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 between September 23, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Green County, Wisconsin, has about 37,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Green County Sheriff's Office and five 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 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 County public records, Wisconsin arrest records, Wisconsin inmate search and Wisconsin criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Green County
The Green County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Green County. It reported 332 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists five cities in Green County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Monroe, 10,579 residents: 161 arrests reported for 2025.
- Brodhead, 3,229 residents: 105 arrests reported for 2025.
- New Glarus, 2,277 residents: 49 arrests reported for 2025.
- Monticello, 1,179 residents.
- Albany, 1,094 residents: 36 arrests reported for 2021.
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 Belleville Police Department and the Brooklyn Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Green County, so their arrests are not broken out for Green County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Green County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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 County Sheriff's Office: 332 for 2025, 329 for 2024, 374 for 2023, 331 for 2022, 300 for 2021 and 297 for 2020.
- Monroe: 161 for 2025, 171 for 2024, 148 for 2023, 205 for 2022, 231 for 2021 and 165 for 2020.
- Brodhead: 105 for 2025, 76 for 2024, 103 for 2021 and 84 for 2020; 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- New Glarus: 49 for 2025, 65 for 2023, 63 for 2022, 68 for 2021, 43 for 2020 and 142 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
- Albany: 36 for 2021 and 128 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 647 arrests that year. The three of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 598 in 2025 against 576 in 2024, up 3.8 percent.
Through March 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 175 arrests, against 158 in the same months of 2025.
Monticello and Albany reported only part of 2025 (1 month and 9 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Green County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Green 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 44 people, up from about 42 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 68 beds, and it ran at 64 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 County Sheriff's Office at greencountywi.org/198/Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Green County, WI), phone 608-328-9400, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 County
For Green County the place to look is the case index of the Green County Circuit Court, kept by the Clerk of Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at greencounty.wisconsincourt.us/court-records.html (page title: Green County Court Records | Online Lookup), phone 608-328-9433, belongs to a lower court, not to the Green County Circuit Court.
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 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 Green County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 608-328-9400.
- An arrest in Monroe, Brodhead, New Glarus, Monticello or Albany: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Green County Circuit Court it is kept by the Clerk of Circuit Court. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at greencounty.wisconsincourt.us, phone 608-328-9433, is a lower court's.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at greencountywi.org (page title: Form Center, PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST FORM & FEES).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Green County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the six cities in Green County: Monroe, Brodhead, New Glarus, Monticello and Albany. Browntown has 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 County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Green County each year?
The Green County Sheriff's Office reported 332 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 647 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Green County?
Ask the Green County Sheriff's Office at 608-328-9400; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at greencountywi.org/198/Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Green County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Green County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Green 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 County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Green 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 greencountywi.org.
Is this the official Green 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.