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.
Milton, Wisconsin, in Rock County, has about 5,800 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 Rock 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: Milton public records, Rock County arrest records, Wisconsin arrest records and Wisconsin inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Milton
The FBI lists Milton with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Milton Police Department. It reported 135 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 Rock County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 1,573 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Milton Reports
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.
- Milton: 135 for 2025, 190 for 2023, 161 for 2022, 185 for 2021, 166 for 2020 and 205 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
Through March 2026, Milton reported 54 arrests, against 28 in the same months of 2025.
Across Rock County, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,739 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Milton Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Milton 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 360 people, down from about 440 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 505 beds, and it ran at 71 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 Rock County Sheriff's Office at co.rock.wi.us/departments/sheriff-s-office/jail (page title: Jail | Rock County, WI), phone 608-757-8000, 200 East US Highway 14 Janesville, WI 53545, Monday - Friday 7:00 am - 3:00 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 Milton
Whether someone was arrested in Milton, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Rock County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.rock.wi.us/departments/circuit-court, phone 608-757-5785); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.rock.wi.us/departments/district-attorney, phone (608) 757-5615).
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 Milton
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Milton police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at milton-wi.gov/255/Records-Searches (page title: Records Searches | Milton, WI), phone (608) 868-6910, 690 S. Janesville Street Milton, WI 53563, Monday - Thursday, 6:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Rock County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 608-757-8000.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (608) 757-5615, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Rock County Circuit Court, through the court records page at co.rock.wi.us/departments/circuit-court, phone 608-757-5785.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.rock.wi.us (page title: Public Records Requests | Rock County, WI).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Rock County guide covers every agency in the county: Rock County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Milton each year?
Milton reported 135 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Milton?
Ask the Rock County Sheriff's Office at 608-757-8000; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.rock.wi.us.
Where are people arrested in Milton booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Rock County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Milton?
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 Milton?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Milton police for its own arrests, the Rock 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 co.rock.wi.us.
Is this the official Milton 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.