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.
Hood River County, Oregon, has about 24,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Hood River 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 Hood River 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: Hood River County public records, Oregon arrest records, Oregon inmate search and Oregon criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Hood River County
The Hood River County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Hood River County. It reported 146 arrests for 2025.
One city in Hood River County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Hood River, 8,350 residents: 271 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 Hood River County: the Hood River County State Police (state police); the Hood River County Liquor Commission (state agency).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Hood River 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.
- Hood River: 271 for 2025, 373 for 2024, 605 for 2023, 467 for 2022, 354 for 2021 and 364 for 2020.
- Hood River County Sheriff's Office: 146 for 2025, 160 for 2024, 142 for 2023, 173 for 2022, 143 for 2021 and 141 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 417 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 417 in 2025 against 533 in 2024, down 22 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 195 arrests, against 221 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Hood River County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Hood River County 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 64 people, down from about 67 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 82 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 Hood River County Sheriff's Office at hoodriversheriff.com/what-we-do/jail-information (page title: Jail Information (NORCOR) | Hood River County Sheriff), phone 541-298-1576, 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 Hood River County
An arrest in Hood River County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Hood River 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/hood_river/records/Pages/default.aspx); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at hoodrivercounty.gov/districtattorney, phone 541-387-6814).
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 Hood River 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 Hood River County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 541-298-1576.
- An arrest in Hood River: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Hood River County State Police or the Hood River County Liquor Commission: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 541-387-6814, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Hood River 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 hoodrivercounty.gov/public-records-request (page title: Public Records Request | Official Website for Hood River County, OR).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Hood River County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Hood River County: Hood River. Cascade Locks has 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 Hood River County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Hood River County each year?
Hood River reported 271 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 417 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Hood River County?
Ask the Hood River County Sheriff's Office at 541-298-1576; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at hoodriversheriff.com.
Where are people arrested in Hood River County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Hood River County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Hood River 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 Hood River County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Hood River 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 hoodrivercounty.gov/public-records-request.
Is this the official Hood River 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.