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.
Weston County, Wyoming, has about 6,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Weston County Sheriff's Office and two city agencies. 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 Weston 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: Weston County public records, Wyoming arrest records, Wyoming inmate search and Wyoming criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Weston County
The Weston County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Weston County. It reported 8 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Weston County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Newcastle, 3,354 residents: 88 arrests reported for 2025.
- Upton, 900 residents: 15 arrests reported for 2023.
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 Weston 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.
- Newcastle: 88 for 2025, 105 for 2024, 104 for 2023, 66 for 2022, 71 for 2021 and 174 for 2020.
- Weston County Sheriff's Office: 8 for 2025, 9 for 2024, 42 for 2023, 23 for 2022, 27 for 2021 and 27 for 2020.
- Upton: 15 for 2023 and 25 for 2022.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 96 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 96 in 2025 against 114 in 2024, down 16 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 39 arrests, against 70 in the same months of 2025.
Upton reported only part of 2025 (6 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Weston County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Weston 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 11 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 31 beds, and it ran at 35 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 Weston County Sheriff's Office at westongov.com/county-sheriff/detention-center (page title: Detention Center | Weston County), 25 N. Sumner Ave. Newcastle, WY 82701, 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 Weston County
An arrest in Weston County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the District Court for Weston 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/957, phone (307) 777-7826); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at westongov.com/county-attorney, phone 307-746-9131).
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 Weston 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 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 Weston County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Newcastle or Upton: 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, 307-746-9131, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Weston County, through the court records page at wyocomet.wyo.gov/repositories/2/resources/957, phone (307) 777-7826.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at wyoarchives.wyo.gov (page title: Public Records Requests in Wyoming | Wyoming State Archives).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Division of Criminal Investigation.
Cities in Weston County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Weston County: Newcastle and Upton.
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 Weston County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Weston County each year?
Newcastle reported 88 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 96 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Weston County?
Ask the Weston County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at westongov.com/county-sheriff/detention-center.
Where are people arrested in Weston County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Weston County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Weston County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Weston 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 Weston County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Weston 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 wyoarchives.wyo.gov.
Is this the official Weston 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.