Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. 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). In Illinois the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Circuit Clerk; the statewide criminal history kept by the Illinois State Police is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Du Quoin is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Du Quoin public records, Perry County criminal records, Du Quoin arrest records, Du Quoin warrants, Du Quoin inmate search, Du Quoin court records, Illinois arrest records and Illinois inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Circuit Court of Perry County
A criminal case from Du Quoin is filed in the Circuit Court of Perry County, and the court file, kept by the Circuit Clerk, is the record of it that the public may see.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is 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, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, not to the Circuit Court of Perry County.
Illinois has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The Illinois Criminal History and Your Own Copy
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. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
To see your own record, the route is a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Illinois State Police. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at isp.illinois.gov/BureauOfIdentification/MyRecord.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Du Quoin
The Perry County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Du Quoin (filed by the FBI as Du Quoin Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Du Quoin: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
Together, the four agencies in Perry County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,378 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Du Quoin arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Du Quoin in 2025
The agency that reports for Du Quoin had 11 violent and 15 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The Sex Offender Registry for Du Quoin
Registered sex offenders living in Du Quoin are listed on the Illinois Sex Offender Registry, run by the Illinois State Police at illinois.gov. The registry is public and can be searched online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Perry County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act a county office must answer a request within 5 business days, with one 5-day extension, and it may charge copying only after the first 50 pages.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal 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.
Can I search Du Quoin criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at illinoiscourts.gov (page title: Perry County Courthouse | State of Illinois Office of the Illinois Courts); it belongs to a lower court, not to the Circuit Court of Perry County.
How do I get my own Illinois criminal history?
Through a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Illinois State Police.
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.