Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2020. 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 26, 2026.
Rensselaer, Indiana, in Jasper County, has about 5,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Jasper Circuit and Superior Courts. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Rensselaer public records, Jasper County arrest records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Rensselaer
The FBI lists Rensselaer with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Rensselaer Police Department. It reported 263 arrests for 2020, its latest complete year. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Jasper County Sheriff's Office is the county agency.
How Many Arrests Rensselaer Reports
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.
- Rensselaer: 263 for 2020 and 292 for 2019.
Rensselaer's 263 arrests in 2020 were down 9.9 percent from 292 in 2019.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Rensselaer Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Rensselaer 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 83 people, down from about 87 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 112 beds, and it ran at 78 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Jasper County Sheriff's Office at jasperso.com/inmate-roster (page title: Inmate Roster | Jasper SO), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Indiana Department of Correction lists its inmates at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov/idoc-ofs-1.0.2/ofs.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Rensselaer
Whether someone was arrested in Rensselaer, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Jasper County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Jasper Circuit and Superior Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at in.gov/courts/local/jasper-county); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at jaspercountyin.gov/justice-system-courts/prosecuting-attorney, phone 219-866-4930).
Statewide, mycase.IN.gov is the Indiana courts' free statewide case search.
Indiana is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Limited Criminal History search is open to anyone online, through the Indiana 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 Rensselaer
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 Indiana Access to Public Records Act the agency must answer within 24 hours for a request made in person and 7 days for one sent by mail or email, and it may charge a copy fee set by the agency, within statutory limits.
- An arrest by the Rensselaer police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at rensselaer.in.gov/department/division.php?structureid=54 (page title: Records | Rensselaer, IN), phone (219) 866-7602, 201 S Cullen St PO Box 280 Rensselaer, IN 47978, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Jasper County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 219-866-4930, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Jasper Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at in.gov/courts/local/jasper-county.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at jasperindiana.gov (page title: Document Center | Request for Access to Public Records | / Jasper, IN).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Jasper County guide covers every agency in the county: Jasper County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Rensselaer each year?
Rensselaer reported 263 arrests to the FBI for 2020, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Rensselaer?
Look on the custody page of the Jasper County Sheriff's Office at jasperso.com/inmate-roster. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Rensselaer booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Jasper County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Rensselaer?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Indiana State Police: the Limited Criminal History search is open to anyone online. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Indiana Access to Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Rensselaer?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Rensselaer police for its own arrests, the Jasper County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Indiana Access to Public Records Act the answer is due within 24 hours for a request made in person and 7 days for one sent by mail or email; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at jasperindiana.gov.
Is this the official Rensselaer website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.