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 on September 24, 2026.
Monongalia County, West Virginia, has about 109,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Monongalia County Sheriff's Office, four city agencies and eight 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 Monongalia 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: Monongalia County public records, West Virginia arrest records, West Virginia inmate search and West Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Monongalia County
The Monongalia County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Monongalia County. It reported 386 arrests for 2025.
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:
- Morgantown, 30,490 residents: 883 arrests reported for 2025.
- Westover, 4,088 residents: 154 arrests reported for 2025.
- Star City, 1,803 residents: 22 arrests reported for 2025.
- Granville, 1,378 residents: 302 arrests reported for 2021.
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 Monongalia County: the State Police's Internet Crimes Against Children Unit and the Morgantown State Police (state police); Mon Valley Drug Task Force and Mon Metro Drug Task Force (other); the State Fire Marshal in Monongalia County, the Department of Natural Resources in Monongalia County and the Morgantown Municipal Fire Marshal (state agency); West Virginia University at Morgantown (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Monongalia County
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.
- Morgantown: 883 for 2025, 870 for 2024, 718 for 2023, 713 for 2022, 702 for 2021 and 546 for 2020.
- Monongalia County Sheriff's Office: 386 for 2025, 345 for 2024, 390 for 2022 and 379 for 2021; 2023 is missing months.
- Westover: 154 for 2025, 227 for 2024, 208 for 2023, 159 for 2022 and 43 for 2021.
- Star City: 22 for 2025, 21 for 2024, 48 for 2023, 78 for 2022 and 30 for 2021.
- Granville: 302 for 2021.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,445 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,445 in 2025 against 1,463 in 2024, down 1.2 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 755 arrests, against 722 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Monongalia 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 Monongalia County goes to the regional jail that serves Monongalia County, and the state's inmate search covers all of them.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 270 people, up from about 260 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 195 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 Monongalia County
Whether someone was arrested in Monongalia County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Monongalia County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at monongaliacountyclerk.com/index.php/how-to/58-electronic-records-se..., phone (304) 291-7230); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at monongaliacounty.gov/government/prosecuting_attorney/index.php, phone (304) 291-7250).
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 Monongalia 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 Monongalia County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Morgantown, Westover, Star City or Granville: 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 State Police's Internet Crimes Against Children Unit, Mon Valley Drug Task Force or the State Fire Marshal in Monongalia County: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (304) 291-7250, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Monongalia County Circuit Court, through the court records page at monongaliacountyclerk.com, phone (304) 291-7230.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the State Police Criminal Identification Bureau.
Cities in Monongalia County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the five cities in Monongalia County: Morgantown, Westover, Star City and Granville. Blacksville has 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 Monongalia County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Monongalia County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Morgantown (30,490)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Monongalia County each year?
Morgantown reported 883 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,445 between them.
Where are people arrested in Monongalia County booked?
In the regional jail that serves Monongalia County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Are arrest records public in Monongalia County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Monongalia 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 Monongalia County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Monongalia 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 Monongalia 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.