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 27, 2026.
Lincoln County, Oregon, has about 51,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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: Lincoln County public records, Oregon arrest records, Oregon inmate search and Oregon criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Lincoln County
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Lincoln County. It reported 418 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three 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:
- Newport, 10,833 residents: 572 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lincoln City, 10,034 residents: 533 arrests reported for 2025.
- Toledo, 3,514 residents: 38 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 Lincoln County: the Lincoln County Liquor Commission (state agency); the Lincoln County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Lincoln 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.
- Newport: 572 for 2025, 537 for 2023, 454 for 2022, 561 for 2021, 555 for 2020 and 755 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
- Lincoln City: 533 for 2025, 453 for 2024, 443 for 2023, 334 for 2022, 404 for 2021 and 358 for 2020.
- Lincoln County Sheriff's Office: 418 for 2025, 379 for 2024, 473 for 2023, 375 for 2022, 417 for 2021 and 451 for 2020.
- Toledo: 38 for 2025, 36 for 2024, 183 for 2020 and 197 for 2019; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,561 arrests that year. The three of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 989 in 2025 against 868 in 2024, up 14 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 646 arrests, against 647 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lincoln County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lincoln 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 120 people, down from about 160 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 161 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 Lincoln County Sheriff's Office at p2c.lincolnsheriff.org/jailinmates.aspx (page title: Lincoln County Sheriffs Office P2C), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 27, 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 Lincoln County
An arrest in Lincoln County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: Oregon eCourt Case Information, the Oregon Judicial Department's online case search, free for basic case information, which shows whether charges were filed; the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.lincoln.or.us/m/directory/department?did=20, phone 541-265-0425).
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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Newport, Lincoln City or Toledo: 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 Lincoln County Liquor Commission or the Lincoln 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, 541-265-0425, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.lincoln.or.us/564/Public-Records-Requests (page title: Public Records Requests | Lincoln County, OR).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Lincoln County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the seven cities in Lincoln County: Newport, Lincoln City and Toledo. Waldport, Depoe Bay, Siletz and Yachats 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 Lincoln County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Lincoln County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Newport (10,833)
- Lincoln City (10,034)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Lincoln County each year?
Newport reported 572 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,561 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Lincoln County?
Ask the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at p2c.lincolnsheriff.org/jailinmates.aspx.
Where are people arrested in Lincoln County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lincoln 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 co.lincoln.or.us/564/Public-Records-Requests.
Is this the official Lincoln 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.