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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 24, 2026.
Orange County, Vermont, has about 30,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Orange County Sheriff's Office and four city agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at a facility of the Vermont Department of Corrections, and, if the State's Attorney files charges, a case in the Vermont Superior Court, Orange Unit. 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: Orange County public records, Vermont arrest records, Vermont inmate search and Vermont criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Orange County
The Orange County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Orange County. It reported 1 arrests for 2025. In Vermont the police for a given address is the town police, the county sheriff or the Vermont State Police, whichever took the call.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Orange County
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.
- Randolph: 29 for 2025 and 44 for 2024.
- Fairlee: 3 for 2025, 5 for 2024, 5 for 2023, 1 for 2021 and 0 for 2019; 2020 and 2022 are missing months.
- Orange County Sheriff's Office: 1 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 7 for 2023, 64 for 2022, 25 for 2021 and 62 for 2020.
- Bradford: 31 for 2024, 29 for 2023, 24 for 2022, 8 for 2021, 5 for 2020 and 7 for 2019.
- Thetford: 13 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 3 for 2021, 6 for 2020 and 20 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 33 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 33 in 2025 against 49 in 2024, down 33 percent.
Bradford and Thetford reported only part of 2025 (11 months and 11 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Orange County Are Held
Vermont has no county jails. A person held after an arrest in Orange County is in the custody of the Vermont Department of Corrections, which runs every jail and prison in the state, so one inmate lookup covers the whole state.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Vermont Department of Corrections lists its inmates at vermont.gov/service/offender-locator.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Orange County
Whether someone was arrested in Orange County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the Vermont Department of Corrections's inmate locator, for anyone held; the case index of the Vermont Superior Court, Orange Unit, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at vtcourts.gov/court-locations/orange-civil-division, phone 800-540-9990).
Statewide, Vermont Judiciary Public Portal is the courts' free statewide case search.
Vermont is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: Vermont criminal conviction records are public and can be ordered online on anyone by name, through the Vermont Crime Information Center. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Orange County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Vermont Public Records Act the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying, and staff time after the first 30 minutes.
- An arrest by the Orange County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Vermont Superior Court, Orange Unit, through the court records page at vtcourts.gov, phone 800-540-9990.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Orange County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Orange County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'. The FBI's list also carries the Bradford Police Department, the Randolph Police Department, the Fairlee Police Department and one more as city agencies in Orange County; Bradford, Randolph, Fairlee and one more are not among the cities above.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Orange County each year?
Randolph reported 29 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 33 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Orange County?
Through the Vermont Department of Corrections's inmate locator at vermont.gov/service/offender-locator; the department holds everyone in custody in Vermont.
Where are people arrested in Orange County booked?
In a facility of the Vermont Department of Corrections, which runs every jail in Vermont.
Are arrest records public in Orange County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Vermont Crime Information Center: Vermont criminal conviction records are public and can be ordered online on anyone by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Vermont Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Orange County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Orange County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Vermont Public Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official Orange 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.