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.
Ocean Shores, Washington, in Grays Harbor County, has about 7,700 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 Grays Harbor 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: Ocean Shores public records, Grays Harbor County arrest records, Washington arrest records and Washington inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Ocean Shores
The FBI lists Ocean Shores with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Ocean Shores Police Department. It reported 25 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 Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 417 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Ocean Shores 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.
- Ocean Shores: 25 for 2025, 47 for 2024, 38 for 2023 and 34 for 2020; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
Ocean Shores's 25 arrests in 2025 were down 47 percent from 47 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Ocean Shores reported 13 arrests, against 14 in the same months of 2025.
Across Grays Harbor County, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,223 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Ocean Shores Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Ocean Shores 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 2021 the jail held about 190 people, down from about 190 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 224 beds, and it ran at 85 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 Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office at graysharbor.us/departments/sheriff/corrections_division/jail_regist... (page title: Corrections Division), 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 Ocean Shores
Whether someone was arrested in Ocean Shores, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Grays Harbor County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at graysharbor.us/government/district_court/request_for_information.php); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at graysharbor.us/government/prosecutor/index.php, phone (360) 249-3951).
Statewide, Washington Courts Search Case Records is the Administrative Office of the Courts' free statewide case search.
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 Ocean Shores
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Ocean Shores police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at oceanshorespolicedepartment.com/how-to (page title: How To | Ocean Shores Police), phone (360) 533-8765, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (360) 249-3951, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Grays Harbor County Superior Court, through the court records page at graysharbor.us.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Grays Harbor County guide covers every agency in the county: Grays Harbor County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Ocean Shores each year?
Ocean Shores reported 25 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Ocean Shores?
Ask the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at graysharbor.us.
Where are people arrested in Ocean Shores booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Ocean Shores?
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 Ocean Shores?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Ocean Shores police for its own arrests, the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Public Records Act (RCW 42.56) the answer is due within 5 business days.
Is this the official Ocean Shores 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.