Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2020. 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 October 2, 2026.
Rawlins, Wyoming, in Carbon County, has about 8,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the County Attorney files charges, a case in the District Court for Carbon County. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Rawlins public records, Carbon County arrest records, Wyoming arrest records and Wyoming inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Rawlins
The FBI lists Rawlins with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Rawlins Police Department. It reported 873 arrests for 2020, its latest complete year. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Carbon County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 256 arrests for 2020.
How Many Arrests Rawlins Reports
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.
- Rawlins: 873 for 2020 and 952 for 2019.
Rawlins's 873 arrests in 2020 were down 8.3 percent from 952 in 2019.
Across Carbon County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2020 on file reported 1,137 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Rawlins Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Rawlins and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 43 people, down from about 52 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 72 beds, and it ran at 72 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Carbon County Sheriff's Office at carboncountysheriff.com (page title: Carbon County Sheriff's), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Wyoming Department of Corrections lists its inmates at wdoc-loc.wyo.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Rawlins
An arrest in Rawlins can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the District Court for Carbon County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at wyocomet.wyo.gov/repositories/2/resources/2096, phone (307) 777-7826); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at carboncountywy.gov/937/County-Attorney, phone 307-328-2700).
Wyoming does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation 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 Rawlins
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 Wyoming Public Records Act the agency must answer within 30 days at most, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Rawlins police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at rawlinswy.gov/127/Communications-Records (page title: Communications & Records | Rawlins, WY), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Carbon County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 307-328-2700, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Carbon County, through the court records page at wyocomet.wyo.gov, phone (307) 777-7826.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at carbonwy.govqa.us (page title: Public Records Request Portal | Carbon County, WY).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Division of Criminal Investigation.
The Carbon County guide covers every agency in the county: Carbon County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Rawlins each year?
Rawlins reported 873 arrests to the FBI for 2020, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Rawlins booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Carbon County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Rawlins?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Carbon County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Wyoming Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Rawlins?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Rawlins police for its own arrests, the Carbon County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Wyoming Public Records Act the answer is due within 30 days at most; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at carbonwy.govqa.us.
Is this the official Rawlins website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.