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 24, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Windham County, Vermont, has about 46,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Windham County Sheriff's Office, four 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, Windham 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: Windham County public records, Vermont arrest records, Vermont inmate search and Vermont criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Windham County
The Windham County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Windham County. It reported 107 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.
One city in Windham County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Bellows Falls, 2,740 residents: 128 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 Windham County: the Westminster State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Windham 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.
- Brattleboro: 793 for 2025, 657 for 2024, 522 for 2023, 584 for 2022, 571 for 2021 and 628 for 2020.
- Bellows Falls: 128 for 2025, 130 for 2024, 89 for 2023, 99 for 2022, 78 for 2021 and 83 for 2020.
- Windham County Sheriff's Office: 107 for 2025, 34 for 2024, 70 for 2023, 60 for 2022, 18 for 2021 and 41 for 2020.
- Wilmington: 50 for 2025, 55 for 2024, 72 for 2023, 73 for 2022, 70 for 2021 and 71 for 2020.
- Dover: 44 for 2025, 53 for 2024, 73 for 2023, 40 for 2022, 40 for 2021 and 27 for 2020.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,122 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,122 in 2025 against 929 in 2024, up 21 percent.
Through August 2026, the five agencies with every month so far on file reported 729 arrests, against 760 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Windham County Are Held
Vermont has no county jails. A person held after an arrest in Windham County is in the custody of the Vermont Department of Corrections, which runs every jail and prison in the state, so one inmate lookup covers the whole state.
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 Windham County
Whether someone was arrested in Windham 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, Windham Unit, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at vtcourts.gov/court-locations/windham-civil-division, phone 800-540-9990); 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 Windham 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 Windham County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Bellows Falls: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Westminster 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, Windham Unit, through the court records page at vtcourts.gov, phone 800-540-9990.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Windham County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the five cities in Windham County: Bellows Falls. Saxtons River, Westminster, Jacksonville and Newfane have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Brattleboro Police Department, the Wilmington Police Department and the Dover Police Department as city agencies in Windham County; Brattleboro, Wilmington and Dover are not among the cities above.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Windham County each year?
Brattleboro reported 793 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,122 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Windham 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 Windham County booked?
In a facility of the Vermont Department of Corrections, which runs every jail in Vermont.
Are arrest records public in Windham 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 Windham County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Windham 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 Windham 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.