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 October 2, 2026.
Albany County, Wyoming, has about 39,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Albany County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and one campus agency. An arrest 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 Albany County. 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: Albany County public records, Wyoming arrest records, Wyoming inmate search and Wyoming criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Albany County
The Albany County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Albany County. It reported 337 arrests for 2025.
One city in Albany County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Laramie, 32,957 residents: 765 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 one more agency in Albany County: the University of Wyoming (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Albany 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.
- Laramie: 765 for 2025, 930 for 2024, 731 for 2023, 397 for 2022, 364 for 2021 and 1,362 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Albany County Sheriff's Office: 337 for 2025, 262 for 2024, 324 for 2023, 339 for 2022, 294 for 2021 and 1,507 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,102 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,102 in 2025 against 1,192 in 2024, down 7.6 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 699 arrests, against 665 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Albany County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Albany County 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 2019 the jail held about 43 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 68 beds, and it ran at 63 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 Albany County Sheriff's Office at albanycountywy.gov/212/Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Albany County, WY), phone 307-755-3520, 525 E Grand Avenue Suite 101 Laramie, WY 82070, Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 2, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Wyoming Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at wdoc-loc.wyo.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Albany County
For Albany County the place to look is the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at albanycountywy.gov/194/Attorney, phone 307-721-2552).
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 Albany 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 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 Albany County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 307-755-3520.
- An arrest in Laramie: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the University of Wyoming: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 307-721-2552, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at albanycountywy.gov (page title: Public Records Requests | Albany County, WY).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Division of Criminal Investigation.
Cities in Albany County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Albany County: Laramie. Rock River 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 county jail and the case goes to the District Court for Albany County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Albany County each year?
Laramie reported 765 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,102 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Albany County?
Ask the Albany County Sheriff's Office at 307-755-3520; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at albanycountywy.gov/212/Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Albany County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Albany County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Albany County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Albany 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 Albany County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Albany County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Wyoming Public Records Act the answer is due within 30 days at most; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at albanycountywy.gov.
Is this the official Albany 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.