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.
Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, in Benton 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 Benton 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: Sauk Rapids public records, Benton County arrest records, Minnesota arrest records and Minnesota inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Sauk Rapids
The FBI lists Sauk Rapids with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Sauk Rapids Police Department. It reported 371 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 Benton County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 114 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Sauk Rapids 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.
- Sauk Rapids: 371 for 2025, 339 for 2024, 234 for 2023, 204 for 2022, 348 for 2021 and 323 for 2020.
Sauk Rapids's 371 arrests in 2025 were up 9.4 percent from 339 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Sauk Rapids reported 117 arrests, against 257 in the same months of 2025.
Across Benton County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 494 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Sauk Rapids Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sauk Rapids 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 2020 the jail held about 35 people, down from about 57 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 102 beds, and it ran at 56 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 Benton County Sheriff's Office at bentoncountymn.gov/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=15 (page title: Quick Links, Sheriff's Office), 581 Highway 23 Foley, MN 56329, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Sauk Rapids
For Sauk Rapids the place to look is Minnesota Court Records Online, the Minnesota Judicial Branch's free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed.
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 Sauk Rapids
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 Sauk Rapids police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at ci.sauk-rapids.mn.us/?SEC=EC1F1FCD-29CC-46D8-B1AC-19CFD4D4CB7F (page title: Police | Sauk Rapids, MN), phone (320) 251-9451, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Benton County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
The Benton County guide covers every agency in the county: Benton County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Sauk Rapids each year?
Sauk Rapids reported 371 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Sauk Rapids?
Ask the Benton County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at bentoncountymn.gov/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=15.
Where are people arrested in Sauk Rapids booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Benton County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Sauk Rapids?
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 Sauk Rapids?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Sauk Rapids police for its own arrests, the Benton 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 Sauk Rapids 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.