Douglas County Sheriff's Office at jailviewer.douglascountyor.gov/Home/BookingSearchResult (page title: Booking Search Results), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Douglas County
An arrest in Douglas County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Douglas County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Douglas 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/douglas/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 Douglas 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 Douglas County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Roseburg, Sutherlin, Winston, Reedsport or Myrtle Creek: 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 Douglas County Liquor Commission or the Douglas County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Douglas 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.
Cities in Douglas County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the 12 cities in Douglas County: Roseburg, Sutherlin, Winston, Reedsport and Myrtle Creek. Canyonville, Riddle, Drain, Yoncalla, Oakland, Glendale and Elkton 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 Douglas County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Douglas County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Winston (5,691)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Douglas County each year?
Roseburg reported 2,081 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the six agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 4,330 between them.
Where are people arrested in Douglas County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Douglas 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 Douglas County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Douglas 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.
Is this the official Douglas 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.