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.
Redwood Falls, Minnesota, in Redwood County, has about 5,000 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 Redwood 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: Redwood Falls public records, Redwood County arrest records, Minnesota arrest records and Minnesota inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Redwood Falls
The FBI lists Redwood Falls with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Redwood Falls Police Department. It reported 172 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 Redwood County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 159 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Redwood Falls Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Redwood Falls: 172 for 2025, 191 for 2024, 200 for 2023, 189 for 2022, 154 for 2021 and 254 for 2020.
Redwood Falls's 172 arrests in 2025 were down 9.9 percent from 191 in 2024.
Through May 2026, Redwood Falls reported 57 arrests, against 69 in the same months of 2025.
Across Redwood County, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 332 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Redwood Falls Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Redwood Falls 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 14 people, down from about 29 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 57 beds, and it ran at 51 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 Redwood County Sheriff's Office at redwoodcounty-mn.gov/departments/sheriffs-office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Redwood County, MN), phone 507-637-4036, 303 E 3rd Street, P.O. Box 47 Redwood Falls, MN 56283, Monday: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Redwood Falls
An arrest in Redwood Falls 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 redwoodcounty-mn.gov/departments/attorney, phone 507-637-4010).
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 Redwood Falls
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 Redwood Falls police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at ci.redwood-falls.mn.us/police-department/police-department-faqs (page title: Police Department FAQ's | City of Redwood Falls), phone 507-637-4005, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Redwood County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 507-637-4036.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 507-637-4010, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
The Redwood County guide covers every agency in the county: Redwood County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Redwood Falls each year?
Redwood Falls reported 172 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Redwood Falls?
Ask the Redwood County Sheriff's Office at 507-637-4036; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at redwoodcounty-mn.gov.
Where are people arrested in Redwood Falls booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Redwood County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Redwood Falls?
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 Redwood Falls?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Redwood Falls police for its own arrests, the Redwood 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 Redwood Falls 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.