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.
Macomb County, Michigan, has about 886,000 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 Macomb County 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 and common questions.
Related guides: Macomb County public records, Macomb County arrest records, Macomb County warrants, Macomb County inmate search, Macomb County court records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Macomb County Circuit Court
In Michigan the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Macomb County are heard by the Macomb County Circuit Court, which hears felonies, civil cases over $25,000, divorces and family matters; the District Court takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and civil cases up to $25,000, and the file of each case is kept by the County Clerk.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at macombgov.org/departments/clerk-register-deeds/court-records (page title: Court records), phone 586-469-5353, 40 North Main (1st Floor), Mount Clemens, MI 48043, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Macomb County
The Macomb County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Warren, Sterling Heights, St. Clair Shores, Roseville, Eastpointe, Fraser and seven more cities keep the arrest records in Macomb County: 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 these agencies in Macomb County: the Macomb County State Police (state police); Macomb Community College (campus police); the Stony Creek Metropark Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (other agency); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
The Grosse Pointe Shores Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Macomb County, so its arrests are not broken out for Macomb County here.
Together, the 16 agencies in Macomb County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 12,850 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 Macomb County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Macomb County in 2025
The 16 agencies in Macomb County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,423 violent and 9,426 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 11,849 crimes in 2025 against 12,749 in 2024. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Macomb County public records guide.
The Prosecuting Attorney for Macomb County
Charges in Macomb County are filed by the Prosecuting Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Macomb County Circuit Court or the District Court.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at macombgov.org/departments/prosecutors-office (page title: Prosecutor's Office | Macomb County), phone 586-469-5350, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Macomb County
Registered sex offenders living in Macomb County 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 Macomb 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Macomb 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.
Can I search Macomb County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at macombgov.org (page title: Court records). 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 Macomb County?
The Prosecuting Attorney, reached at 586-469-5350, which files its cases in the Macomb County Circuit Court or the District Court.
Is this the official Macomb 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.