Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Champaign County, Illinois, has about 212,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Champaign County depends on where the incident happened: the Champaign County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Illinois Freedom of Information Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Champaign County public records, Champaign County arrest records, Champaign County warrants, Champaign County inmate search, Champaign County criminal records, Illinois arrest records and Illinois inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Champaign County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Champaign County that is the Champaign County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's list also carries Parkland College and the University of Illinois at Urbana (campus police), each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Champaign County Sheriff's Office
The Champaign County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 86 violent and 315 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 512 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at champaigncountyil.gov/sheriff/inmatelookup.php (page title: Inmate Lookup | Champaign County Illinois), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Champaign County
The eight cities the FBI lists in Champaign County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Champaign: 347 violent and 1,937 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,629 arrests reported for 2025.
- Urbana: 177 violent and 1,008 property crimes reported for 2025; 880 arrests reported for 2025.
- Rantoul: 64 violent and 163 property crimes reported for 2025; 383 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mahomet: 20 violent and 31 property crimes reported for 2025; 120 arrests reported for 2025.
- Tolono: 10 arrests reported for 2024.
- Fisher: 2 violent and 4 property crimes reported for 2025; 1 arrests reported for 2025.
- Gifford: 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025; 1 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ludlow: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Reports: Champaign County in 2025
The seven agencies in Champaign County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 696 violent and 3,458 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the eight agencies in Champaign County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,678 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Illinois Freedom of Information Act Requires
Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer a request within 5 business days, with one 5-day extension, and it may charge copying only after the first 50 pages. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney, (217) 384-3816, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Champaign County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Champaign County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days, with one 5-day extension.
How long does an agency in Champaign County have to answer?
Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, within 5 business days, with one 5-day extension. It may charge copying only after the first 50 pages.
How do I get a report from the Champaign County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days, with one 5-day extension.
Is this the official Champaign County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.