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 October 2, 2026.
Puyallup, Washington, in Pierce County, has about 43,000 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 Pierce 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: Puyallup public records, Pierce County arrest records, Washington arrest records and Washington inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Puyallup
The FBI lists Puyallup with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Puyallup Police Department. It reported 2,387 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 Pierce County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 2,953 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Puyallup 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.
- Puyallup: 2,387 for 2025, 1,784 for 2022, 1,792 for 2021, 2,230 for 2020 and 2,490 for 2019; 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
Through July 2026, Puyallup reported 1,204 arrests, against 1,374 in the same months of 2025.
Across Pierce County, the 18 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 15,004 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Puyallup Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Puyallup 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 2023 the jail held about 770 people, down from about 1,110 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 1,716 beds, and it ran at 45 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 Pierce County Sheriff's Office at linxonline.co.pierce.wa.us/linxweb/Booking/GetJailRoster.cfm (page title: Jail Roster | LINX), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 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 Puyallup
Whether someone was arrested in Puyallup, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the custody page of the Pierce County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; Washington Courts Search Case Records, the Administrative Office of the Courts' free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed.
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 Puyallup
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 Puyallup police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at puyallupwa.gov/m/faq?cat=40#question-253 (page title: FAQs | CivicPlus.CMS.FAQ), phone (253) 841-5450, Monday - Friday from 8:30am-4:30pm., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Pierce County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Pierce County guide covers every agency in the county: Pierce County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Puyallup each year?
Puyallup reported 2,387 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Puyallup?
Look on the custody page of the Pierce County Sheriff's Office at linxonline.co.pierce.wa.us. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Puyallup booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Pierce County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Puyallup?
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 Puyallup?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Puyallup police for its own arrests, the Pierce 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 Puyallup 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.