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 between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, has about 145,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by ten city agencies and eight 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 Lebanon 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: Lebanon County public records, Pennsylvania arrest records, Pennsylvania inmate search and Pennsylvania criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Lebanon County
The Lebanon County - Sheriff's Office is the county law enforcement agency of Lebanon County.
The FBI lists four cities in Lebanon County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Lebanon, 26,456 residents: 291 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lebanon, 26,456 residents: 667 arrests reported for 2025.
- Cornwall, 4,660 residents: 38 arrests reported for 2024.
- Cleona, 2,040 residents: 23 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 Lebanon County: County Detective in Lebanon County, Fort Indiantown Gap and the Northern Lebanon School District (other); Lebanon Valley College (campus police); the Bureau of Forestry in Lebanon County, the Office of Attorney General Region 2 in Lebanon County and the State Park Rangers at Memorial Lake (state agency); the Lebanon County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Lebanon 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.
- Lebanon: 667 for 2025, 1,080 for 2024, 1,011 for 2020 and 1,215 for 2019; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- Lebanon: 291 for 2025.
- Western Lebanon County Regional: 290 for 2025.
- North Londonderry Township: 75 for 2025, 107 for 2024 and 113 for 2020; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- South Lebanon Township: 55 for 2025, 28 for 2024 and 71 for 2020; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- South Londonderry Township: 41 for 2025, 44 for 2024, 41 for 2023, 45 for 2022 and 78 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
- Cleona: 23 for 2025, 12 for 2024, 54 for 2020 and 41 for 2019; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- South Annville Township: 19 for 2025 and 6 for 2024.
- Millcreek Township: 2 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 1 for 2023, 0 for 2020 and 16 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Cornwall: 38 for 2024 and 61 for 2020; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
Together, the nine agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,463 arrests that year. The seven of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 882 in 2025 against 1,277 in 2024, down 31 percent.
Through April 2026, the seven agencies with every month so far on file reported 432 arrests, against 361 in the same months of 2025.
Cornwall reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lebanon County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Lebanon County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 270 people, down from about 490 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 645 beds, and it ran at 41 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 Lebanon County - Sheriff's Office at lebanoncountypa.gov/departments/sheriffs-office/contacts/general-ma... (page title: Lebanon County | Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Lebanon County
For Lebanon County the place to look is the case index of the Lebanon County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at ujsportal.pacourts.us/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 Lebanon 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 by the Lebanon County - Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Lebanon, Lebanon, Cornwall or Cleona: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by County Detective in Lebanon County, Fort Indiantown Gap or Lebanon Valley College: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Lebanon County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at ujsportal.pacourts.us/casesearch.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Lebanon County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the eight cities in Lebanon County: Lebanon, Cornwall and Cleona. Palmyra, Myerstown, Jonestown, Richland and Mount Gretna have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the North Londonderry Township Police Department, the South Londonderry Township Police Department, Millcreek Township Police Department, Lebanon County and three more as city agencies in Lebanon County; North Londonderry Township, South Londonderry Township, Millcreek Township and three more are 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 Lebanon County Court of Common Pleas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Lebanon County each year?
Lebanon reported 667 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the nine agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,463 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Lebanon County?
Ask the Lebanon County - Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at lebanoncountypa.gov.
Where are people arrested in Lebanon County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Lebanon County - Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lebanon 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 Lebanon County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lebanon County - Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Right-to-Know Law the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension.
Is this the official Lebanon 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.