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 September 30, 2026.
Jasper County, Illinois, has about 9,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Jasper County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 Jasper 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: Jasper County public records, Illinois arrest records, Illinois inmate search and Illinois criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Jasper County
The Jasper County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Jasper County. It reported 18 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Jasper County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Newton, 2,722 residents: 0 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 Arrests Each Agency Reports in Jasper 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.
- Jasper County Sheriff's Office: 18 for 2025, 30 for 2024, 18 for 2023, 0 for 2020 and 0 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Newton: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022 and 0 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 18 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 18 in 2025 against 30 in 2024.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Jasper County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Jasper 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 7 people, down from about 11 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 26 beds, and it ran at 42 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Jasper County Sheriff's Office at jasperso.com/inmate-roster (page title: Inmate Roster | Jasper SO), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Jasper County
An arrest in Jasper County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Jasper County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Circuit Court of Jasper County, kept by the Circuit Clerk, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date; the State's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at jaspercountyillinois.gov/states-attorney, phone (800) 243-0618).
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at illinoiscourts.gov/courts-directory/19/Jasper-County-Courthouse/court (page title: Jasper County Courthouse | State of Illinois Office of the Illinois Courts), phone (618) 783-2524, belongs to a lower court, not to the Circuit Court of Jasper 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 Jasper County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Jasper County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Newton: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney, (800) 243-0618, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Circuit Court of Jasper County it is kept by the Circuit Clerk. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at illinoiscourts.gov, phone (618) 783-2524, is a lower court's.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at jaspercountyillinois.gov/foia (page title: FOIA | City of Newton, IL | Jasper County, IL).
- Your own statewide record: a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Illinois State Police.
Cities in Jasper County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the seven cities in Jasper County: Newton. Ste. Marie, Willow Hill, Hidalgo, Wheeler, Rose Hill and Yale 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 Jasper County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Jasper County each year?
The Jasper County Sheriff's Office reported 18 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 18 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Jasper County?
Look on the custody page of the Jasper County Sheriff's Office at jasperso.com/inmate-roster. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Jasper County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Jasper County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Jasper 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 Jasper County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Jasper 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 jaspercountyillinois.gov/foia.
Is this the official Jasper 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.