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.
Rice Lake, Wisconsin, in Barron County, has about 9,000 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 Barron 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: Rice Lake public records, Barron County arrest records, Wisconsin arrest records and Wisconsin inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Rice Lake
The FBI lists Rice Lake with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Rice Lake Police Department. It reported 483 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 Barron County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 393 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Rice Lake 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.
- Rice Lake: 483 for 2025, 517 for 2024, 650 for 2022, 645 for 2021, 698 for 2020 and 756 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
Rice Lake's 483 arrests in 2025 were down 6.6 percent from 517 in 2024.
Through March 2026, Rice Lake reported 126 arrests, against 106 in the same months of 2025.
Across Barron County, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,006 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Rice Lake Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Rice Lake 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 110 people, down from about 120 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 192 beds, and it ran at 55 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Rice Lake
An arrest in Rice Lake can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Barron County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at barroncountywi.gov/clerk-of-circuit-court, phone 800-362-9082); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at barroncountywi.gov/district-attorney, phone (715) 537-6220).
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 Rice Lake
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 Rice Lake police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at ci.rice-lake.wi.us/open-records (page title: Open Records Requests | City of Rice Lake), phone 715-234-2116, 34 South Wilson Avenue Rice Lake, WI 54868, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Barron County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (715) 537-6220, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Barron County Circuit Court, through the court records page at barroncountywi.gov/clerk-of-circuit-court, phone 800-362-9082.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Barron County guide covers every agency in the county: Barron County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Rice Lake each year?
Rice Lake reported 483 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Rice Lake booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Barron County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Rice Lake?
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 Rice Lake?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Rice Lake police for its own arrests, the Barron 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 Rice Lake 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.