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.
Linn County, Oregon, has about 132,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Linn 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 Linn 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: Linn County public records, Oregon arrest records, Oregon inmate search and Oregon criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Linn County
The Linn County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Linn County. It reported 872 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:
- Albany, 57,156 residents: 1,619 arrests reported for 2024.
- Lebanon, 19,950 residents: 417 arrests reported for 2025.
- Sweet Home, 10,265 residents: 207 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 Linn County: the Linn County State Police (state police); the Linn County Liquor Commission (state agency).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Linn 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.
- Linn County Sheriff's Office: 872 for 2025, 869 for 2024, 995 for 2023, 809 for 2022, 730 for 2021 and 722 for 2020.
- Lebanon: 417 for 2025, 401 for 2024, 320 for 2021, 366 for 2020 and 516 for 2019; 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- Sweet Home: 207 for 2025, 234 for 2024, 263 for 2023, 240 for 2022, 238 for 2021 and 282 for 2020.
- Albany: 1,619 for 2024, 1,571 for 2023, 1,709 for 2022, 1,813 for 2021, 2,672 for 2020 and 3,269 for 2019.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,496 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,496 in 2025 against 1,504 in 2024, down 0.5 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 934 arrests, against 857 in the same months of 2025.
Albany reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Linn County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Linn 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 170 people, down from about 200 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 231 beds, and it ran at 73 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Linn County
For Linn County the place to look is the case index of the Linn 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/linn/records/pages/default.aspx, phone 888-896-4988).
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 Linn 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 Linn County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Albany, Lebanon or Sweet Home: 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 Linn County State Police or the Linn County Liquor Commission: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Linn County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.oregon.gov, phone 888-896-4988.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Linn County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the 13 cities in Linn County: Albany, Lebanon and Sweet Home. Harrisburg, Millersburg, Mill City, Brownsville, Tangent, Lyons, Scio, Halsey, Sodaville and Waterloo 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 Linn County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Linn County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Linn County each year?
The Linn County Sheriff's Office reported 872 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,496 between them.
Where are people arrested in Linn County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Linn County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Linn 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 Linn County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Linn 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 Linn 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.