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.
Mingo County, West Virginia, has about 22,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Mingo County Sheriff's Office, five city agencies and three 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 Mingo 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: Mingo County public records, West Virginia arrest records, West Virginia inmate search and West Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Mingo County
The Mingo County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Mingo County. It reported 85 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists five cities in Mingo County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Williamson, 2,779 residents: 49 arrests reported for 2021.
- Delbarton, 388 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Matewan, 374 residents.
- Gilbert, 303 residents: 30 arrests reported for 2024.
- Kermit, 289 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
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 Mingo County: the Department of Natural Resources in Mingo County and the State Fire Marshal in Mingo County (state agency); the Williamson State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Mingo 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.
- Delbarton: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Kermit: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Mingo County Sheriff's Office: 85 for 2025, 83 for 2023, 93 for 2022, 87 for 2021 and 77 for 2020; 2024 is missing months.
- Williamson: 49 for 2021 and 93 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Gilbert: 30 for 2024.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,389 arrests that year. The two of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,304 in 2025 against 2,304 in 2024.
Through April 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 741 arrests, against 787 in the same months of 2025.
Matewan and Gilbert reported only part of 2025 (10 months and 8 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Mingo 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 Mingo County goes to the regional jail that serves Mingo County, and the state's inmate search covers all of them.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 110 people, down from about 120 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 112 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 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 Mingo County
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 Mingo 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 Mingo County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Williamson, Delbarton, Matewan, Gilbert or Kermit: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Department of Natural Resources in Mingo County, the State Fire Marshal in Mingo County or the Williamson State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the State Police Criminal Identification Bureau.
Cities in Mingo County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the five cities in Mingo County: Williamson, Delbarton, Matewan, Gilbert and Kermit.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the regional jail and the case goes to the Mingo County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Mingo County each year?
Delbarton reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,389 between them.
Where are people arrested in Mingo County booked?
In the regional jail that serves Mingo County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Are arrest records public in Mingo County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Mingo 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 Mingo County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Mingo 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 Mingo 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.