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 October 9, 2026.
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, in Clinton County, has about 8,500 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 Clinton 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: Lock Haven public records, Clinton County arrest records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Lock Haven
The FBI lists Lock Haven with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Lock Haven Police Department. It reported 257 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 Clinton County: Lock Haven University (campus police); the State Park Rangers at Kettle Creek, Forest Rangers's Sproul State Forest District 10, the Bureau of Forestry in Clinton County and the Office of Attorney General Region 2 in Clinton County (state agency); the Clinton County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Lock Haven Reports
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.
- Lock Haven: 257 for 2025, 264 for 2024, 281 for 2023 and 173 for 2020; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
Lock Haven's 257 arrests in 2025 were down 2.7 percent from 264 in 2024.
Across Clinton County, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 325 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lock Haven Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lock Haven 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 150 people, down from about 220 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 298 beds, and it ran at 51 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 Sheriff | Clinton County, PA at clintoncountypa.gov/government/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Clinton County, PA), phone 570-893-4070, 230 East Water Street Lock Haven, PA 17745, Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri) 8:00am - 12:30pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
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 Lock Haven
Whether someone was arrested in Lock Haven, and what came of it, shows up in two places: UJS Web Portal, the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search, which shows whether charges were filed; the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at clintoncountypa.gov/government/district-attorney, phone 570-893-4141).
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 Lock Haven
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Lock Haven police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at lockhavenpa.gov/departments/police/organization-records (page title: Organization & Records: City of Lock Haven), phone (570) 893-5911, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Sheriff | Clinton County, PA: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 570-893-4070.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 570-893-4141, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Clinton County guide covers every agency in the county: Clinton County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Lock Haven each year?
Lock Haven reported 257 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Lock Haven?
Ask the Sheriff | Clinton County, PA at 570-893-4070; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at clintoncountypa.gov/government/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Lock Haven booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Sheriff | Clinton County, PA; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lock Haven?
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 Lock Haven?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lock Haven police for its own arrests, the Sheriff | Clinton County, PA for the sheriff's. Under the Right-to-Know Law the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension.
Is this the official Lock Haven 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.