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 September 25, 2026.
Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, in Dakota County, has about 36,000 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 Dakota 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: Inver Grove Heights public records, Dakota County arrest records, Minnesota arrest records and Minnesota inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Inver Grove Heights
The FBI lists Inver Grove Heights with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Inver Grove Heights Police Department. It reported 453 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 Dakota County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 371 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Inver Grove Heights 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.
- Inver Grove Heights: 453 for 2025, 641 for 2024, 824 for 2023, 688 for 2022, 752 for 2021 and 818 for 2020.
Inver Grove Heights's 453 arrests in 2025 were down 29 percent from 641 in 2024.
Through September 2026, Inver Grove Heights reported 344 arrests, against 334 in the same months of 2025.
Across Dakota County, the 12 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,406 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Inver Grove Heights Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Inver Grove Heights 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 2021 the jail held about 180 people, down from about 220 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 263 beds, and it ran at 84 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 Dakota County Sheriff's Office at dakotacountymn.gov/residents/public-safety-justice/jail/inmate-search (page title: Jail Inmate Search), phone 651-377-7188, 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 Inver Grove Heights
Whether someone was arrested in Inver Grove Heights, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Dakota County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Dakota County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at publicaccess.courts.state.mn.us/CaseSearch, phone (651) 793-2400); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at dakotacountymn.gov/government/county-attorney, phone 651-438-4438).
Statewide, Minnesota Court Records Online is the Minnesota Judicial Branch's free statewide case search.
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 Inver Grove Heights
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 Inver Grove Heights police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at ighmn.gov/1366/Police-Records-Requests (page title: Police Records Requests | Inver Grove Heights, MN), phone 651-793-2400, 1430 Maryland Ave East, St. Paul, MN 55106, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Dakota County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 651-377-7188.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 651-438-4438, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Dakota County District Court, through the court records page at publicaccess.courts.state.mn.us/CaseSearch, phone (651) 793-2400.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
The Dakota County guide covers every agency in the county: Dakota County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Inver Grove Heights each year?
Inver Grove Heights reported 453 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Inver Grove Heights?
Look on the custody page of the Dakota County Sheriff's Office at dakotacountymn.gov, or call 651-377-7188. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Inver Grove Heights booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Dakota County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Inver Grove Heights?
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 Inver Grove Heights?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Inver Grove Heights police for its own arrests, the Dakota County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable time.
Is this the official Inver Grove Heights 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.