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 on September 23, 2026.
Madison County, Illinois, has about 263,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Madison County depends on where the incident happened: the Madison 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.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Madison County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Madison County that is the Madison 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 Norfolk Southern Railway in Madison County and Terminal Railroad Association (other agency) and Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (campus police), each with a records office of its own.
The Pierron Police Department and the Fairmont City Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Madison County, so their arrests are not broken out for Madison County here.
Reports from the Madison County Sheriff's Office
The Madison County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 77 violent and 662 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 1,121 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at sheriffrandytucker.com/madison-county-detention-center (page title: Madison County Detention Center | Madison County Sheriff's Department), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Madison County
The 23 cities the FBI lists in Madison County with a reporting agency of their own, the largest twelve first, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Granite City: 203 violent and 722 property crimes reported for 2025; 728 arrests reported for 2025. The Granite City police department's page is at granitecity.illinois.gov/departments/gc_police/index.php, phone (618) 877-6111 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Edwardsville: 11 violent and 155 property crimes reported for 2025; 383 arrests reported for 2025. The Edwardsville police department's page is at cityofedwardsville.com/m/directory/department?did=7, phone 618-656-2131 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Alton: 205 violent and 777 property crimes reported for 2025; 915 arrests reported for 2025.
- Collinsville: 51 violent and 245 property crimes reported for 2025; 610 arrests reported for 2025.
- Glen Carbon: 16 violent and 130 property crimes reported for 2025; 426 arrests reported for 2023.
- Troy: 1 violent and 52 property crimes reported for 2025; 162 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wood River: 17 violent and 176 property crimes reported for 2025; 132 arrests reported for 2025.
- Highland: 9 violent and 32 property crimes reported for 2025; 80 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bethalto: 9 violent and 50 property crimes reported for 2025; 92 arrests reported for 2025.
- Maryville: 10 violent and 33 property crimes reported for 2025; 238 arrests reported for 2025.
- Pontoon Beach: 28 violent and 86 property crimes reported for 2025; 142 arrests reported for 2025.
- East Alton: 19 violent and 74 property crimes reported for 2025; 222 arrests reported for 2025. The East Alton police department's page is at villageofeastaltonil.gov/east-alton-police-department, phone (618) 259-6212 (verified September 26, 2026).
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 rest: Madison, South Roxana, Venice, Roxana, St. Jacob, Hartford, Worden, Marine, Hamel, Livingston and Grantfork.
How Many Reports: Madison County in 2025
The 18 agencies in Madison County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 660 violent and 3,242 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 20 agencies in Madison County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,317 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 madisoncountyil.gov/departments/circuit_clerk/coppy_request.php (page title: Madison County Illinois Circuit Clerk Copy Requests).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Madison County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Madison 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 Madison 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 Madison 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 Madison 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.