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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 27, 2026 and October 1, 2026.
Rutland County, Vermont, has about 60,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Rutland County Sheriff's Office, seven city agencies and one state agency. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at a facility of the Vermont Department of Corrections, and, if the State's Attorney files charges, a case in the Vermont Superior Court, Rutland Unit. 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: Rutland County public records, Vermont arrest records, Vermont inmate search and Vermont criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Rutland County
The Rutland County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Rutland County. It reported 124 arrests for 2025. In Vermont the police for a given address is the town police, the county sheriff or the Vermont State Police, whichever took the call.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Rutland, 15,565 residents: 738 arrests reported for 2025.
- Rutland (town), 15,565 residents: 57 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.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Rutland County: the Rutland State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Rutland 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.
- Rutland: 738 for 2025, 576 for 2024, 540 for 2023, 469 for 2022, 404 for 2021 and 408 for 2020.
- Rutland County Sheriff's Office: 124 for 2025, 100 for 2024, 83 for 2023, 87 for 2022, 46 for 2021 and 154 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Fair Haven: 58 for 2025, 48 for 2024, 54 for 2023, 25 for 2021, 31 for 2020 and 55 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
- Rutland (town): 57 for 2025, 81 for 2024, 76 for 2023, 96 for 2022, 21 for 2021 and 26 for 2020.
- Brandon: 30 for 2025, 143 for 2024, 115 for 2023, 52 for 2022, 45 for 2021 and 43 for 2020.
- Killington: 25 for 2025, 11 for 2024, 17 for 2023, 11 for 2022, 1 for 2020 and 15 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Castleton: 21 for 2025, 28 for 2024, 27 for 2023, 62 for 2022, 26 for 2021 and 23 for 2020.
- Pittsford: 21 for 2025, 25 for 2024, 6 for 2023, 10 for 2022 and 9 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
Together, the eight agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,074 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,074 in 2025 against 1,012 in 2024, up 6.1 percent.
Through June 2026, the seven agencies with every month so far on file reported 533 arrests, against 505 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Rutland County Are Held
In Vermont the jails belong to the state. Anyone held after an arrest in Rutland County is booked into a facility of the Vermont Department of Corrections, and the inmate lookup is the state's.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Vermont Department of Corrections lists its inmates at vermont.gov/service/offender-locator.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Rutland County
Whether someone was arrested in Rutland County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the Vermont Department of Corrections's inmate locator, for anyone held; the case index of the Vermont Superior Court, Rutland Unit, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at secure.vermont.gov/phonebook/department.php, phone 802-828-3278); the State's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at acluvt.org/getting-know-vermonts-states-attorneys).
Statewide, Vermont Judiciary Public Portal is the courts' free statewide case search.
Vermont is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: Vermont criminal conviction records are public and can be ordered online on anyone by name, through the Vermont Crime Information Center. 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 Rutland County
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 Vermont Public Records Act the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying, and staff time after the first 30 minutes.
- An arrest by the Rutland County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Rutland or Rutland (town): the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Rutland State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Vermont Superior Court, Rutland Unit, through the court records page at secure.vermont.gov/phonebook/department.php, phone 802-828-3278.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Rutland County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Rutland County: Rutland and Rutland (town). Poultney has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Castleton Police Department, the Brandon Police Department, the Fair Haven Police Department and two more as city agencies in Rutland County; Castleton, Brandon, Fair Haven and two more are not among the cities above.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Rutland County each year?
Rutland reported 738 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the eight agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,074 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Rutland County?
Through the Vermont Department of Corrections's inmate locator at vermont.gov/service/offender-locator; the department holds everyone in custody in Vermont.
Where are people arrested in Rutland County booked?
In a facility of the Vermont Department of Corrections, which runs every jail in Vermont.
Are arrest records public in Rutland County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Vermont Crime Information Center: Vermont criminal conviction records are public and can be ordered online on anyone by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Vermont Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Rutland County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Rutland County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Vermont Public Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official Rutland 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.