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.
Marion County, Oregon, has about 353,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Marion County Sheriff's Office, ten 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 Marion 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: Marion County public records, Oregon arrest records, Oregon inmate search and Oregon criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Marion County
The Marion County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Marion County. It reported 1,478 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside ten 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:
- Salem, 180,406 residents: 4,999 arrests reported for 2025.
- Keizer, 39,152 residents: 815 arrests reported for 2025.
- Woodburn, 30,449 residents: 771 arrests reported for 2025.
- Silverton, 10,391 residents: 194 arrests reported for 2022.
- Stayton, 8,521 residents: 154 arrests reported for 2025.
- Aumsville, 4,216 residents: 76 arrests reported for 2019.
- Mount Angel, 3,436 residents: 39 arrests reported for 2023.
- Hubbard, 3,402 residents: 75 arrests reported for 2025.
- Gervais, 2,571 residents: 9 arrests reported for 2025.
- Turner, 2,414 residents.
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 Marion County: the Marion County State Police (state police); the Marion County Liquor Commission (state agency).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Marion 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.
- Salem: 4,999 for 2025, 4,771 for 2024, 4,517 for 2023, 4,478 for 2022, 4,682 for 2021 and 5,198 for 2020.
- Marion County Sheriff's Office: 1,478 for 2025, 1,423 for 2024, 1,316 for 2023, 1,557 for 2022, 2,082 for 2020 and 2,559 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Keizer: 815 for 2025, 704 for 2024, 845 for 2023, 735 for 2022, 541 for 2021 and 559 for 2020.
- Woodburn: 771 for 2025, 692 for 2024, 578 for 2023, 601 for 2022, 600 for 2021 and 615 for 2020.
- Stayton: 154 for 2025, 203 for 2024, 133 for 2023, 164 for 2022, 164 for 2021 and 153 for 2020.
- Hubbard: 75 for 2025, 61 for 2024, 81 for 2022, 103 for 2021, 138 for 2020 and 121 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Gervais: 9 for 2025, 23 for 2024, 10 for 2023, 12 for 2022, 20 for 2021 and 23 for 2020.
- Silverton: 194 for 2022, 166 for 2021, 271 for 2020 and 295 for 2019.
- Aumsville: 76 for 2019.
- Mount Angel: 39 for 2023, 47 for 2022, 41 for 2021, 59 for 2020 and 55 for 2019.
Together, the seven agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,301 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 8,301 in 2025 against 7,877 in 2024, up 5.4 percent.
Through April 2026, the six agencies with every month so far on file reported 2,611 arrests, against 2,661 in the same months of 2025.
Mount Angel and Turner reported only part of 2025 (11 months and 10 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Marion County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Marion 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 380 people, down from about 500 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 559 beds, and it ran at 69 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 Marion County Sheriff's Office at jailviewer.co.marion.or.us (page title: Web Jail Viewer), phone 888-749-8080, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
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 person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Oregon Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at oregon.gov/doc/victim-services/pages/offender-search.aspx.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Marion County
An arrest in Marion County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Marion County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Marion 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/marion/records/pages/records-request.aspx, phone 503-588-5101); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.marion.or.us/DA, phone (503) 588-5222).
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 Marion 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 Marion County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 888-749-8080.
- An arrest in Salem, Keizer, Woodburn, Silverton, Stayton, Aumsville or another of the cities listed above: 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 Marion County State Police or the Marion 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, (503) 588-5222, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Marion County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.oregon.gov, phone 503-588-5101.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.marion.or.us (page title: Public Records Requests).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Marion County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for ten of the 19 cities in Marion County: Salem, Keizer, Woodburn, Silverton, Stayton, Aumsville, Mount Angel, Hubbard, Gervais and Turner. Jefferson, Sublimity, Aurora, Donald, Gates, St. Paul, Scotts Mills, Detroit and Idanha 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 Marion County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Marion County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Stayton (8,521)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Marion County each year?
Salem reported 4,999 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the seven agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 8,301 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Marion County?
Look on the custody page of the Marion County Sheriff's Office at jailviewer.co.marion.or.us, or call 888-749-8080. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Marion County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Marion County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Marion 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 Marion County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Marion 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.marion.or.us.
Is this the official Marion 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.