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.
Ripon, Wisconsin, in Fond du Lac County, has about 7,700 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 Fond du Lac 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: Ripon public records, Fond du Lac County arrest records, Wisconsin arrest records and Wisconsin inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Ripon
The FBI lists Ripon with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Ripon Police Department. It reported 342 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 Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 1,471 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Ripon 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.
- Ripon: 342 for 2025, 366 for 2024, 279 for 2023, 319 for 2022, 323 for 2021 and 286 for 2020.
Ripon's 342 arrests in 2025 were down 6.6 percent from 366 in 2024.
Through March 2026, Ripon reported 71 arrests, against 92 in the same months of 2025.
Across Fond du Lac County, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,906 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Ripon Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Ripon 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 270 people, down from about 270 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 335 beds, and it ran at 81 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 Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office at fdlsheriff.com/jail/jail-information (page title: Jail Information | Fond du Lac County), phone (920) 929-3394, 63 Western Avenue Fond du Lac, WI 54935, Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 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 Ripon
Whether someone was arrested in Ripon, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Fond du Lac County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at fdlco.wi.gov/departments/departments-a-e/clerk-of-courts/courts-dep..., phone (888) 604-7888); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at fdlco.wi.gov/departments/departments-a-e/district-attorney, phone (920) 929-3048).
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 Ripon
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 Ripon police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at cityofripon.com/ (page title: Records Request | Requests | Ripon, WI), phone 800-990-2452, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (920) 929-3394.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (920) 929-3048, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Fond du Lac County Circuit Court, through the court records page at fdlco.wi.gov, phone (888) 604-7888.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at fdlco.wi.gov (page title: Open Records Requests | Fond du Lac County).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Fond du Lac County guide covers every agency in the county: Fond du Lac County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Ripon each year?
Ripon reported 342 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Ripon?
Ask the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office at (920) 929-3394; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at fdlsheriff.com/jail/jail-information.
Where are people arrested in Ripon booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Ripon?
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 Ripon?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Ripon police for its own arrests, the Fond du Lac 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 fdlco.wi.gov.
Is this the official Ripon 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.