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 October 2, 2026.
Huntley, Illinois, in McHenry County, has about 28,000 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 McHenry 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: Huntley public records, McHenry County arrest records, Illinois arrest records and Illinois inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Huntley
The FBI lists Huntley with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Huntley Police Department. It reported 161 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 McHenry County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 820 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in McHenry County: McHenry County College (campus police); the McHenry County Conservation District and the Crystal Lake Park District (other).
How Many Arrests Huntley 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.
- Huntley: 161 for 2025, 223 for 2024, 176 for 2023 and 234 for 2022.
Huntley's 161 arrests in 2025 were down 28 percent from 223 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Huntley reported 104 arrests, against 108 in the same months of 2025.
Across McHenry County, the 21 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,544 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Huntley Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Huntley 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 2024 the jail held about 380 people, down from about 460 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 650 beds, and it ran at 29 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 McHenry County Sheriff's Office at mchenrysheriff.org (page title: McHenry County IL Sheriff's Office), 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 Huntley
For Huntley the place to look is the State's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at mchenrycountyil.gov/departments/state-s-attorney-s-office, phone (815) 334-4159).
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 Huntley
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 Huntley police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at huntley.il.us/departments/police/police_reports_public_records.php (page title: Police Reports), phone 847-515-5311, Monday-Friday (excluding holidays) 8 am - 5 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the McHenry County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney, (815) 334-4159, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Illinois State Police.
The McHenry County guide covers every agency in the county: McHenry County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Huntley each year?
Huntley reported 161 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Huntley?
Ask the McHenry County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at mchenrysheriff.org.
Where are people arrested in Huntley booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the McHenry County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Huntley?
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 Huntley?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Huntley police for its own arrests, the McHenry 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 Huntley 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.