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 October 2, 2026.
Stevens Point, Wisconsin, in Portage County, has about 26,000 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 Portage 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: Stevens Point public records, Portage County arrest records, Wisconsin arrest records and Wisconsin inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Stevens Point
The FBI lists Stevens Point with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Stevens Point Police Department. It reported 1,464 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 Portage County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 714 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Portage County: the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point (campus police).
How Many Arrests Stevens Point 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.
- Stevens Point: 1,464 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,287 for 2023, 996 for 2022, 1,008 for 2021 and 824 for 2020.
Stevens Point's 1,464 arrests in 2025 were up 27 percent from 1,152 in 2024.
Through April 2026, Stevens Point reported 475 arrests, against 442 in the same months of 2025.
Across Portage County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,178 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Stevens Point Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Stevens Point 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 52 people, up from about 50 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 79 beds, and it ran at 66 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 Portage County Sheriff's Office at co.portage.wi.gov/397/Corrections-Division-Jail (page title: Corrections Division (Jail) | Portage County, WI), phone 715-346-1259, 1500 Strongs Avenue Stevens Point, WI 54481, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 2, 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 Stevens Point
An arrest in Stevens Point can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Portage County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.portage.wi.gov/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=24, phone 715-345-5382); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.portage.wi.gov/205/District-Attorney, phone 715-346-1400).
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 Stevens Point
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 Stevens Point police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at stevenspoint.com/230/Records-Requests (page title: Records Requests | Stevens Point, WI), 933 Michigan Avenue Stevens Point WI 54481, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Portage County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 715-346-1259.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 715-346-1400, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Portage County Circuit Court, through the court records page at co.portage.wi.gov/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=24, phone 715-345-5382.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at portagecountywi.nextrequest.com (page title: Open Public RecordsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Portage County guide covers every agency in the county: Portage County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Stevens Point each year?
Stevens Point reported 1,464 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Stevens Point?
Ask the Portage County Sheriff's Office at 715-346-1259; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.portage.wi.gov.
Where are people arrested in Stevens Point booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Portage County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Stevens Point?
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 Stevens Point?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Stevens Point police for its own arrests, the Portage 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 portagecountywi.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Stevens Point 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.