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Johnston County

10,448 people, served by 3 police agencies that report to the FBI.

How a case moves here

Johnston County follows Oklahoma law on arrests, release, and courts. These rules are the same in every county in the state; the full set covers prosecutors, defense, and jails too.

Who decides release first

Before a person sees a judge, the jail may release on a bail schedule the district's presiding judge sets by order, and the sheriff may sign the release order where court rule allows. A judge sets or confirms bail at the first appearance or when charges are filed. Police and sheriffs may not release anyone arrested for domestic abuse, stalking, harassment, or a protective order violation until a judge sees them.

22 O.S. sec. 110522 O.S. sec. 1105.2 (in force until 2026-12-31)
Time to see a judge

A person arrested must be taken before a magistrate without unnecessary delay. Oklahoma statute sets no hour limit.

22 O.S. sec. 181
Money bail

Oklahoma allows money bail, and each judicial district may adopt a money bail schedule that it reviews every year. Pretrial bail is set as a dollar amount.

22 O.S. sec. 1105.2 (in force until 2026-12-31)
Courts

The district court in each of the 77 counties hears almost all criminal cases, felonies and misdemeanors alike. District judges, associate district judges, and special judges all sit in the district court. City municipal courts hear violations of city ordinances.

Oklahoma County District Court, District Court11 O.S. sec. 27-103
Judges and magistrates

Voters elect district judges and associate district judges in nonpartisan elections for four-year terms, and the governor fills vacancies. The district judges appoint special judges, and a few special judges are not lawyers, who may hear only small misdemeanors. The mayor appoints municipal judges for two-year terms; most must be lawyers.

Oklahoma County District Court, District Court20 O.S. secs. 121.1, 122, 12311 O.S. sec. 27-104

Read from the statutes and court rules cited, 2026-09-30. Some of this is medium confidence and still being checked. SB 1618 (2026) rewrites 22 O.S. 1105.2 from 2027-01-01; recheck first_bail, money_bail, and pretrial_assessment then. Whether the Oklahoma County jail trust has been dissolved was not confirmed. Oklahoma's district court is a single general trial court; only municipal courts sit below it.

What this county does differently

Nothing county-specific yet

Whether Johnston County runs a pretrial services office, uses a risk assessment, or has its own bail schedule appears here once a cited source says so.

Cities and towns

Every city, village, town, and township with any of its land in Johnston County, largest first. Population, the whole place's: Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020 to 2024.

Police agencies

Agencies: FBI NIBRS master file 2025 batch headers; names from the FBI agency list, pulled 2026-09-29. An agency that serves several counties appears on each. Population served is the FBI's figure.

Crime

The crime index

Crime index offenses reported by agencies in Johnston County, 2021 to 2025
Offense20212022202320242025Per 100kOklahoma
Violent crime2128212816218426
Murder111Too few for a rate: the count is under 20.6.4
Rape13214Too few for a rate: the count is under 20.63
Robbery111Too few for a rate: the count is under 20.39
Aggravated assault1923192511186318
Property crime109997464758072,191
Burglary4646352724341468
Larceny42362625393221,446
Motor vehicle theft2117131212144277
Arson12236Too few for a rate: the count is under 20.18

Outside the crime index

Offenses outside the crime index reported by agencies in Johnston County, 2021 to 2025
Offense20212022202320242025Per 100kOklahoma
All offenses outside the crime index2933043342483192,8703,337
Simple assault and intimidation73918890878221,234
Vandalism2932261820240503
Fraud211413106123417
Drug abuse violations117123162971551,253708
Weapons: carrying, possessing, etc.2418171330195134
Stolen property: buying, receiving, possessing11138668472
Forgery and counterfeiting82413Too few for a rate: the count is under 20.68
Embezzlement13Too few for a rate: the count is under 20.45
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution)3152Too few for a rate: the count is under 20.63
Other Group A offenses671113109084

Offenses agencies in Johnston County reported to the FBI in incident detail (NIBRS), each year, the second table by the arrest class each offense falls in. Per 100k: offenses per 100,000 people the reporting agencies police, 2021 to 2025 added together, beside Oklahoma's rate over the same years. Agencies that reported part of a year are counted with their people, as the state's rates count them. – means too few for a rate: the count is under 20.

Source: FBI NIBRS national master files, each agency's offenses and the FBI's population for it. Oklahoma: the crime index: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CrimeDB's chosen value per year (the state page's figures); outside it: FBI NIBRS, agencies that sent incident detail.