Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Hutchinson, Minnesota, in McLeod County, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the County Attorney files charges, a case in the McLeod County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Hutchinson public records, McLeod County arrest records, Minnesota arrest records and Minnesota inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Hutchinson
The FBI lists Hutchinson with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Hutchinson Police Department. It reported 272 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the McLeod County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 515 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Hutchinson 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.
- Hutchinson: 272 for 2025, 304 for 2024, 277 for 2023, 238 for 2022, 307 for 2021 and 298 for 2020.
Hutchinson's 272 arrests in 2025 were down 11 percent from 304 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Hutchinson reported 134 arrests, against 179 in the same months of 2025.
Across McLeod County, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 834 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Hutchinson Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Hutchinson 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 2021 the jail held about 21 people, down from about 35 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 59 beds, and it ran at 59 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the McLeod County Sheriff's Office at mcleodcountymn.gov/government/sheriff_s_office/jail_information/in_... (page title: McLeod County, MN), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Hutchinson
Whether someone was arrested in Hutchinson, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the McLeod County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; Minnesota Court Records Online, the Minnesota Judicial Branch's free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed; the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at mcleodcountymn.gov/government/attorney/index.php, phone 320-864-1265).
Minnesota is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the public criminal history search online is free and shows 15 years of convictions, through the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. 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 Hutchinson
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act the agency must answer promptly, within a reasonable time, and it may charge copying, and staff time for requests over 100 pages.
- An arrest by the Hutchinson police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at hutchinsonmn.gov/city-services/departmentsfacilities/police-service... (page title: Data Request | City of Hutchinson), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the McLeod County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 320-864-1265, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at mcleodcountymn.gov (page title: McLeod County, MN).
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
The McLeod County guide covers every agency in the county: McLeod County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Hutchinson each year?
Hutchinson reported 272 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Hutchinson?
Look on the custody page of the McLeod County Sheriff's Office at mcleodcountymn.gov. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Hutchinson booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the McLeod County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Hutchinson?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension: the public criminal history search online is free and shows 15 years of convictions. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Hutchinson?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Hutchinson police for its own arrests, the McLeod County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable time; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at mcleodcountymn.gov.
Is this the official Hutchinson 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.