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 4, 2026.
Morris, Illinois, in Grundy County, has about 15,000 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 Grundy 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: Morris public records, Grundy County arrest records, Illinois arrest records and Illinois inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Morris
The FBI lists Morris with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Morris Police Department. It reported 363 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 Grundy County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 330 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Morris 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.
- Morris: 363 for 2025, 402 for 2024, 423 for 2023, 409 for 2022 and 502 for 2021.
Morris's 363 arrests in 2025 were down 9.7 percent from 402 in 2024.
Through September 2026, Morris reported 260 arrests, against 269 in the same months of 2025.
Across Grundy County, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,030 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Morris Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Morris 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 2019 the jail held about 33 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 67 beds, and it ran at 49 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 Grundy County Sheriff's Office at grundycountyil.gov/services/sheriff/jail.php (page title: Grundy County, IL), phone 815-941-3243, 111 E. Washington St. Morris, IL 60450, Monday thru Friday 8:00am to 4:00pm., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Morris
An arrest in Morris can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Circuit Court of Grundy County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at grundycountyil.gov/services/circuit_court_clerk, phone (815) 941-3256); the State's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at grundycountyil.gov/services/states_attorney/index.php, phone (815) 941-3276).
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 Morris
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 Morris police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at morrisil.org/department/police-department (page title: Police Department | City of Morris), phone 815-942-2131, 200 E. Chapin Street, Morris, IL 60450, Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Grundy County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 815-941-3243.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney, (815) 941-3276, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Circuit Court of Grundy County, through the court records page at grundycountyil.gov, phone (815) 941-3256.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at grundycountyil.gov (page title: Grundy County, IL).
- Your own statewide record: a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Illinois State Police.
The Grundy County guide covers every agency in the county: Grundy County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Morris each year?
Morris reported 363 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Morris?
Ask the Grundy County Sheriff's Office at 815-941-3243; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at grundycountyil.gov/services/sheriff/jail.php.
Where are people arrested in Morris booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Grundy County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Morris?
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 Morris?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Morris police for its own arrests, the Grundy 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 grundycountyil.gov.
Is this the official Morris 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.