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 2, 2026.
Box Elder County, Utah, has about 64,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Box Elder County is held at the county jail, run by the Box Elder 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: Box Elder County public records, Box Elder County arrest records, Box Elder County warrants, Box Elder County criminal records, Box Elder County court records, Utah arrest records and Utah inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Box Elder County
The county jail, run by the Box Elder County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Box Elder County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Box Elder County Sheriff's Office at boxeldercountyut.gov/251/Corrections (page title: Corrections | Box Elder County, UT), phone 435-734-3800, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 2, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 435-734-3800.
The Box Elder County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 140 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 142 beds, and it ran at 96 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Box Elder County has about 64,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 21 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Box Elder County Jail
The Box Elder County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Brigham City, Tremonton, Perry, Willard and Mantua make the arrests that end in a booking in Box Elder County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Brigham City's 167 for 2024, Perry's 112 for 2025 and the Box Elder County Sheriff's Office's 107 for 2024.
Together, the four agencies in Box Elder County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 219 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 Box Elder County 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 Box Elder 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 Box Elder County?
Ask the Box Elder County Sheriff's Office at 435-734-3800; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at boxeldercountyut.gov/251/Corrections.
How many people are in the Box Elder County jail?
About 140 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 142 beds.
What is the phone number for the Box Elder County jail?
435-734-3800, the number on the page of the Box Elder County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Box Elder County go?
To a facility of the Utah Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at corrections.utah.gov.
Is this the official Box Elder 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.