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.
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, has about 78,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by three city agencies and six 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 Clearfield County Court of Common Pleas. 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: Clearfield County public records, Pennsylvania arrest records, Pennsylvania inmate search and Pennsylvania criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Clearfield County
Arrests inside three 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:
- DuBois, 7,302 residents.
- Clearfield, 5,794 residents: 554 arrests reported for 2025.
- Curwensville, 2,488 residents: 9 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 Clearfield County: the Bureau of Forestry in Clearfield County, the State Park Rangers at Parker Dam, the State Park Rangers at Moshannon State Forest and the Office of Attorney General Region 2 in Clearfield County (state agency); Pennsylvania State University at Dubois (campus police); the Clearfield County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Clearfield 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.
- Clearfield: 554 for 2025 and 666 for 2024.
- Curwensville: 9 for 2025, 33 for 2024, 34 for 2020 and 97 for 2019; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 563 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 563 in 2025 against 699 in 2024, down 19 percent.
DuBois reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Clearfield County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Clearfield 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 180 people, up from about 170 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 226 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 sheriff's office at clearfieldcountypa.gov/216/Jail (page title: Jail | Clearfield County, PA), phone 814-765-7891, 115 Twenty First Street Clearfield, PA 16830, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Clearfield County
Whether someone was arrested in Clearfield County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Clearfield County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at clearfieldcountypa.gov/176/Prothonotary-Clerk-of-Courts, phone 717-412-5300); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at clearfieldcountypa.gov/165/District-Attorney, phone 814-765-2641).
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 Clearfield 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 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 in DuBois, Clearfield or Curwensville: 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 Bureau of Forestry in Clearfield County, the State Park Rangers at Parker Dam or the State Park Rangers at Moshannon State Forest: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 814-765-2641, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Clearfield County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at clearfieldcountypa.gov, phone 717-412-5300.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Clearfield County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the 18 cities in Clearfield County: DuBois, Clearfield and Curwensville. Osceola Mills, Chester Hill, Houtzdale, Irvona, Ramey, Coalport, Brisbin, Grampian, Westover, Mahaffey, Wallaceton, Troutville and three more 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 Clearfield County Court of Common Pleas.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Clearfield County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- DuBois (7,302)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Clearfield County each year?
Clearfield reported 554 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 563 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Clearfield County?
Ask the sheriff's office at 814-765-7891; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at clearfieldcountypa.gov/216/Jail.
Where are people arrested in Clearfield County 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 Clearfield County?
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 Clearfield County?
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 Clearfield 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.