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.
Calhoun County, Michigan, has about 134,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office, four city agencies and two campus, state or other agencies. 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 Calhoun 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: Calhoun County public records, Michigan arrest records, Michigan inmate search and Michigan criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Calhoun County
The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Calhoun County. It reported 481 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists three cities in Calhoun County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Battle Creek, 52,205 residents: 2,472 arrests reported for 2025.
- Albion, 7,494 residents: 432 arrests reported for 2025.
- Marshall, 6,802 residents: 163 arrests reported for 2025.
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 Union City Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Calhoun County, so its arrests are not broken out for Calhoun County here.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Calhoun County: Kellogg Community College (campus police); the Calhoun County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Calhoun County
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.
- Battle Creek: 2,472 for 2025, 2,526 for 2024, 2,463 for 2023, 1,910 for 2022, 1,952 for 2021 and 1,753 for 2020.
- Calhoun County Sheriff's Office: 481 for 2025, 461 for 2024, 455 for 2023, 400 for 2022, 519 for 2021 and 646 for 2020.
- Albion: 432 for 2025, 375 for 2024, 333 for 2023 and 184 for 2022.
- Emmett Township: 198 for 2025, 233 for 2024, 269 for 2023, 229 for 2022, 154 for 2021 and 169 for 2020.
- Marshall: 163 for 2025, 157 for 2024, 162 for 2023, 156 for 2022, 120 for 2021 and 136 for 2020.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,746 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,746 in 2025 against 3,752 in 2024, down 0.2 percent.
Through July 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,811 arrests, against 2,153 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Calhoun County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Calhoun 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 2023 the jail held about 440 people, down from about 570 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 630 beds, and it ran at 70 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 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office at calhouncountymi.gov/departments/sheriffs_office/jail.php (page title: Jail | Corrections Division), phone 269-781-0700, 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 Calhoun County
An arrest in Calhoun County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Calhoun County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at calhouncountymi.gov/departments/courts/district_court/index.php, phone 269-781-0700); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at calhouncountymi.gov/departments/prosecuting_attorney/index.php, phone 269-781-0700).
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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 269-781-0700.
- An arrest in Battle Creek, Albion or Marshall: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by Kellogg Community College or the Calhoun 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, 269-781-0700, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Calhoun County Circuit Court, through the court records page at calhouncountymi.gov, phone 269-781-0700.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at calhouncountymi.nextrequest.com (page title: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)NextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Calhoun County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the eight cities in Calhoun County: Battle Creek, Albion and Marshall. Springfield, Homer, Athens, Tekonsha and Burlington have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Emmett Township Police Department as a city agency in Calhoun County; Emmett Township is not among the cities above.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Calhoun County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Calhoun County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Battle Creek (52,205)
- Albion (7,494)
- Marshall (6,802)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Calhoun County each year?
Battle Creek reported 2,472 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,746 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Calhoun County?
Ask the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office at 269-781-0700; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at calhouncountymi.gov.
Where are people arrested in Calhoun County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Calhoun 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 calhouncountymi.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Calhoun 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.