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 between September 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Westland, Michigan, in Wayne County, has about 83,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Michigan the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the County Clerk; the statewide criminal history kept by the Michigan State Police is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Westland is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Westland public records, Wayne County criminal records, Westland arrest records, Westland warrants, Westland inmate search, Westland court records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Wayne County Circuit Court
A criminal case from Westland is filed in the Wayne County Circuit Court or the District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and civil cases up to $25,000, and the court file, kept by the County Clerk, is the record of it that the public may see.
For Wayne County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courts.michigan.gov/search/?searchQuery=wayne+county (page title: Wayne County courts search), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the District Court, not to the Wayne County Circuit Court.
Statewide, MiCOURT Case Search is the Michigan courts' statewide case search; not every court has joined.
The Michigan Criminal History and Your Own Copy
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. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it. The search is on the Michigan State Police site.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Westland
The Wayne County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Westland (filed by the FBI as Westland Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Westland: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places two other agencies, two campus police departments and one state police unit in Wayne County (the arrest records guide names each one); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
The Northville Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Wayne County, so its arrests are not broken out for Wayne County here.
Together, the 40 agencies in Wayne County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 33,288 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Westland arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Westland in 2025
The agency that reports for Westland had 348 violent and 988 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The Prosecuting Attorney for Wayne County
Charges in Wayne County are filed by the Prosecuting Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Wayne County Circuit Court or the District Court.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at waynecountymi.gov/Government/Elected-Officials/Prosecutor (page title: Prosecutor | Wayne County, Michigan), phone (313) 224-5777, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Westland
Registered sex offenders living in Westland are listed on the Michigan Public Sex Offender Registry, run by the Michigan State Police at michigan.gov/msp/services/sex-offender-reg. Tier 2 and Tier 3 offenders are listed online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Wayne County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act a county office must answer a request within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension, and it may charge labor and copying, at rates the law caps. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at waynecountymi.nextrequest.com (page title: FOIA RequestNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Wayne County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Wayne County and Michigan. These criminal records pages from its Wayne County listing were opened again on October 1, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Criminal Justice Center Newsroom (waynecountymi.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Westland?
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.
Can I search Westland criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.michigan.gov (page title: Wayne County courts search); it belongs to a lower court, not to the Wayne County Circuit Court. Statewide, MiCOURT Case Search is the Michigan courts' statewide case search; not every court has joined.
How do I get my own Michigan criminal history?
Through the same ICHAT search, run on yourself.
Who prosecutes crimes in Westland?
The Prosecuting Attorney, reached at (313) 224-5777, which files its cases in the Wayne County Circuit Court or the District Court.
Is this the official Westland 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.