SearchSystems Editorial

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 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026.

About this guide

Midvale, Utah, in Salt Lake County, has about 36,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Midvale is held at the county jail, run by the Salt Lake 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.

Related guides: Midvale public records, Salt Lake County inmate search, Midvale arrest records, Midvale warrants, Midvale criminal records, Midvale court records, Utah arrest records and Utah inmate search.

The Salt Lake County Jail by the Numbers

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.

Salt Lake County has about 1.2 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 16 people for every 10,000 residents.

Who Books People Into the Salt Lake County Jail

The Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, the Unified Police Department and the agencies that report for Salt Lake City, West Valley City, West Jordan, Sandy, South Jordan, Herriman and eight more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Midvale.

The FBI's agency list also places one campus police department and three other agencies in Salt Lake County (the arrest records guide names each one).

The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Salt Lake City's 23,196 for 2025, West Valley City's 4,173 for 2025 and the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office's 3,153 for 2023.

Together, the 14 agencies in Salt Lake County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 42,622 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 Midvale 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 Salt Lake County serves the sentence in a facility of the Utah Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at corrections.utah.gov/inmate-services/offender-search.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I find an inmate in Midvale?

Look on the custody page of the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office at saltlakecounty.gov. It covers people booked into the county jail.

How many people are in the Salt Lake County jail?

About 1,910 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 2,455 beds.

Where do people sentenced to prison in Salt Lake County go?

To a facility of the Utah Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at corrections.utah.gov.

Is this the official Midvale 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.