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.
Green Lake County, Wisconsin, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Green Lake County Sheriff's Office and four 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 Green Lake 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: Green Lake County public records, Wisconsin arrest records, Wisconsin inmate search and Wisconsin criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Green Lake County
The Green Lake County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Green Lake County. It reported 347 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside four 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:
- Berlin, 5,607 residents: 210 arrests reported for 2025.
- Markesan, 1,385 residents: 38 arrests reported for 2023.
- Princeton, 1,270 residents: 26 arrests reported for 2022.
- Green Lake, 1,043 residents: 61 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 Green Lake 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.
- Green Lake County Sheriff's Office: 347 for 2025, 333 for 2024, 364 for 2023, 355 for 2022, 288 for 2021 and 471 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Berlin: 210 for 2025, 204 for 2024, 213 for 2023, 274 for 2022, 287 for 2021 and 483 for 2020.
- Green Lake: 61 for 2025, 51 for 2021, 22 for 2020 and 40 for 2019; 2022, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
- Markesan: 38 for 2023, 31 for 2022, 49 for 2021, 48 for 2020 and 69 for 2019.
- Princeton: 26 for 2022, 35 for 2021, 60 for 2020 and 92 for 2019.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 618 arrests that year. The two of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 557 in 2025 against 537 in 2024, up 3.7 percent.
Through March 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 131 arrests, against 122 in the same months of 2025.
Markesan and Princeton reported only part of 2025 (11 months and 10 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Green Lake County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Green Lake 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 51 people, down from about 67 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 108 beds, and it ran at 47 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 Green Lake County Sheriff's Office at greenlakecountywi.gov/departments/sheriff-corrections (page title: Sheriff | Corrections | Green Lake County, WI), phone 920-294-4059, Friday 2:00 pm - 10:00 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 Green Lake County
Whether someone was arrested in Green Lake County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Green Lake County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at greenlakecountywi.gov/resource_department/circuit-court); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at greenlakecountywi.gov/departments/district-attorney, phone 920-294-4142).
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 Green Lake County
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 Green Lake County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 920-294-4059.
- An arrest in Berlin, Markesan, Princeton or Green Lake: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 920-294-4142, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Green Lake County Circuit Court, through the court records page at greenlakecountywi.gov.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Green Lake County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the six cities in Green Lake County: Berlin, Markesan, Princeton and Green Lake. Kingston and Marquette 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 Green Lake County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Green Lake County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Berlin (5,607)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Green Lake County each year?
The Green Lake County Sheriff's Office reported 347 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 618 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Green Lake County?
Ask the Green Lake County Sheriff's Office at 920-294-4059; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at greenlakecountywi.gov.
Where are people arrested in Green Lake County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Green Lake County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Green Lake 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 Green Lake County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Green Lake 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 Green Lake 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.