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.
Will County, Illinois, has about 709,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Will County depends on where the incident happened: the Will 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.
Related guides: Will County public records, Will County arrest records, Will County warrants, Will County inmate search, Will County criminal records, Illinois arrest records and Illinois inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Will County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Will County that is the Will 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 agency list also places three campus police departments and three other agencies in Will County, each with a records office of its own.
The Orland Park Police Department, the Tinley Park Police Department, the Park Forest Police Department and seven more are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Will County, so their arrests are not broken out for Will County here.
Reports from the Will County Sheriff's Office
The Will County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 161 violent and 484 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 978 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at (815) 727-8575. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at willcosheriff.org/component/search/?searchword=Facility (page title: Search | WC Sheriff's Office), phone (815) 727-8575, 16911, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Will County
The 24 cities the FBI lists in Will 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:
- Joliet: 524 violent and 1,759 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,975 arrests reported for 2025. The Joliet police records page is at joliet.gov/government/departments/police-department/divisions/techn..., phone (815) 724-3100 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Bolingbrook: 165 violent and 495 property crimes reported for 2025; 555 arrests reported for 2025.
- Plainfield: 36 violent and 213 property crimes reported for 2025; 429 arrests reported for 2025. The Plainfield police records page is at plainfieldil.gov/police/records-and-services, phone (815) 436-6544 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Romeoville: 46 violent and 342 property crimes reported for 2025; 497 arrests reported for 2025.
- New Lenox: 17 violent and 230 property crimes reported for 2025; 349 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lockport: 11 violent and 113 property crimes reported for 2025; 293 arrests reported for 2025.
- Homer Glen: 8 violent and 72 property crimes reported for 2025; 56 arrests reported for 2025.
- Frankfort: 8 violent and 130 property crimes reported for 2025; 160 arrests reported for 2025.
- Crest Hill: 28 violent and 135 property crimes reported for 2025; 199 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mokena: 11 violent and 125 property crimes reported for 2025; 242 arrests reported for 2025.
- Shorewood: 11 violent and 119 property crimes reported for 2025; 183 arrests reported for 2025. The Shorewood police records page is at shorewoodil.gov/Police/department_services/records/index.php, phone (815) 725-1460 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Channahon: 9 violent and 48 property crimes reported for 2025; 125 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.
The rest: Manhattan, Steger, Crete, University Park, Braidwood, Wilmington, Monee, Beecher, Peotone, Elwood, Rockdale and Godley.
How Many Reports: Will County in 2025
The 25 agencies in Will County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,124 violent and 4,879 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 24 agencies in Will County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 7,010 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 willcountyclerk.gov/general-services/freedom-of-information-act-req... (page title: Will County, IL Elections).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Will County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Will 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 Will 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 Will County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at (815) 727-8575. Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days, with one 5-day extension.
Is this the official Will 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.