Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. 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.
Isanti County, Minnesota, has about 44,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Isanti County Sheriff's Office and three city agencies. An arrest 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 Isanti County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Isanti County public records, Minnesota arrest records, Minnesota inmate search and Minnesota criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Isanti County
The Isanti County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Isanti County. It reported 99 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists three cities in Isanti County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Cambridge, 10,974 residents: 123 arrests reported for 2025.
- Isanti, 7,493 residents: 36 arrests reported for 2025.
- Braham, 1,776 residents: 2 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Isanti County
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.
- Cambridge: 123 for 2025, 130 for 2024, 115 for 2023, 99 for 2022, 56 for 2021 and 318 for 2020.
- Isanti County Sheriff's Office: 99 for 2025, 155 for 2024, 124 for 2023, 154 for 2022, 159 for 2021 and 259 for 2020.
- Isanti: 36 for 2025, 81 for 2024, 156 for 2023, 103 for 2022, 141 for 2021 and 116 for 2020.
- Braham: 2 for 2025, 6 for 2024, 6 for 2023, 8 for 2022, 37 for 2021 and 37 for 2020.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 260 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 260 in 2025 against 372 in 2024, down 30 percent.
Through August 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 104 arrests, against 141 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Isanti County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Isanti County 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 23 people, down from about 50 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 111 beds, and it ran at 45 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 Isanti County Sheriff's Office at isanticountymn.gov/425/In-Custody (page title: In Custody | Isanti 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 Isanti County
Whether someone was arrested in Isanti County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Isanti 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 isanticountymn.gov/231/Attorney, phone 320-396-3383).
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 Isanti County
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 Isanti County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Cambridge, Isanti or Braham: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 320-396-3383, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at isanticountymn.gov (page title: Data Practices Requests | Isanti County, MN).
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Cities in Isanti County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the three cities in Isanti County: Cambridge, Isanti and Braham.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Isanti County District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Isanti County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Cambridge (10,974)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Isanti County each year?
Cambridge reported 123 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 260 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Isanti County?
Look on the custody page of the Isanti County Sheriff's Office at isanticountymn.gov/425/In-Custody. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Isanti County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Isanti County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Isanti County?
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 Isanti County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Isanti County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. 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 isanticountymn.gov.
Is this the official Isanti County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.