Reviewed and updated October 4, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link on this page was opened and checked against the office's own website at review time.
Streator is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, with about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the city and the county. The city keeps police reports, council records and its own licenses and permits; court cases, jail bookings, deeds and vital records are county or state records. This guide names the Streator offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 2 city office pages for Streator, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, Police records, City Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
City or county record: where Streator records are kept
- Kept by the City of Streator: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by LaSalle County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not city records; they are in the LaSalle County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Streator police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Streator police are requested from the department's records unit, usually in writing or through an online form. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted, and some states limit crash reports to the people involved and their insurers. The page below is the one SearchSystems verified for Streator police records.
- Website: ci.streator.il.us/your_government/city_departments/police_departmen... (page title: Streator Police Department)
- Phone: (815) 672-3111
- Address: 204 South Bloomington Street Streator, IL 61364
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the city police. They are in the LaSalle County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Streator City Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the city's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The city's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: ci.streator.il.us/your_government/city_departments/administration.php (page title: City of Streator, IL)
- Phone: 815-992-3586
- Hours: Monday -Thursday: 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Streator
Illinois public records law applies to the city government of Streator. A record that is not posted online is requested from the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
Other cities and towns in LaSalle County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in LaSalle County. The LaSalle County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Streator Arrest Records
The Streator arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Streator's arrests to the FBI and the 375 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Streator is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Streator Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Streator, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Streator warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Streator inmate search (the custody page of the La Salle County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Streator criminal records (the court file, the Illinois criminal history and the local arrest records), Streator court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Streator police reports (which agency holds a report and what the Illinois Freedom of Information Act requires), Streator traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Streator DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Streator divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Streator property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Streator website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Streator offices listed above, and the city's own website is ci.streator.il.us; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Streator?
Request it from the Streator police records unit at ci.streator.il.us, phone (815) 672-3111. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Streator?
Streator cases are heard by the courts that serve LaSalle County, and people arrested in Streator are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the LaSalle County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Streator?
From the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. Illinois public records law applies to city governments.