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 September 30, 2026.
Windsor County, Vermont, has about 58,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Windsor County Sheriff's Office, nine 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, Windsor 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: Windsor County public records, Vermont arrest records, Vermont inmate search and Vermont criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Windsor County
The Windsor County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Windsor County. It reported 74 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.
The FBI lists two cities in Windsor County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Woodstock, 927 residents: 25 arrests reported for 2024.
- Ludlow, 781 residents: 26 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 Windsor County: the Royalton State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Windsor 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.
- Hartford: 444 for 2025, 254 for 2024, 247 for 2023, 262 for 2022, 400 for 2021 and 449 for 2020.
- Springfield: 240 for 2025, 147 for 2024, 166 for 2023, 176 for 2022, 145 for 2021 and 236 for 2020.
- Windsor County Sheriff's Office: 74 for 2025, 42 for 2024, 32 for 2023, 78 for 2021, 47 for 2020 and 17 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
- Windsor: 51 for 2025, 50 for 2024, 59 for 2023, 62 for 2022, 83 for 2021 and 34 for 2020.
- Chester: 28 for 2025, 54 for 2024, 20 for 2023, 23 for 2022, 18 for 2021 and 26 for 2020.
- Ludlow: 26 for 2025, 20 for 2024, 34 for 2023, 31 for 2022, 63 for 2020 and 55 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Royalton: 18 for 2025, 30 for 2024, 29 for 2023, 15 for 2022, 38 for 2021 and 28 for 2020.
- Weathersfield: 5 for 2025, 27 for 2024, 23 for 2023, 33 for 2022, 24 for 2021 and 6 for 2020.
- Norwich: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 12 for 2023, 17 for 2022, 15 for 2021 and 25 for 2020.
- Woodstock: 25 for 2024, 18 for 2023, 25 for 2022, 13 for 2021, 25 for 2020 and 28 for 2019.
Together, the nine agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 886 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 886 in 2025 against 624 in 2024, up 42 percent.
Woodstock reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Windsor County Are Held
Vermont has no county jails. A person held after an arrest in Windsor 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 person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Vermont Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at vermont.gov/service/offender-locator.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Windsor County
An arrest in Windsor County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the Vermont Department of Corrections's inmate locator, for anyone held; the case index of the Vermont Superior Court, Windsor Unit, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at vtcourts.gov/court-locations/windsor-civil-division, phone 800-540-9990).
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 Windsor 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 Windsor County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (802) 457-5211.
- An arrest in Woodstock or Ludlow: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Royalton State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Vermont Superior Court, Windsor 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 Windsor County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Windsor County: Woodstock and Ludlow. The FBI's list also carries the Hartford Police Department, the Windsor Police Department, the Chester Police Department and four more as city agencies in Windsor County; Hartford, Windsor, Chester and four more are not among the cities above.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Windsor County each year?
Hartford reported 444 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the nine agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 886 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Windsor 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 Windsor County booked?
In a facility of the Vermont Department of Corrections, which runs every jail in Vermont.
Are arrest records public in Windsor 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 Windsor County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Windsor 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 Windsor 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.