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.
Sangamon County, Illinois, has about 194,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Sangamon County depends on where the incident happened: the Sangamon 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 Sangamon 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 Sangamon County that is the Sangamon 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 places the Secretary of State Police in Sangamon County; a report taken on a state highway by it comes from that agency's own records office.
The FBI's agency list also places two other agencies and three campus police departments in Sangamon County, each with a records office of its own.
The Virden Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Sangamon County, so its arrests are not broken out for Sangamon County here.
Reports from the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office
The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 164 violent and 620 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 444 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at sangamonil.gov/departments/s-z/sheriff/inmate-roster (page title: Inmate Roster), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Sangamon County
The 18 cities the FBI lists in Sangamon County with a reporting agency of their own, the largest twelve first:
- Springfield: 1,008 violent and 4,742 property crimes reported for 2025; 4,367 arrests reported for 2025.
- Chatham: 28 violent and 77 property crimes reported for 2025; 56 arrests reported for 2025.
- Sherman: 3 violent and 22 property crimes reported for 2025; 22 arrests reported for 2025.
- Auburn: 12 violent and 23 property crimes reported for 2025; 28 arrests reported for 2025.
- Rochester: 4 violent and 15 property crimes reported for 2025; 68 arrests reported for 2025.
- Riverton: 10 violent and 35 property crimes reported for 2025; 2 arrests reported for 2025.
- Pawnee: 0 violent and 1 property crimes reported for 2025; 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Jerome: 7 arrests reported for 2024.
- Southern View: 4 violent and 74 property crimes reported for 2025; 14 arrests reported for 2025.
- Williamsville.
- Leland Grove: 0 arrests reported for 2019.
- Grandview.
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: New Berlin, Divernon, Pleasant Plains, Loami, Thayer and Buffalo.
How Many Reports: Sangamon County in 2025
The 11 agencies in Sangamon County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,233 violent and 5,612 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 12 agencies in Sangamon County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,162 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Illinois Freedom of Information Act Requires
Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer a request within 5 business days, with one 5-day extension, and it may charge copying only after the first 50 pages. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at sangamoncountycircuitclerk.org/records/records-request (page title: Sangamon County Records).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney, (217) 753-6690, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Sangamon County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Sangamon 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 Sangamon 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.
Who has a crash report from a state highway in Sangamon County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the Secretary of State Police in Sangamon County.
How do I get a report from the Sangamon 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 Sangamon 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.