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.
Sheridan County, Wyoming, has about 33,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Sheridan County Sheriff's Office and one city 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 Sheridan 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: Sheridan County public records, Wyoming arrest records, Wyoming inmate search and Wyoming criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Sheridan County
The Sheridan County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Sheridan County. It reported 123 arrests for 2025.
One city in Sheridan County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Sheridan, 19,813 residents: 1,153 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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Sheridan 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.
- Sheridan: 1,153 for 2025, 1,269 for 2024, 1,294 for 2023, 1,394 for 2022, 1,351 for 2021 and 1,521 for 2020.
- Sheridan County Sheriff's Office: 123 for 2025, 247 for 2024, 244 for 2023, 204 for 2022, 231 for 2021 and 342 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,276 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,276 in 2025 against 1,516 in 2024, down 16 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 708 arrests, against 738 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Sheridan County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sheridan County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 66 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 126 beds, and it ran at 52 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 Sheridan County Sheriff's Office at sheridancountywy.gov/county_government/elected_offices/sheriff/inde... (page title: Sheridan County), phone 307-672-3455, 54 West 13th Street Sheridan, WY 82801, Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 Sheridan County
Whether someone was arrested in Sheridan County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the District Court for Sheridan 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/1114, phone (307) 777-7826); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at sheridancountywy.gov/county_government/elected_offices/prosecuting_..., phone 307-674-2580).
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 Sheridan 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 Sheridan County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 307-672-3455.
- An arrest in Sheridan: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 307-674-2580, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Sheridan County, through the court records page at wyocomet.wyo.gov, phone (307) 777-7826.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Division of Criminal Investigation.
Cities in Sheridan County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the four cities in Sheridan County: Sheridan. Ranchester, Dayton and Clearmont have 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 Sheridan County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Sheridan County each year?
Sheridan reported 1,153 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,276 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Sheridan County?
Ask the Sheridan County Sheriff's Office at 307-672-3455; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheridancountywy.gov.
Where are people arrested in Sheridan County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Sheridan County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Sheridan County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Sheridan 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 Sheridan County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Sheridan 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.
Is this the official Sheridan 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.