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.
Crawford County, Pennsylvania, has about 82,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by six city agencies and seven 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 Crawford 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: Crawford County public records, Pennsylvania arrest records, Pennsylvania inmate search and Pennsylvania criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Crawford County
Arrests inside five 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:
- Meadville, 12,347 residents: 1,010 arrests reported for 2025.
- Titusville, 5,155 residents: 291 arrests reported for 2025.
- Cambridge Springs, 2,333 residents: 13 arrests reported for 2025.
- Cochranton, 1,099 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Conneaut Lake, 612 residents: 40 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 Crawford County: the Crawford County State Police (state police); the Bureau of Forestry in Crawford County, the State Park Rangers at Pymatuning and the Office of Attorney General Region 3 in Crawford County (state agency); the Penncrest School District (other); Allegheny College and the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Crawford County
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.
- Meadville: 1,010 for 2025, 971 for 2024 and 520 for 2020; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- Titusville: 291 for 2025 and 250 for 2024.
- Conneaut Lake: 40 for 2025, 36 for 2024, 66 for 2023, 33 for 2022 and 61 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
- Cambridge Springs: 13 for 2025, 71 for 2024, 24 for 2020 and 36 for 2019; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- Cochranton: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 8 for 2020 and 11 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- West Mead Township: 113 for 2020 and 97 for 2019.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,354 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,354 in 2025 against 1,328 in 2024, up 2 percent.
West Mead Township reported only part of 2025 (7 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Crawford County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Crawford 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 200 people, down from about 250 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 282 beds, and it ran at 72 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Crawford County
For Crawford County the place to look is the case index of the Crawford County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at www2.crawfordcountypa.net/CivilCourt.Portal/CaseSearch).
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 Crawford 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 Meadville, Titusville, Cambridge Springs, Cochranton or Conneaut Lake: 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 Crawford County State Police, the Bureau of Forestry in Crawford County or the Penncrest School District: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Crawford County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at www2.crawfordcountypa.net.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at crawfordcountypa.net (page title: County Open Records Forms | Crawford County Pennsylvania).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Crawford County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the 15 cities in Crawford County: Meadville, Titusville, Cambridge Springs, Cochranton and Conneaut Lake. Linesville, Saegertown, Conneautville, Hydetown, Springboro, Blooming Valley, Townville, Spartansburg, Venango and Woodcock have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the West Mead Township Police Department as a city agency in Crawford County; West Mead Township is not among the cities above.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Crawford County Court of Common Pleas.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Crawford County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Meadville (12,347)
- Titusville (5,155)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Crawford County each year?
Meadville reported 1,010 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,354 between them.
Where are people arrested in Crawford 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 Crawford 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 Crawford 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at crawfordcountypa.net.
Is this the official Crawford 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.