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 30, 2026.
Taylor County, West Virginia, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Taylor County Sheriff's Office, one city agency 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 Taylor 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: Taylor County public records, West Virginia arrest records, West Virginia inmate search and West Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Taylor County
The Taylor County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Taylor County. It reported 1,152 arrests for 2025.
One city in Taylor County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Grafton, 4,575 residents: 49 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 Taylor County: the State Fire Marshal in Taylor County and the Department of Natural Resources in Taylor County (state agency); the Grafton State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Taylor 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.
- Taylor County Sheriff's Office: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Grafton: 49 for 2025, 38 for 2024, 58 for 2023, 56 for 2022, 76 for 2021 and 81 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,201 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,201 in 2025 against 1,190 in 2024, up 0.9 percent.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 679 arrests, against 795 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Taylor 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 Taylor County goes to the regional jail that serves Taylor County, and the state's inmate search covers all of them.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 50 people, down from about 64 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 46 beds, and it ran at 104 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 Taylor County
Whether someone was arrested in Taylor County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Taylor County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at wvcountytaylor.com, phone (304) 265-5450); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at wvcountytaylor.com/prosecuting-attorney, phone 304-265-3211).
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 Taylor 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 Taylor County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Grafton: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the State Fire Marshal in Taylor County, the Grafton State Police or the Department of Natural Resources in Taylor County: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 304-265-3211, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Taylor County Circuit Court, through the court records page at wvcountytaylor.com, phone (304) 265-5450.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the State Police Criminal Identification Bureau.
Cities in Taylor County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Taylor County: Grafton. Flemington 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 Taylor County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Taylor County each year?
The Taylor County Sheriff's Office reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,201 between them.
Where are people arrested in Taylor County booked?
In the regional jail that serves Taylor County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Are arrest records public in Taylor County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Taylor 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 Taylor County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Taylor 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 Taylor 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.