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 2025. 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 25, 2026.
Cadillac, Michigan, in Wexford County, has about 11,000 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 Wexford County Circuit Court. 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: Cadillac public records, Wexford County arrest records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Cadillac
The FBI lists Cadillac with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Cadillac Police Department. It reported 348 arrests for 2025. 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 Wexford County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 345 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Wexford County: the Wexford County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Cadillac Reports
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.
- Cadillac: 348 for 2025, 371 for 2024, 413 for 2023, 425 for 2022, 349 for 2021 and 409 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Cadillac's 348 arrests in 2025 were down 6.2 percent from 371 in 2024.
Through September 2026, Cadillac reported 281 arrests, against 263 in the same months of 2025.
Across Wexford County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 693 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Cadillac Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cadillac is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2020 the jail held about 40 people, up from about 39 in 2019. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Wexford County Sheriff's Office at wexfordsheriff.org/inmate-accounts (page title: Inmate Accounts | Wexford County Sheriff's Office), phone (231) 779-9216, 1015 Lincoln St. Cadillac MI 49601, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Michigan Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Cadillac
For Cadillac the place to look is the case index of the Wexford County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.michigan.gov/search/?searchQuery=wexford+county).
Statewide, MiCOURT Case Search is the Michigan courts' statewide case search; not every court has joined.
Michigan is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: ICHAT lets anyone search public criminal history by name, for $10 a search, through the Michigan 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 Cadillac
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension, and it may charge labor and copying, at rates the law caps.
- An arrest by the Cadillac police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at cityofnorthmuskegon.com/michigan/police-department/cadillac-police-... (page title: Cadillac Police Department, MI, Jail Roster and Police Arrests), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
- An arrest by the Wexford County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (231) 779-9216.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Wexford County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.michigan.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at wexfordcounty.org/?page_id=510 (page title: Register of Deeds Fax Request Form | Wexford County Michigan).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Wexford County guide covers every agency in the county: Wexford County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Cadillac each year?
Cadillac reported 348 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Cadillac?
Ask the Wexford County Sheriff's Office at (231) 779-9216; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at wexfordsheriff.org/inmate-accounts.
Where are people arrested in Cadillac booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wexford County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Cadillac?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Michigan State Police: ICHAT lets anyone search public criminal history by name, for $10. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Cadillac?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Cadillac police for its own arrests, the Wexford County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at wexfordcounty.org/?page_id=510.
Is this the official Cadillac 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.