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.
Wasco County, Oregon, has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Wasco 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 Wasco 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: Wasco County public records, Oregon arrest records, Oregon inmate search and Oregon criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Wasco County
The Wasco County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Wasco County. It reported 109 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Wasco County with a reporting agency of its own:
- The Dalles, 15,884 residents: 708 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 Wasco County: the Wasco County State Police (state police); the Wasco County Liquor Commission (state agency).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Wasco 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.
- The Dalles: 708 for 2025, 817 for 2024, 635 for 2023, 574 for 2022, 718 for 2020 and 577 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Wasco County Sheriff's Office: 109 for 2025, 87 for 2024, 100 for 2023, 136 for 2022, 102 for 2021 and 89 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 817 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 817 in 2025 against 904 in 2024, down 9.6 percent.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 575 arrests, against 534 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Wasco County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Wasco 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 68 people, down from about 71 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 87 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 Wasco County Sheriff's Office at wascocountyor.gov/departments/sheriff/index.php (page title: Sheriff), phone 541-506-2580, 511 Washington St., Ste. 101, The Dalles, OR 97058, Mon 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, 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 Wasco County
Whether someone was arrested in Wasco County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Wasco 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/wasco/records/pages/default.aspx); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at wascocountyor.gov/departments/district_attorney/criminal_prosecutio...).
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 Wasco 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 Wasco County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 541-506-2580.
- An arrest in The Dalles: 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 Wasco County State Police or the Wasco 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 handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Wasco 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 Wasco County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the six cities in Wasco County: The Dalles. Dufur, Mosier, Maupin, Antelope and Shaniko 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 Wasco County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Wasco County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- The Dalles (15,884)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Wasco County each year?
The Dalles reported 708 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 817 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Wasco County?
Ask the Wasco County Sheriff's Office at 541-506-2580; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at wascocountyor.gov.
Where are people arrested in Wasco County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wasco County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Wasco 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 Wasco County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Wasco 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 Wasco 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.