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.
East Peoria, Illinois, in Tazewell County, has about 22,000 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 Tazewell 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 Peoria public records, Tazewell County arrest records, Illinois arrest records and Illinois inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in East Peoria
The FBI lists East Peoria with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as East Peoria Police Department. It reported 1,663 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 Tazewell County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 206 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Tazewell County: Illinois Central College (campus police); the Pekin Park District and the Fon du Lac Park District (other).
How Many Arrests East Peoria Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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 Peoria: 1,663 for 2025, 1,473 for 2024, 1,106 for 2023, 830 for 2022 and 766 for 2021.
East Peoria's 1,663 arrests in 2025 were up 13 percent from 1,473 in 2024.
Through March 2026, East Peoria reported 361 arrests, against 417 in the same months of 2025.
Across Tazewell County, the 13 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,540 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in East Peoria Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in East Peoria 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 140 people, down from about 150 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 236 beds, and it ran at 60 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Tazewell County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.tazewell-il.gov/inmate-lookup-c (page title: Inmate Lookup | C | Tazewell County Sheriff), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Peoria
Whether someone was arrested in East Peoria, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Tazewell County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Circuit Court of Tazewell County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at tazewell-il.gov/courts, phone 309-477-2201); the State's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at tazewell-il.gov/statesattorney/statesattorneyaboutus, phone 309-477-2294).
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 Peoria
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 Peoria police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at cityofeastpeoria.com/295/Police-Department (page title: Police Department | East Peoria, IL), phone 309-698-4700, 500 W Camp Street East Peoria, IL 61611, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Tazewell County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney, 309-477-2294, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Circuit Court of Tazewell County, through the court records page at tazewell-il.gov/courts, phone 309-477-2201.
- Your own statewide record: a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Illinois State Police.
The Tazewell County guide covers every agency in the county: Tazewell County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in East Peoria each year?
East Peoria reported 1,663 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in East Peoria?
Look on the custody page of the Tazewell County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.tazewell-il.gov/inmate-lookup-c. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in East Peoria booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Tazewell County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in East Peoria?
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 Peoria?
From the agency that made the arrest: the East Peoria police for its own arrests, the Tazewell 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 East Peoria 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.