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.
North Mankato, Minnesota, in Nicollet County, has about 14,000 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 Nicollet 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: North Mankato public records, Nicollet County arrest records, Minnesota arrest records and Minnesota inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in North Mankato
The FBI lists North Mankato with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as North Mankato Police Department. It reported 197 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 Nicollet County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 35 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests North Mankato 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.
- North Mankato: 197 for 2025, 315 for 2024, 216 for 2023, 148 for 2022, 135 for 2021 and 149 for 2020.
North Mankato's 197 arrests in 2025 were down 37 percent from 315 in 2024.
Through September 2026, North Mankato reported 164 arrests, against 156 in the same months of 2025.
Across Nicollet County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 421 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in North Mankato Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in North Mankato 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 16 people, down from about 17 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 34 beds, and it ran at 50 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 Nicollet County Sheriff's Office at nicolletcountymn.gov/240/Sheriffs-Office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Nicollet County, MN), phone 507-934-7100, 501 S. Minnesota Avenue P.O. Box 117 St. Peter, MN 56082, Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in North Mankato
An arrest in North Mankato can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: 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 nicolletcountymn.gov/142/County-Attorneys-Office, phone 507-934-7890).
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 North Mankato
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 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 North Mankato police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at mankatomn.gov/residents/public-safety (page title: Public Safety | Mankato, MN), phone (507) 387-8780, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Nicollet County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 507-934-7100.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 507-934-7890, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
The Nicollet County guide covers every agency in the county: Nicollet County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in North Mankato each year?
North Mankato reported 197 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in North Mankato?
Ask the Nicollet County Sheriff's Office at 507-934-7100; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at nicolletcountymn.gov/240/Sheriffs-Office.
Where are people arrested in North Mankato booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Nicollet County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in North Mankato?
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 North Mankato?
From the agency that made the arrest: the North Mankato police for its own arrests, the Nicollet 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 North Mankato 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.