Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. 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.
Christian County, Illinois, has about 33,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Christian County Sheriff's Office and seven city agencies. An arrest 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 Christian County. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Christian County public records, Illinois arrest records, Illinois inmate search and Illinois criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Christian County
The Christian County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Christian County.
Arrests inside seven of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Taylorville, 10,263 residents: 7 arrests reported for 2025.
- Pana, 5,034 residents: 76 arrests reported for 2025.
- Kincaid, 1,314 residents: 8 arrests reported for 2024.
- Assumption, 1,123 residents: 12 arrests reported for 2025.
- Edinburg, 1,055 residents: 2 arrests reported for 2025.
- Morrisonville, 975 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2019.
- Stonington, 800 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2020.
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.
The Moweaqua Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Christian County, so its arrests are not broken out for Christian County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Christian County
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.
- Pana: 76 for 2025, 90 for 2024 and 47 for 2023.
- Assumption: 12 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 3 for 2022, 2 for 2021 and 0 for 2020.
- Taylorville: 7 for 2025, 23 for 2024, 33 for 2023, 101 for 2022, 0 for 2020 and 0 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Edinburg: 2 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2020 and 0 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Kincaid: 8 for 2024, 9 for 2023, 14 for 2022 and 0 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Morrisonville: 0 for 2019.
- Stonington: 0 for 2020 and 0 for 2019.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 97 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 97 in 2025 against 113 in 2024, down 14 percent.
Morrisonville reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Christian County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Christian County 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 2023 the jail held about 43 people, down from about 60 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 66 beds, and it ran at 65 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 Christian County Sheriff's Office at christiancountysheriff.com/jail (page title: Jail | Christian County Illinois Sheriff's Office), phone (217) 824-4961, 301 W Franklin St Taylorville, IL 62568, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Christian County
For Christian County the place to look is the case index of the Circuit Court of Christian County, kept by the Circuit Clerk, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at illinoiscourts.gov/courts-directory/71/Christian-County-Courthouse/... (page title: Christian County Courthouse | State of Illinois Office of the Illinois Courts), phone (217) 824-4966, belongs to a lower court, not to the Circuit Court of Christian County.
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 Christian County
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 Christian County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (217) 824-4961.
- An arrest in Taylorville, Pana, Kincaid, Assumption, Edinburg, Morrisonville or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Circuit Court of Christian County it is kept by the Circuit Clerk. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at illinoiscourts.gov, phone (217) 824-4966, is a lower court's.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at christiancountysheriff.com/records-request (page title: Records Request | Christian County Illinois Sheriff's Office).
- Your own statewide record: a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Illinois State Police.
Cities in Christian County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for seven of the 13 cities in Christian County: Taylorville, Pana, Kincaid, Assumption, Edinburg, Morrisonville and Stonington. Tovey, Mount Auburn, Palmer, Bulpitt, Owaneco and Jeisyville have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Circuit Court of Christian County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Christian County each year?
Pana reported 76 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 97 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Christian County?
Ask the Christian County Sheriff's Office at (217) 824-4961; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at christiancountysheriff.com/jail.
Where are people arrested in Christian County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Christian County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Christian County?
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 Christian County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Christian 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at christiancountysheriff.com/records-request.
Is this the official Christian 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.