Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. 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 on September 23, 2026.
Burnett County, Wisconsin, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Burnett County Sheriff's Office and three city agencies. An arrest 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 Burnett County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Burnett County public records, Wisconsin arrest records, Wisconsin inmate search and Wisconsin criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Burnett County
The Burnett County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Burnett County. It reported 389 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Grantsburg, 1,372 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2020.
- Siren, 927 residents: 76 arrests reported for 2025.
- Webster, 712 residents: 2 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Burnett County
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.
- Burnett County Sheriff's Office: 389 for 2025, 434 for 2024, 372 for 2023, 415 for 2022, 300 for 2020 and 483 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Siren: 76 for 2025, 54 for 2024, 63 for 2023, 35 for 2022, 25 for 2020 and 115 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Webster: 2 for 2025, 9 for 2023, 13 for 2021, 7 for 2020 and 0 for 2019; 2022 and 2024 are missing months.
- Grantsburg: 0 for 2020 and 0 for 2019.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 467 arrests that year. The two of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 465 in 2025 against 488 in 2024, down 4.7 percent.
Through March 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 113 arrests, against 93 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Burnett County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Burnett County 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 46 people, up from about 44 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 92 beds, and it ran at 50 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 Burnett County
Whether someone was arrested in Burnett County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Burnett County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at burnettcountywi.gov/238/Clerk-of-Courts-Register-in-Probate, phone 715-349-2147); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at burnettcountywi.gov/1204/District-Attorney, phone 715-349-2167).
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 Burnett County
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 Burnett County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Grantsburg, Siren or Webster: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 715-349-2167, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Burnett County Circuit Court, through the court records page at burnettcountywi.gov, phone 715-349-2147.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at burnettcountywi.gov (page title: News Flash Archive | Records Request Portal Now Available).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Burnett County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the three cities in Burnett County: Grantsburg, Siren and Webster.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Burnett County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Burnett County each year?
The Burnett County Sheriff's Office reported 389 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 467 between them.
Where are people arrested in Burnett County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Burnett County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Burnett County?
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 Burnett County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Burnett County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. 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 burnettcountywi.gov.
Is this the official Burnett County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.