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. 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 October 1, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Boone County, West Virginia, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Boone County Sheriff's Office, four city agencies and four campus, state or other agencies. An arrest 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 Boone County Circuit Court. 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: Boone County public records, West Virginia arrest records, West Virginia inmate search and West Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Boone County
The Boone County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Boone County. It reported 123 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
Arrests inside four of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Madison, 2,719 residents: 15 arrests reported for 2024.
- Danville, 636 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Whitesville, 342 residents.
- Sylvester, 151 residents.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Boone County: the Madison State Police and the Whitesville State Police (state police); the Department of Natural Resources in Boone County and the State Fire Marshal in Boone County (state agency).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Boone 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.
- Danville: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Boone County Sheriff's Office: 123 for 2024 and 163 for 2021; 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- Madison: 15 for 2024, 24 for 2023, 33 for 2022, 38 for 2021 and 42 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,290 arrests that year. The two of them with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 1,167 in 2024 against 1,170 in 2023, down 0.3 percent.
Whitesville reported only part of 2024 (7 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Boone County 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 Boone County goes to the regional jail that serves Boone County, and the state's inmate search covers all of them.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 110 people, up from about 110 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 107 beds, and it ran at 93 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation lists its inmates at dcr.wv.gov/offendersearch/Pages/default.aspx.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Boone County
Whether someone was arrested in Boone County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Boone County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at boonecountyclerkwv.com/online-records); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at wchstv.com/news/local/new-boone-county-prosecutor-named).
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 Boone County
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 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 Boone County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Madison, Danville, Whitesville or Sylvester: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Madison State Police, the Department of Natural Resources in Boone County or the State Fire Marshal in Boone County: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Boone County Circuit Court, through the court records page at boonecountyclerkwv.com/online-records.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the State Police Criminal Identification Bureau.
Cities in Boone County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the four cities in Boone County: Madison, Danville, Whitesville and Sylvester.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the regional jail and the case goes to the Boone County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Boone County each year?
Danville reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in Boone County sent in full, the three with every month on file reported 1,290 between them.
Where are people arrested in Boone County booked?
In the regional jail that serves Boone County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Are arrest records public in Boone County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Boone 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 Boone County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Boone County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days.
Is this the official Boone 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.