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.
Lenawee County, Michigan, has about 98,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Lenawee County Sheriff's Office, ten 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 Lenawee 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: Lenawee County public records, Michigan arrest records, Michigan inmate search and Michigan criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Lenawee County
The Lenawee County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Lenawee County. It reported 642 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside seven 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:
- Adrian, 20,259 residents: 931 arrests reported for 2025.
- Adrian (township), 20,259 residents: 23 arrests reported for 2025.
- Tecumseh, 8,606 residents: 89 arrests reported for 2025.
- Blissfield, 3,258 residents: 17 arrests reported for 2025.
- Clinton, 2,485 residents: 21 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hudson, 2,361 residents: 38 arrests reported for 2025.
- Morenci, 2,220 residents: 15 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 FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Lenawee County: the Lenawee County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Lenawee 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.
- Adrian: 931 for 2025, 985 for 2024, 971 for 2023, 780 for 2022, 725 for 2021 and 723 for 2020.
- Lenawee County Sheriff's Office: 642 for 2025, 586 for 2024, 660 for 2023, 539 for 2022, 407 for 2021 and 435 for 2020.
- Madison Township: 122 for 2025, 150 for 2024, 258 for 2023, 268 for 2022, 220 for 2021 and 176 for 2020.
- Tecumseh: 89 for 2025, 68 for 2024, 51 for 2023, 80 for 2022, 53 for 2021 and 122 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Raisin Township: 54 for 2025, 53 for 2024, 48 for 2023, 52 for 2022, 15 for 2021 and 36 for 2020.
- Hudson: 38 for 2025, 94 for 2023, 87 for 2022, 85 for 2021 and 99 for 2019; 2020 and 2024 are missing months.
- Adrian (township): 23 for 2025, 22 for 2024, 27 for 2023, 26 for 2022, 36 for 2021 and 33 for 2020.
- Clinton: 21 for 2025, 46 for 2024, 68 for 2023, 37 for 2022, 60 for 2021 and 37 for 2020.
- Blissfield: 17 for 2025, 6 for 2024, 11 for 2023, 18 for 2022, 19 for 2021 and 17 for 2020.
- Morenci: 15 for 2025, 10 for 2024, 16 for 2023, 10 for 2022, 17 for 2020 and 16 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Cambridge Township: 11 for 2025, 23 for 2024, 15 for 2023, 28 for 2022, 20 for 2021 and 29 for 2020.
Together, the 11 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,963 arrests that year. The ten of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,925 in 2025 against 1,949 in 2024, down 1.2 percent.
Through August 2026, the 11 agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,346 arrests, against 1,313 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lenawee County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lenawee County 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 2019 the jail held about 180 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 287 beds, and it ran at 64 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 Lenawee County Sheriff's Office at lenawee.mi.us/316/Corrections-Division (page title: Corrections Division | Lenawee County, MI), phone 517-265-4400, 549 N Winter St Adrian, MI 49221, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Lenawee County
An arrest in Lenawee County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Lenawee 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=lenawee+county); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at lenawee.mi.us/258/Prosecuting-Attorney, phone 517-264-4640).
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 Lenawee County
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 Lenawee County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 517-265-4400.
- An arrest in Adrian, Adrian (township), Tecumseh, Blissfield, Clinton, Hudson or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Lenawee 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, 517-264-4640, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Lenawee 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 lenaweecountymi.nextrequest.com (page title: Open Public RecordsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Lenawee County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for seven of the 12 cities in Lenawee County: Adrian, Adrian (township), Tecumseh, Blissfield, Clinton, Hudson and Morenci. Onsted, Deerfield, Addison, Britton, Cement City and Clayton have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Raisin Township Police Department, the Cambridge Township Police Department and the Madison Township Police Department as city agencies in Lenawee County; Raisin Township, Cambridge Township and Madison Township are 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 Lenawee County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Lenawee County each year?
Adrian reported 931 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 11 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,963 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Lenawee County?
Ask the Lenawee County Sheriff's Office at 517-265-4400; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at lenawee.mi.us/316/Corrections-Division.
Where are people arrested in Lenawee County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Lenawee County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lenawee 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 Lenawee County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lenawee 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 lenaweecountymi.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Lenawee 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.