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.
Saline County, Illinois, has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Saline County Sheriff's Office and three 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 Saline 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: Saline County public records, Illinois arrest records, Illinois inmate search and Illinois criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Saline County
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Saline County. It reported 65 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three 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:
- Harrisburg, 7,937 residents: 126 arrests reported for 2025.
- Eldorado, 3,583 residents: 60 arrests reported for 2025.
- Carrier Mills, 1,600 residents: 51 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 Saline 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.
- Harrisburg: 126 for 2025, 146 for 2024, 125 for 2023 and 90 for 2022.
- Saline County Sheriff's Office: 65 for 2025, 96 for 2024 and 102 for 2023.
- Eldorado: 60 for 2025 and 119 for 2022; 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
- Carrier Mills: 51 for 2025, 45 for 2024 and 23 for 2023.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 302 arrests that year. The three of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 242 in 2025 against 287 in 2024, down 16 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 99 arrests, against 140 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Saline County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Saline County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 69 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 57 beds, and it ran at 122 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Saline County
Whether someone was arrested in Saline County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Circuit Court of Saline 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 salinecounty.illinois.gov/states-attorney, phone 618-253-7169).
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at illinoiscourts.gov/courts-directory/145/Saline-County-Courthouse/court (page title: Saline County Courthouse | State of Illinois Office of the Illinois Courts), phone (618) 253-5096, belongs to a lower court, not to the Circuit Court of Saline 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 Saline 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 Saline County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Harrisburg, Eldorado or Carrier Mills: 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, 618-253-7169, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Circuit Court of Saline County it is kept by the Circuit Clerk. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at illinoiscourts.gov, phone (618) 253-5096, is a lower court's.
- Your own statewide record: a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Illinois State Police.
Cities in Saline County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the six cities in Saline County: Harrisburg, Eldorado and Carrier Mills. Galatia, Raleigh and Muddy 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 Saline County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Saline County each year?
Harrisburg reported 126 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 302 between them.
Where are people arrested in Saline County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Saline County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Saline 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 Saline County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Saline 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.
Is this the official Saline 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.