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 October 4, 2026.
Schuyler County, Illinois, has about 6,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Schuyler 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 Schuyler 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: Schuyler County public records, Illinois arrest records, Illinois inmate search and Illinois criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Schuyler County
The Schuyler County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Schuyler County. It reported 6 arrests for 2025.
One city in Schuyler County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Rushville, 2,904 residents: 42 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 Schuyler County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Rushville: 42 for 2025, 35 for 2024, 76 for 2023 and 0 for 2019; 2020, 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Schuyler County Sheriff's Office: 6 for 2025, 0 for 2020 and 0 for 2019; 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 48 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 42 in 2025 against 35 in 2024.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 44 arrests, against 32 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Schuyler County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Schuyler 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 2024 the jail held about 13 people, down from about 23 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 35 beds, and it ran at 66 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Schuyler County Sheriff's Office at ilsheriff.org/county/schuyler (page title: Schuyler County | Illinois Sheriffs' Association), phone (217) 753-2372, 3050 Montvale Dr, Suite D Springfield, IL 62704, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Schuyler County
An arrest in Schuyler County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Circuit Court of Schuyler 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 schuylercounty.org/officials/states-attorney, phone 217-322-3947).
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at illinoiscourts.gov/courts-directory/108/Schuyler-County-Courthouse/... (page title: Schuyler County Courthouse | State of Illinois Office of the Illinois Courts), phone (217) 322-4633, belongs to a lower court, not to the Circuit Court of Schuyler 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 Schuyler 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 Schuyler County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (217) 753-2372.
- An arrest in Rushville: 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, 217-322-3947, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Circuit Court of Schuyler County it is kept by the Circuit Clerk. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at illinoiscourts.gov, phone (217) 322-4633, is a lower court's.
- Your own statewide record: a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Illinois State Police.
Cities in Schuyler County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the four cities in Schuyler County: Rushville. Littleton, Browning and Camden 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 Schuyler County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Schuyler County each year?
Rushville reported 42 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 48 between them.
Where are people arrested in Schuyler County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Schuyler County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Schuyler 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 Schuyler County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Schuyler 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 Schuyler 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.