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 23, 2026.
Beaver County, Pennsylvania, has about 166,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Beaver County is held at the county jail, run by the Beaver County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Beaver County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Beaver County is held at the county jail, run by the Beaver County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Beaver County Sheriff's Office at beavercountypa.gov/departments/sheriff-s-office (page title: Beaver County | Sheriff's Office), phone 724-770-4600, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 724-770-4600.
The Beaver County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 230 people, down from about 300 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 402 beds, and it ran at 58 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Beaver County has about 166,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 14 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Beaver County Jail
The Beaver County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Aliquippa, Economy, Beaver Falls, Ambridge, New Brighton, Monaca and ten more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Beaver County.
The FBI's agency list also places two other agencies, one campus police department, three state agencies and one state police unit in Beaver County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Ellwood City Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Beaver County, so its arrests are not broken out for Beaver County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Chippewa Township's 459 for 2025, Beaver Falls's 327 for 2025 and Aliquippa's 319 for 2025.
Together, the 27 agencies in Beaver County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,641 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Beaver County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Beaver County serves the sentence in a facility of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Beaver County?
Ask the Beaver County Sheriff's Office at 724-770-4600; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at beavercountypa.gov.
How many people are in the Beaver County jail?
About 230 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 402 beds.
What is the phone number for the Beaver County jail?
724-770-4600, the number on the page of the Beaver County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Beaver County go?
To a facility of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
Is this the official Beaver 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.