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.
Calumet County, Wisconsin, has about 54,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Calumet 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 Calumet 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: Calumet County public records, Wisconsin arrest records, Wisconsin inmate search and Wisconsin criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Calumet County
The Calumet County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Calumet County. It reported 731 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists three cities in Calumet County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Chilton, 4,183 residents: 187 arrests reported for 2025.
- Brillion, 3,318 residents: 40 arrests reported for 2025.
- New Holstein, 3,051 residents: 39 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.
The Kiel Police Department, the Menasha Police Department and the Appleton Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Calumet County, so their arrests are not broken out for Calumet County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Calumet 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.
- Calumet County Sheriff's Office: 731 for 2025, 555 for 2024, 549 for 2023, 611 for 2022, 538 for 2021 and 440 for 2020.
- Chilton: 187 for 2025, 169 for 2024, 288 for 2023, 172 for 2022, 130 for 2021 and 137 for 2020.
- Brillion: 40 for 2025, 100 for 2024, 90 for 2023, 90 for 2022, 74 for 2021 and 54 for 2020.
- New Holstein: 39 for 2025, 28 for 2024, 59 for 2023, 67 for 2022, 150 for 2021 and 194 for 2020.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 997 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 997 in 2025 against 852 in 2024, up 17 percent.
Through March 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 157 arrests, against 246 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Calumet County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Calumet 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 48 people, up from about 44 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 91 beds, and it ran at 53 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 Calumet County Sheriff's Office at co.calumet.wi.us/214/Corrections-Division (page title: Corrections Division | Calumet County, WI), phone (920) 849-2335, 206 Court Street Chilton, WI 53014, Monday through Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm, 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 Calumet County
An arrest in Calumet County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Calumet County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.calumet.wi.us/129/Clerk-of-Circuit-Court, phone (920) 849-1414); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.calumet.wi.us/143/District-Attorney, phone (920) 849-1438).
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 Calumet 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 Calumet County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (920) 849-2335.
- An arrest in Chilton, Brillion or New Holstein: 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, (920) 849-1438, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Calumet County Circuit Court, through the court records page at co.calumet.wi.us/129/Clerk-of-Circuit-Court, phone (920) 849-1414.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Calumet County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the eight cities in Calumet County: Chilton, Brillion and New Holstein. Harrison, Sherwood, Hilbert, Stockbridge and Potter have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Calumet County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Calumet County each year?
The Calumet County Sheriff's Office reported 731 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 997 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Calumet County?
Ask the Calumet County Sheriff's Office at (920) 849-2335; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.calumet.wi.us/214/Corrections-Division.
Where are people arrested in Calumet County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Calumet County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Calumet 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 Calumet County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Calumet 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.
Is this the official Calumet 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.