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 25, 2026.
East Moline, Illinois, in Rock Island County, has about 21,000 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 Rock Island 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: East Moline public records, Rock Island County arrest records, Illinois arrest records and Illinois inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in East Moline
The FBI lists East Moline with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as East Moline Police Department. It reported 494 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 Rock Island County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 302 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Rock Island County: Black Hawk College at Moline (campus police).
How Many Arrests East Moline 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.
- East Moline: 494 for 2025, 240 for 2024, 228 for 2023 and 272 for 2021; 2022 is missing months.
East Moline's 494 arrests in 2025 were up 106 percent from 240 in 2024.
Through May 2026, East Moline reported 181 arrests, against 199 in the same months of 2025.
Across Rock Island County, the seven agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,019 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in East Moline Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in East Moline 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 2023 the jail held about 190 people, down from about 270 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 329 beds, and it ran at 57 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 Rock Island County Sheriff's Office at rockislandcountyil.gov/318/Sheriffs-Office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Rock Island County, IL), phone 309-558-3432, 1317 Third Avenue County Justice Center Rock Island, IL 61201, Monday through Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Illinois Department of Corrections lists its inmates at idoc.illinois.gov/offender/inmatesearch.html.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in East Moline
For East Moline the place to look is the State's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at rockislandcountyil.gov/309/States-Attorney, phone 309-558-3240).
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 East Moline
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 East Moline police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at eastmoline.com/294/Police-Reports (page title: Police Reports | East Moline, IL), phone 309-752-1546, Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Rock Island County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 309-558-3432.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney, 309-558-3240, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at rockislandcountyil.gov (page title: Information & Copy Requests | Rock Island County, IL).
- Your own statewide record: a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Illinois State Police.
The Rock Island County guide covers every agency in the county: Rock Island County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in East Moline each year?
East Moline reported 494 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in East Moline?
Ask the Rock Island County Sheriff's Office at 309-558-3432; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at rockislandcountyil.gov/318/Sheriffs-Office.
Where are people arrested in East Moline booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Rock Island County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in East Moline?
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 East Moline?
From the agency that made the arrest: the East Moline police for its own arrests, the Rock Island 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at rockislandcountyil.gov.
Is this the official East Moline 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.