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.
Tazewell County, Illinois, has about 130,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Tazewell County depends on where the incident happened: the Tazewell 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 Tazewell 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 Tazewell County that is the Tazewell 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 Illinois Central College (campus police) and the Pekin Park District and the Fon du Lac Park District (other agency), each with a records office of its own.
The Goodfield Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Tazewell County, so its arrests are not broken out for Tazewell County here.
Reports from the Tazewell County Sheriff's Office
The Tazewell County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 37 violent and 139 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 206 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at sheriff.tazewell-il.gov/inmate-lookup-c (page title: Inmate Lookup | C | Tazewell County Sheriff), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Tazewell County
The 15 cities the FBI lists in Tazewell 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:
- Pekin: 164 violent and 562 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,380 arrests reported for 2025. The Pekin police records page is at pekinpd.gov/records-evidence, phone (309) 478-5330 (verified September 25, 2026).
- East Peoria: 64 violent and 597 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,663 arrests reported for 2025. The East Peoria police department's page is at cityofeastpeoria.com/295/Police-Department, phone 309-698-4700 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Morton: 17 violent and 107 property crimes reported for 2025; 276 arrests reported for 2025. The Morton police department's page is at morton-il.gov/government/department-offices/police, phone (309) 266-5361 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Washington: 14 violent and 219 property crimes reported for 2025; 454 arrests reported for 2025. The Washington police records page is at ci.washington.il.us/egov/apps/action/center.egov (verified September 25, 2026).
- Creve Coeur: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Marquette Heights: 0 arrests reported for 2020.
- Tremont: 1 violent and 5 property crimes reported for 2025; 4 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mackinaw: 0 violent and 9 property crimes reported for 2025; 18 arrests reported for 2025.
- Delavan: 0 arrests reported for 2019.
- North Pekin: 7 violent and 31 property crimes reported for 2025; 218 arrests reported for 2025.
- Minier: 2 violent and 7 property crimes reported for 2025; 14 arrests reported for 2025.
- South Pekin: 0 arrests reported for 2020.
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: Hopedale, Deer Creek and Green Valley.
How Many Reports: Tazewell County in 2025
The 11 agencies in Tazewell County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 306 violent and 1,676 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 13 agencies in Tazewell County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,540 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.
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney, 309-477-2294, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Tazewell County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Tazewell 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 Tazewell 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 Tazewell 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 Tazewell 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.