Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 September 26, 2026.
Berlin, Wisconsin, in Green Lake County, has about 5,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Green Lake County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Berlin public records, Green Lake County arrest records, Wisconsin arrest records and Wisconsin inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Berlin
The FBI lists Berlin with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Berlin Police Department. It reported 210 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Green Lake County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 347 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Berlin Reports
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.
- Berlin: 210 for 2025, 204 for 2024, 213 for 2023, 274 for 2022, 287 for 2021 and 483 for 2020.
Berlin's 210 arrests in 2025 were up 2.9 percent from 204 in 2024.
Through April 2026, Berlin reported 69 arrests, against 63 in the same months of 2025.
Across Green Lake County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 618 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Berlin Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Berlin and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 51 people, down from about 67 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 108 beds, and it ran at 47 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 Green Lake County Sheriff's Office at greenlakecountywi.gov/departments/sheriff-corrections (page title: Sheriff | Corrections | Green Lake County, WI), phone 920-294-4059, Friday 2:00 pm - 10:00 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Wisconsin Department of Corrections lists its inmates at appsdoc.wi.gov/lop/welcome.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Berlin
Whether someone was arrested in Berlin, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Green Lake County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at greenlakecountywi.gov/resource_department/circuit-court); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at greenlakecountywi.gov/departments/district-attorney, phone 920-294-4142).
Statewide, Wisconsin Circuit Court Access is the free statewide case search of every circuit court.
Wisconsin is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Wisconsin Online Record Check System lets anyone run a name-based check, through the Wisconsin Department of Justice. 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 Berlin
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 Wisconsin Public Records Law the agency must answer as soon as practicable and without delay; the law sets no number of days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying and locating, with no charge for the first $50 of locating.
- An arrest by the Berlin police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at cityofberlin.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2018/10/open_records_r... (page title: Berlin Police Department Chief Dennis W. Plantz ★ ★ ★ Captain Kevin J. Block), phone 920-361-0444, 108 N. Capron St., P.O. Box 291, Berlin, WI 54923, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Green Lake County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 920-294-4059.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 920-294-4142, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Green Lake County Circuit Court, through the court records page at greenlakecountywi.gov.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Green Lake County guide covers every agency in the county: Green Lake County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Berlin each year?
Berlin reported 210 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Berlin?
Ask the Green Lake County Sheriff's Office at 920-294-4059; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at greenlakecountywi.gov.
Where are people arrested in Berlin booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Green Lake County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Berlin?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Wisconsin Department of Justice: the Wisconsin Online Record Check System lets anyone run a name-based check. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Wisconsin Public Records Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Berlin?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Berlin police for its own arrests, the Green Lake County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Wisconsin Public Records Law the answer is due as soon as practicable and without delay; the law sets no number of days.
Is this the official Berlin website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.