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 30, 2026.
Robinson, Illinois, in Crawford County, has about 7,100 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 Crawford 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: Robinson public records, Crawford County arrest records, Illinois arrest records and Illinois inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Robinson
The FBI lists Robinson with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Robinson Police Department. It reported 0 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 Crawford County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 0 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Robinson 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.
- Robinson: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023 and 26 for 2022.
Across Crawford County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Robinson Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Robinson 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 2021 the jail held about 33 people, up from about 29 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 33 beds, and it ran at 88 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 Crawford County Sheriff's Office at crawfordcountysheriff.org/inmates (page title: Inmates | Crawford County Sheriff), 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 Robinson
Whether someone was arrested in Robinson, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Circuit Court of Crawford County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at illinoiscourts.gov/courts-directory/84/Crawford-County-Courthouse/c..., phone (618) 544-3512); the State's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at crawfordcounty.illinois.gov/department/states-attorney, phone 618-546-1505).
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 Robinson
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 Robinson police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at cityofrobinson.com/police-department (page title: City of Robinson, Illinois), phone 618-546-1111, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Crawford County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney, 618-546-1505, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Circuit Court of Crawford County, through the court records page at illinoiscourts.gov, phone (618) 544-3512.
- Your own statewide record: a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Illinois State Police.
The Crawford County guide covers every agency in the county: Crawford County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Robinson each year?
Robinson reported 0 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Robinson?
Ask the Crawford County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at crawfordcountysheriff.org/inmates.
Where are people arrested in Robinson booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Crawford County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Robinson?
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 Robinson?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Robinson police for its own arrests, the Crawford 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 Robinson 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.