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 28, 2026.
Fenton, Michigan, in Genesee County, has about 12,000 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 Genesee 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: Fenton public records, Genesee County arrest records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Fenton
The FBI lists Fenton with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Fenton Police Department. It reported 211 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 Genesee County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 884 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Genesee County: Mott Community College and the University of Michigan at Flint (campus police); the Genesee County State Police (state police); Bishop International Airport and Genesee County Parks and Recreation (other).
How Many Arrests Fenton 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.
- Fenton: 211 for 2025, 356 for 2024, 227 for 2023, 201 for 2022, 178 for 2021 and 233 for 2020.
Fenton's 211 arrests in 2025 were down 41 percent from 356 in 2024.
Through September 2026, Fenton reported 143 arrests, against 162 in the same months of 2025.
Across Genesee County, the 21 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,452 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Fenton Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Fenton 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 2023 the jail held about 550 people, down from about 620 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 580 beds, and it ran at 94 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 Genesee County Sheriff's Office at gcsomichigan.com/corrections-division (page title: CORRECTIONS DIVISION | GCSO), phone 810-257-3426, 1002 South Saginaw Street, Flint, MI 48502, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Michigan Department of Corrections lists its inmates at mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Fenton
An arrest in Fenton can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Genesee County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at geneseecountymi.gov/circuit_court_records, phone (810) 257-3220); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at geneseecountymi.gov/courts_and_law_enforcement/prosecutor/index.php).
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 Fenton
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 Fenton police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at cityoffenton.org/389/Police-Records-FOIA-Request (page title: Police Records FOIA Request | Fenton, MI), 311 S Leroy Street Fenton, MI 48430, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Genesee County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 810-257-3426.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Genesee County Circuit Court, through the court records page at geneseecountymi.gov/circuit_court_records, phone (810) 257-3220.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at geneseecountymi.nextrequest.com (page title: Genesee County FOIA RequestsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Genesee County guide covers every agency in the county: Genesee County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Fenton each year?
Fenton reported 211 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Fenton?
Ask the Genesee County Sheriff's Office at 810-257-3426; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at gcsomichigan.com/corrections-division.
Where are people arrested in Fenton booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Genesee County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Fenton?
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 Fenton?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Fenton police for its own arrests, the Genesee 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 geneseecountymi.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Fenton 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.