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.
Redwood County, Minnesota, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Redwood County Sheriff's Office and four 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 Redwood 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: Redwood County public records, Minnesota arrest records, Minnesota inmate search and Minnesota criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Redwood County
The Redwood County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Redwood County. It reported 159 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists four cities in Redwood County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Redwood Falls, 5,038 residents: 172 arrests reported for 2025.
- Morgan, 879 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lamberton, 781 residents: 1 arrests reported for 2025.
- Walnut Grove, 733 residents: 0 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 Redwood County
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 County Sheriff's Office: 159 for 2025, 195 for 2024, 274 for 2023, 282 for 2022, 231 for 2021 and 106 for 2020.
- Lamberton: 1 for 2025, 1 for 2024, 3 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 1 for 2021 and 0 for 2020.
- Walnut Grove: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022 and 0 for 2021.
- Morgan: 0 for 2025, 1 for 2024, 2 for 2022 and 6 for 2021; 2023 is missing months.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 332 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 332 in 2025 against 388 in 2024, down 14 percent.
Through April 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 101 arrests, against 114 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Redwood County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Redwood 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 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 County
An arrest in Redwood County 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 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 Redwood County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 507-637-4036.
- An arrest in Redwood Falls, Morgan, Lamberton or Walnut Grove: 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, 507-637-4010, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Cities in Redwood County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the 15 cities in Redwood County: Redwood Falls, Morgan, Lamberton and Walnut Grove. Wabasso, Sanborn, Belview, Vesta, Milroy, Lucan, Clements, Revere, Seaforth, Wanda and Delhi have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Redwood County District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Redwood County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Redwood Falls (5,038)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Redwood County each year?
Redwood Falls reported 172 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 332 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Redwood County?
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 County 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 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 Redwood County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Redwood 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.
Is this the official Redwood 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.