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 October 9, 2026.
Clinton County, Illinois, has about 37,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Clinton County depends on where the incident happened: the Clinton 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: Clinton County public records, Clinton County arrest records, Clinton County warrants, Clinton County inmate search, Clinton County criminal records, Illinois arrest records and Illinois inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Clinton 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 Clinton County that is the Clinton 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 Kaskaskia College (campus police), with a records office of its own.
The Centralia Police Department is listed by the FBI across three counties including Clinton County, so its arrests are not broken out for Clinton County here.
Reports from the Clinton County Sheriff's Office
The Clinton County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 3 violent and 42 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 171 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at (618) 594-4555. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at clintonco.illinois.gov/county-offices/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Clinton County, Illinois), phone (618) 594-4555, 810 Franklin Street Carlyle, IL 62231, Monday-Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Clinton County
The nine cities the FBI lists in Clinton County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Breese: 3 violent and 8 property crimes reported for 2025; 5 arrests reported for 2025.
- New Baden: 3 violent and 2 property crimes reported for 2025; 46 arrests reported for 2025.
- Carlyle: 2 violent and 34 property crimes reported for 2025; 60 arrests reported for 2025.
- Trenton: 5 violent and 2 property crimes reported for 2025; 14 arrests reported for 2025.
- Aviston: 0 violent and 2 property crimes reported for 2025; 14 arrests reported for 2025.
- Germantown: 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025; 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Albers: 0 violent and 1 property crimes reported for 2025; 1 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wamac: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Beckemeyer: 0 arrests reported for 2023.
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: Clinton County in 2025
The eight agencies in Clinton County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 16 violent and 91 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the nine agencies in Clinton County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,463 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Illinois Freedom of Information Act Requires
The Illinois Freedom of Information Act sets the rules: an answer within 5 business days, with one 5-day extension, at a charge of copying only after the first 50 pages, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at clintonco.illinois.gov/foia-request (page title: FOIA Request | Clinton County, Illinois).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney, (618) 594-6645, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Clinton County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Clinton 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 Clinton 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 Clinton County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at (618) 594-4555. Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days, with one 5-day extension.
Is this the official Clinton 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.