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.
Washakie County, Wyoming, has about 7,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Washakie 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 Washakie 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: Washakie County public records, Wyoming arrest records, Wyoming inmate search and Wyoming criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Washakie County
The Washakie County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Washakie County. It reported 20 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Washakie County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Worland, 4,765 residents: 130 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 Washakie 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.
- Worland: 130 for 2025, 137 for 2024, 131 for 2023, 120 for 2022, 147 for 2021 and 131 for 2020.
- Washakie County Sheriff's Office: 20 for 2025, 64 for 2024, 64 for 2023, 61 for 2022, 95 for 2021 and 50 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 150 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 150 in 2025 against 201 in 2024, down 25 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 93 arrests, against 80 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Washakie County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Washakie 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 27 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 52 beds, and it ran at 52 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 Wyoming Department of Corrections lists its inmates at wdoc-loc.wyo.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Washakie County
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 Washakie 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 Washakie County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Worland: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Division of Criminal Investigation.
Cities in Washakie County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Washakie County: Worland. Ten Sleep 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 Washakie County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Washakie County each year?
Worland reported 130 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 150 between them.
Where are people arrested in Washakie County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Washakie County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Washakie County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Washakie 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 Washakie County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Washakie 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 Washakie 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.