Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. 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 on September 23, 2026.
Antrim County, Michigan, has about 25,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Antrim County Sheriff's Office, four city agencies and one state agency. An arrest 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 Antrim County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Antrim County public records, Michigan arrest records, Michigan inmate search and Michigan criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Antrim County
The Antrim County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Antrim County. It reported 164 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside four of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Elk Rapids, 1,605 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2020.
- Mancelona, 1,391 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2020.
- Bellaire, 1,045 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2020.
- Central Lake, 979 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2020.
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 FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Antrim County: the Antrim County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests The Antrim County Sheriff's Office 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.
- Antrim County Sheriff's Office: 164 for 2025, 145 for 2024, 187 for 2023, 144 for 2022, 125 for 2021 and 102 for 2020.
- Central Lake: 0 for 2020 and 0 for 2019.
- Elk Rapids: 0 for 2020 and 0 for 2019.
- Mancelona: 0 for 2020 and 0 for 2019.
- Bellaire: 0 for 2020 and 0 for 2019.
The Antrim County Sheriff's Office's 164 arrests in 2025 were up 13 percent from 145 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Antrim County Sheriff's Office reported 147 arrests, against 95 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Antrim County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Antrim County 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 2020 the jail held about 24 people, down from about 34 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 56 beds, and it ran at 61 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 Antrim County Sheriff's Office at antrimcountymi.gov/departments___services_/sheriff/news_and_updates... (page title: News and Updates), 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 Antrim County
An arrest in Antrim County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: MiCOURT Case Search, the Michigan courts' statewide case search; not every court has joined, which shows whether charges were filed; the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at antrimcountymi.gov/departments___services_/prosecutor/index.php, phone 231-533-6860).
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 Antrim County
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 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 Antrim County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Elk Rapids, Mancelona, Bellaire or Central Lake: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Antrim County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 231-533-6860, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at antrimcountymi.gov/government/foia.php (page title: Freedom of Information Act Requests).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Antrim County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the five cities in Antrim County: Elk Rapids, Mancelona, Bellaire and Central Lake. Ellsworth has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Antrim County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Antrim County each year?
The Antrim County Sheriff's Office reported 164 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Antrim County?
Ask the Antrim County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at antrimcountymi.gov.
Where are people arrested in Antrim County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Antrim County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Antrim County?
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 Antrim County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Antrim County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. 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 antrimcountymi.gov/government/foia.php.
Is this the official Antrim 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.