Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 23, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Lewistown, Pennsylvania, in Mifflin County, has about 8,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city 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 Mifflin County Court of Common Pleas. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Lewistown public records, Mifflin County arrest records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Lewistown
The FBI lists Lewistown with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Lewistown Police Department. It reported 522 arrests for 2025. A city is listed 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 Mifflin County: County Detective in Mifflin County (other); the State Park Rangers at Reeds Gap, the Bureau of Forestry in Mifflin County and the Office of Attorney General Region 2 in Mifflin County (state agency); the Mifflin County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Lewistown Reports
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.
- Lewistown: 522 for 2025, 351 for 2023, 337 for 2020 and 366 for 2019; 2021, 2022 and 2024 are missing months.
Through July 2026, Lewistown reported 291 arrests, against 296 in the same months of 2025.
Across Mifflin County, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 932 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lewistown Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lewistown 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 130 people, down from about 150 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 169 beds, and it ran at 79 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 sheriff's office at mifflincountypa.gov/correctional-facility/inmate-lookup (page title: Mifflin County | Inmate Lookup), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections lists its inmates at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Lewistown
An arrest in Lewistown can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the sheriff's office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Mifflin County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at mifflincountypa.gov/courts, phone 717-248-4613); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at mifflincountypa.gov/district-attorney/about-us, phone (717) 248-8408).
Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
Pennsylvania is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: PATCH lets anyone request a criminal record check by name online, for $22 a search, through the Pennsylvania 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 Lewistown
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 Right-to-Know Law the agency must answer within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension, and it may charge copying at 25 cents a page.
- An arrest by the Lewistown police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at lewistownborough.com/police-department (page title: Police Department | Borough of Lewistown), phone (717) 248-6716, 70 Chestnut Street Lewistown, PA 17044, Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (717) 248-8408, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Mifflin County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at mifflincountypa.gov/courts, phone 717-248-4613.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Mifflin County guide covers every agency in the county: Mifflin County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Lewistown each year?
Lewistown reported 522 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Lewistown?
Look on the custody page of the sheriff's office at mifflincountypa.gov. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Lewistown booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lewistown?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Pennsylvania State Police: PATCH lets anyone request a criminal record check by name online, for $22. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Right-to-Know Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Lewistown?
From the agency that made the arrest: the sheriff's office or the city's police. Under the Right-to-Know Law the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension.
Is this the official Lewistown website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.