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 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Cottonwood Heights, Utah, in Salt Lake County, has about 32,000 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 County Attorney files charges, a case in the District Court for Salt Lake County. 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: Cottonwood Heights public records, Salt Lake County arrest records, Utah arrest records and Utah inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Cottonwood Heights
The FBI lists Cottonwood Heights with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Cottonwood Heights Police Department. It reported 946 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.
Outside the city, the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 3,153 arrests for 2023.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Salt Lake County: the University of Utah (campus police); the Granite School District, the Unified Fire Authority Investigations Bureau and the Utah Transit Authority (other).
How Many Arrests Cottonwood Heights Reports
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.
- Cottonwood Heights: 946 for 2025, 1,006 for 2024, 918 for 2023, 666 for 2022, 1,365 for 2021 and 1,072 for 2020.
Cottonwood Heights's 946 arrests in 2025 were down 6 percent from 1,006 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Cottonwood Heights reported 467 arrests, against 577 in the same months of 2025.
Across Salt Lake County, the 14 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 42,622 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Cottonwood Heights Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cottonwood Heights 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 1,910 people, down from about 2,150 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 2,455 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 custody page of the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office at saltlakecounty.gov/sheriff/corrections/rosters (page title: Jail Dockets & Rosters | Sheriff | Salt Lake County), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Utah Department of Corrections lists its inmates at corrections.utah.gov/inmate-services/offender-search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Cottonwood Heights
An arrest in Cottonwood Heights can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the District Court for Salt Lake County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at saltlakecounty.gov/district-attorney/how-to-find-a-case, phone 801-238-7300); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at saltlakecounty.gov/district-attorney, phone (385) 468-7700).
Statewide, MyCase and Xchange is free case lookup for parties through MyCase; the public Xchange search is by subscription.
Utah does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Cottonwood Heights
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 Government Records Access and Management Act the agency must answer within 10 business days, or 5 when the request is expedited, and it may charge copying and staff time after the first quarter hour.
- An arrest by the Cottonwood Heights police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at cottonwoodheights.utah.gov/your-government/police (page title: Police | Cottonwood Heights, UT), phone 801-840-4000, 2277 E Bengal Blvd. Cottonwood Heights, UT 84121, Monday - Friday from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, (385) 468-7700, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Salt Lake County, through the court records page at saltlakecounty.gov, phone 801-238-7300.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at saltlakecounty.gov (page title: Public Records Requests (GRAMA) | Records Management | Salt Lake County).
- Your own statewide record: a Right of Access request, fingerprint-based, to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
The Salt Lake County guide covers every agency in the county: Salt Lake County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Cottonwood Heights each year?
Cottonwood Heights reported 946 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Cottonwood Heights?
Look on the custody page of the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office at saltlakecounty.gov. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Cottonwood Heights booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Cottonwood Heights?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Salt Lake County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Government Records Access and Management Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Cottonwood Heights?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Cottonwood Heights police for its own arrests, the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Government Records Access and Management Act the answer is due within 10 business days, or 5 when the request is expedited; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at saltlakecounty.gov.
Is this the official Cottonwood Heights 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.