Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026.
Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, has about 109,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Eau Claire County depends on where the incident happened: the Eau Claire County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Wisconsin Public Records Law requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Eau Claire County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Eau Claire County that is the Eau Claire County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's list also carries the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire (campus police), with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Eau Claire County Sheriff's Office
The Eau Claire County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 18 violent and 96 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 982 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 715-839-4707. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at eauclairecounty.gov/departments/sheriff/inmate_listing (page title: Inmate Listing | Eau Claire County Sheriff's Office), phone 715-839-4707, 710 Second Ave. Eau Claire, WI 54703, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Eau Claire County
The four cities the FBI lists in Eau Claire County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Eau Claire: 123 violent and 1,309 property crimes reported for 2025; 3,768 arrests reported for 2025.
- Altoona: 5 violent and 174 property crimes reported for 2025; 318 arrests reported for 2025. The Altoona police records page is at altoonawi.gov/services/police/request_records.php, phone 715-839-6090 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Augusta: 3 violent and 18 property crimes reported for 2025; 145 arrests reported for 2025.
- Fall Creek: 22 arrests reported for 2024.
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 Reports: Eau Claire County in 2025
The four agencies in Eau Claire County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 149 violent and 1,597 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the four agencies in Eau Claire County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,213 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Wisconsin Public Records Law Requires
The Wisconsin Public Records Law sets the rules: an answer as soon as practicable and without delay; the law sets no number of days, at a charge of the actual cost of copying and locating, with no charge for the first $50 of locating, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at eauclairewi.gov/754/Public-Records-Request (page title: Public Records Request | Eau Claire, WI).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 715-839-4828, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Eau Claire County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Eau Claire 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.
How long does an agency in Eau Claire County have to answer?
Under the Wisconsin Public Records Law, as soon as practicable and without delay; the law sets no number of days. It may charge the actual cost of copying and locating, with no charge for the first $50 of locating.
How do I get a report from the Eau Claire County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 715-839-4707. 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 Eau Claire 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.