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 September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Harrison County, West Virginia, has about 64,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Harrison County Sheriff's Office, eight 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 Harrison 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: Harrison County public records, West Virginia arrest records, West Virginia inmate search and West Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Harrison County
The Harrison County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Harrison County. It reported 227 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists eight cities in Harrison County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Clarksburg, 15,262 residents: 516 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bridgeport, 9,397 residents: 188 arrests reported for 2025.
- Shinnston, 2,258 residents: 6 arrests reported for 2025.
- Stonewood, 1,748 residents.
- Salem, 1,474 residents.
- Nutter Fort, 1,450 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lumberport, 692 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Anmoore, 503 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 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 Each Agency Reports in Harrison 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.
- Nutter Fort: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Lumberport: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Clarksburg: 516 for 2025, 492 for 2024, 497 for 2023, 548 for 2022, 556 for 2021 and 538 for 2020.
- Harrison County Sheriff's Office: 227 for 2025, 195 for 2024, 183 for 2023, 190 for 2022, 198 for 2021 and 192 for 2020.
- Bridgeport: 188 for 2025, 180 for 2024, 212 for 2023, 233 for 2022, 249 for 2021 and 259 for 2020.
- Shinnston: 6 for 2025.
Together, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,241 arrests that year. The five of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,235 in 2025 against 3,171 in 2024, up 2 percent.
Through July 2026, the six agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,648 arrests, against 1,947 in the same months of 2025.
Salem reported only part of 2025 (10 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Harrison 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 Harrison County 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 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 Harrison County
Whether someone was arrested in Harrison County, 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 Harrison County
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 Harrison County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Clarksburg, Bridgeport, Shinnston, Stonewood, Salem, Nutter Fort or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by the Department of Natural Resources in Harrison County, the State Fire Marshal in Harrison County or Harrison County Drug and Violent Crime Task Force: the records office of the agency involved.
- 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.
Cities in Harrison County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for eight of the ten cities in Harrison County: Clarksburg, Bridgeport, Shinnston, Stonewood, Salem, Nutter Fort, Lumberport and Anmoore. West Milford and Lost Creek have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the regional jail and the case goes to the Harrison County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Harrison County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Clarksburg (15,262)
- Bridgeport (9,397)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Harrison County each year?
Nutter Fort reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the six agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,241 between them.
Where are people arrested in Harrison County booked?
In the regional jail that serves Harrison County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Are arrest records public in Harrison County?
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 Harrison County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Harrison 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 Harrison 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.