Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 between September 23, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Du Quoin, Illinois, in Perry County, has about 5,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the State's Attorney files charges, a case in the Circuit Court of Perry County. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Du Quoin public records, Perry County arrest records, Illinois arrest records and Illinois inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Du Quoin
The FBI lists Du Quoin with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Du Quoin Police Department. It reported 91 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Perry County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 121 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Du Quoin Reports
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.
- Du Quoin: 91 for 2025, 81 for 2024 and 94 for 2023.
Du Quoin's 91 arrests in 2025 were up 12 percent from 81 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Du Quoin reported 37 arrests, against 53 in the same months of 2025.
Across Perry County, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,378 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Du Quoin Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Du Quoin 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 66 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 58 beds, and it ran at 114 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 Perry County Sheriff's Office at isoms.perrycountysheriff.net/portal/Jail (page title: Inmates | ISOMS Portal), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Illinois Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at idoc.illinois.gov/offender/inmatesearch.html.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Du Quoin
For Du Quoin the place to look is the case index of the Circuit Court of Perry County, kept by the Circuit Clerk, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at illinoiscourts.gov/courts-directory/155/Perry-County-Courthouse/court (page title: Perry County Courthouse | State of Illinois Office of the Illinois Courts), phone (618) 357-6726, belongs to a lower court, not to the Circuit Court of Perry County.
Illinois is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: conviction information is public under the Uniform Conviction Information Act, through the Illinois State Police. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Du Quoin
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 Illinois Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 5 business days, with one 5-day extension, and it may charge copying only after the first 50 pages.
- An arrest by the Du Quoin police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at duquoinil.gov/police-department (page title: Police Department | Du Quoin Illinois), phone (618) 542-3841, 302 E. Poplar St. DuQuoin, IL 62832, Mon - Fri: 7:30 am - 4:00 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Perry County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Circuit Court of Perry County it is kept by the Circuit Clerk. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at illinoiscourts.gov, phone (618) 357-6726, is a lower court's.
- Your own statewide record: a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Illinois State Police.
The Perry County guide covers every agency in the county: Perry County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Du Quoin each year?
Du Quoin reported 91 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Du Quoin?
Ask the Perry County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at isoms.perrycountysheriff.net/portal/Jail.
Where are people arrested in Du Quoin booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Perry County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Du Quoin?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Illinois State Police: conviction information is public under the Uniform Conviction Information Act. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Du Quoin?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Du Quoin police for its own arrests, the Perry County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days, with one 5-day extension.
Is this the official Du Quoin website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.