Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 23, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Clarkston, Washington, in Asotin County, has about 7,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Asotin County Superior Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Clarkston public records, Asotin County arrest records, Washington arrest records and Washington inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Clarkston
The FBI lists Clarkston with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Clarkston Police Department. It reported 889 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Asotin County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 457 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Clarkston Reports
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.
- Clarkston: 889 for 2025, 965 for 2024, 725 for 2023, 621 for 2022 and 434 for 2021.
Clarkston's 889 arrests in 2025 were down 7.9 percent from 965 in 2024.
Across Asotin County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,346 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Clarkston Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Clarkston and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 47 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 65 beds, and it ran at 72 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Asotin County Sheriff's Office at asotincountywa.gov/235/Jail (page title: Jail | Asotin County, WA), phone 509-758-1668, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Washington State Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.wa.gov/records/incarcerated-data-search/incarcerated-search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Clarkston
An arrest in Clarkston can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: Washington Courts Search Case Records, the Administrative Office of the Courts' free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed; the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at asotincountywa.gov/264/Prosecuting-Attorney-Coroner, phone 509-243-2061).
Washington is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: WATCH lets anyone search conviction records by name online, for $12 a search, through the Washington State Patrol. 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 Clarkston
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 Public Records Act (RCW 42.56) the agency must answer within 5 business days, and it may charge for copies at 15 cents a page, and set fees for electronic records.
- An arrest by the Clarkston police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at clarkston-wa.com/departments/police-department/records (page title: Records | City of Clarkston), phone (509) 758-1680, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Asotin County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 509-758-1668.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 509-243-2061, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at asotincountywa.gov/168/Public-Records-Request (page title: Public Records Request | Asotin County, WA).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Asotin County guide covers every agency in the county: Asotin County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Clarkston each year?
Clarkston reported 889 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Clarkston?
Ask the Asotin County Sheriff's Office at 509-758-1668; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at asotincountywa.gov/235/Jail.
Where are people arrested in Clarkston booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Asotin County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Clarkston?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Washington State Patrol: WATCH lets anyone search conviction records by name online, for $12. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Public Records Act (RCW 42.56).
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Clarkston?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Clarkston police for its own arrests, the Asotin County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Public Records Act (RCW 42.56) the answer is due within 5 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at asotincountywa.gov/168/Public-Records-Request.
Is this the official Clarkston 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.