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.
Rhinelander, Wisconsin, in Oneida County, has about 8,300 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 Oneida 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: Rhinelander public records, Oneida County arrest records, Wisconsin arrest records and Wisconsin inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Rhinelander
The FBI lists Rhinelander with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Rhinelander Police Department. It reported 528 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 Oneida County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 1,281 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Rhinelander 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.
- Rhinelander: 528 for 2025, 588 for 2023, 582 for 2022, 550 for 2021, 579 for 2020 and 655 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
Through March 2026, Rhinelander reported 118 arrests, against 128 in the same months of 2025.
Across Oneida County, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,251 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Rhinelander Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Rhinelander 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 49 people, down from about 180 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 203 beds, and it ran at 24 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 Oneida County Sheriff's Office at oneidacountywi.gov/departments/sd (page title: Sheriff’s Office | Oneida County, WI), phone 715-361-5100, Monday-Friday: 8:00AM-4:30PM, 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 Rhinelander
Whether someone was arrested in Rhinelander, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Oneida County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at oneidacountywi.gov/departments/cc, phone 715-369-6120); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at oneidacountywi.gov/departments/da, phone 715-369-6133).
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 Rhinelander
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 Rhinelander police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at rhinelanderpd.gov/records (page title: Records | Rhinelander Police Department | Rhinelander), phone (715) 365-5300, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Oneida County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 715-361-5100.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 715-369-6133, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Oneida County Circuit Court, through the court records page at oneidacountywi.gov/departments/cc, phone 715-369-6120.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Oneida County guide covers every agency in the county: Oneida County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Rhinelander each year?
Rhinelander reported 528 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Rhinelander?
Ask the Oneida County Sheriff's Office at 715-361-5100; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at oneidacountywi.gov/departments/sd.
Where are people arrested in Rhinelander booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Oneida County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Rhinelander?
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 Rhinelander?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Rhinelander police for its own arrests, the Oneida 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 Rhinelander 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.