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 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Bridgeport, West Virginia, in Harrison County, has about 9,400 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 regional jail, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Harrison County Circuit 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: Bridgeport public records, Harrison County arrest records, West Virginia arrest records and West Virginia inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Bridgeport
The FBI lists Bridgeport with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Bridgeport Police Department. It reported 188 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 Harrison County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 227 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Harrison County: the Department of Natural Resources in Harrison County and the State Fire Marshal in Harrison County (state agency); Harrison County Drug and Violent Crime Task Force (other); the Bridgeport State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Bridgeport 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.
- Bridgeport: 188 for 2025, 180 for 2024, 212 for 2023, 233 for 2022, 249 for 2021 and 259 for 2020.
Bridgeport's 188 arrests in 2025 were up 4.4 percent from 180 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Bridgeport reported 69 arrests, against 103 in the same months of 2025.
Across Harrison County, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,241 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Bridgeport Are Held
West Virginia closed its county jails in favor of regional jails run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, so a person held after an arrest in Bridgeport goes to the regional jail that serves Harrison County, and the state's inmate search covers all of them.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 140 people, down from about 140 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 100 beds, and it ran at 142 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, whose inmate locator is at dcr.wv.gov/offendersearch/Pages/default.aspx.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Bridgeport
Whether someone was arrested in Bridgeport, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Harrison County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/harrison_county, phone 304-624-8620); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at harrisoncountywv.com/prosecuting-attorney.html, phone (304) 624-8660).
West Virginia does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the West Virginia State Police 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 Bridgeport
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 5 business days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Bridgeport police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at bridgeportwv.gov/departments/police-department/7 (page title: Police Department | Departments | City of Bridgeport WV | Official Website for the City of Bridgeport, West Vi), phone 304.842.8200, 515 West Main Street, Bridgeport, WV 26330, Wednesday from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Harrison County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (304) 624-8660, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Harrison County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courtswv.gov, phone 304-624-8620.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the State Police Criminal Identification Bureau.
The Harrison County guide covers every agency in the county: Harrison County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Bridgeport each year?
Bridgeport reported 188 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Bridgeport booked?
In the regional jail that serves Harrison County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Are arrest records public in Bridgeport?
The court files of criminal cases in the Harrison County Circuit Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the West Virginia State Police is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Bridgeport?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Bridgeport police for its own arrests, the Harrison County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days.
Is this the official Bridgeport 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.