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.
West Valley City, Utah, in Salt Lake County, has about 138,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in West Valley City 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.
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Finding Someone in Custody in West Valley City
The county jail, run by the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in West Valley City, from every agency.
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.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
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 agency that reports for West Valley City (filed by the FBI as West Valley Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around West Valley City.
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 West Valley City arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Utah Department of Corrections lists its inmates at corrections.utah.gov/inmate-services/offender-search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in West Valley City?
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 West Valley City 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.