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 4, 2026.
Washington County, Utah, has about 208,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Washington County Sheriff's Office, seven city agencies and one campus agency. 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 County Attorney files charges, a case in the District Court for Washington County. 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: Washington County public records, Utah arrest records, Utah inmate search and Utah criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Washington County
The Washington County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Washington County. It reported 598 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside seven of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- St. George, 106,288 residents: 4,080 arrests reported for 2025.
- Washington, 35,501 residents: 592 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hurricane, 24,753 residents: 660 arrests reported for 2025.
- Santa Clara, 8,631 residents: 312 arrests reported for 2025.
- La Verkin, 4,529 residents: 73 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hildale, 1,261 residents: 51 arrests reported for 2025.
- Springdale, 595 residents: 38 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 one more agency in Washington County: Utah Tech University (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Washington 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.
- St. George: 4,080 for 2025, 4,044 for 2024, 3,000 for 2023, 3,592 for 2022, 3,445 for 2021 and 2,858 for 2020.
- Hurricane: 660 for 2025, 723 for 2024, 789 for 2023, 769 for 2022, 728 for 2021 and 782 for 2020.
- Washington County Sheriff's Office: 598 for 2025, 709 for 2024, 744 for 2023, 605 for 2020 and 651 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Washington: 592 for 2025, 631 for 2024, 680 for 2023, 674 for 2022, 634 for 2021 and 580 for 2020.
- Santa Clara: 312 for 2025, 263 for 2024, 301 for 2023, 177 for 2021, 274 for 2020 and 375 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
- La Verkin: 73 for 2025, 60 for 2024, 79 for 2023, 81 for 2022, 142 for 2021 and 194 for 2020.
- Hildale: 51 for 2025, 32 for 2024 and 40 for 2023.
- Springdale: 38 for 2025, 33 for 2024, 45 for 2023, 33 for 2022, 47 for 2021 and 59 for 2020.
Together, the eight agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,404 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 6,404 in 2025 against 6,495 in 2024, down 1.4 percent.
Through July 2026, the seven agencies with every month so far on file reported 3,189 arrests, against 3,688 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Washington County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Washington County 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 400 people, down from about 420 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 599 beds, and it ran at 67 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 Washington County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.utahcounty.gov/corrections/inmateSearch (page title: Utah County Sheriff's Office Inmate Search), phone 801-851-4000, 3075 North Main Spanish Fork, UT 84660, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Washington County
An arrest in Washington County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Washington County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the District Court for Washington County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at washco.utah.gov/departments/justice-court/court-updates-and-informa..., phone (435) 301-7480); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at washco.utah.gov/departments/attorney, phone (435) 301-7100).
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 Washington 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 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 Washington County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 801-851-4000.
- An arrest in St. George, Washington, Hurricane, Santa Clara, La Verkin, Hildale or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by Utah Tech University: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, (435) 301-7100, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Washington County, through the court records page at washco.utah.gov, phone (435) 301-7480.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at washco.utah.gov (page title: GRAMA Records Request | Washington County of Utah).
- Your own statewide record: a Right of Access request, fingerprint-based, to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Washington County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for seven of the 15 cities in Washington County: St. George, Washington, Hurricane, Santa Clara, La Verkin, Hildale and Springdale. Ivins, Enterprise, Toquerville, Apple Valley, Leeds, Virgin, New Harmony and Rockville have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the District Court for Washington County.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Washington County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- St. George (106,288)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Washington County each year?
St. George reported 4,080 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the eight agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 6,404 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Washington County?
Look on the custody page of the Washington County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.utahcounty.gov, or call 801-851-4000. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Washington County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Washington County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Washington County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Washington 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 Washington County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Washington County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. 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 washco.utah.gov.
Is this the official Washington 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.