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 30, 2026.
Dodgeville, Wisconsin, in Iowa County, has about 5,100 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 Iowa 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: Dodgeville public records, Iowa County arrest records, Wisconsin arrest records and Wisconsin inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Dodgeville
The FBI lists Dodgeville with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Dodgeville Police Department. It reported 82 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 Iowa County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 158 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Dodgeville 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.
- Dodgeville: 82 for 2025, 133 for 2024, 156 for 2023, 140 for 2022, 186 for 2021 and 313 for 2020.
Dodgeville's 82 arrests in 2025 were down 38 percent from 133 in 2024.
Through March 2026, Dodgeville reported 19 arrests, against 8 in the same months of 2025.
Across Iowa County, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 297 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Dodgeville Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Dodgeville 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 2025 the jail held about 55 people, up from about 22 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 101 beds, and it ran at 54 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 Iowa County Sheriff's Office at iowacountywi.gov/departments/lecjail (page title: Welcome to the Official Website of Iowa County, WI | Law Enforcement Center | Jail), phone 608-930-9500, 911 Location 109 East Leffler Street Dodgeville, WI 53533, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at appsdoc.wi.gov/lop/welcome.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Dodgeville
An arrest in Dodgeville can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Iowa County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at wicourts.gov/casesearch.htm); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at iowacountywi.gov/departments/DistrictAttorney, phone (608) 935-0393).
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 Dodgeville
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 Dodgeville police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at dodgevillewi.gov/clerk/webform/open-records-request (page title: Open Records Request | Dodgeville Wisconsin), phone 608-930-5228, 410 E Leffler St. Dodgeville, WI 53533, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Iowa County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 608-930-9500.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (608) 935-0393, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Iowa County Circuit Court, through the court records page at wicourts.gov/casesearch.htm.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at iowacountywi.gov/OpenRecordsRequestForm (page title: Welcome to the Official Website of Iowa County, WI | Open Records Request Form).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Iowa County guide covers every agency in the county: Iowa County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Dodgeville each year?
Dodgeville reported 82 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Dodgeville?
Ask the Iowa County Sheriff's Office at 608-930-9500; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at iowacountywi.gov/departments/lecjail.
Where are people arrested in Dodgeville booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Iowa County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Dodgeville?
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 Dodgeville?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Dodgeville police for its own arrests, the Iowa 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at iowacountywi.gov/OpenRecordsRequestForm.
Is this the official Dodgeville 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.