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 October 2, 2026.
Kenosha County, Wisconsin, has about 169,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Kenosha County depends on where the incident happened: the Kenosha 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.
Related guides: Kenosha County public records, Kenosha County arrest records, Kenosha County warrants, Kenosha County inmate search, Kenosha County criminal records, Wisconsin arrest records and Wisconsin inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Kenosha 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 Kenosha County that is the Kenosha 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 Parkside (campus police), with a records office of its own.
The Genoa City Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Kenosha County, so its arrests are not broken out for Kenosha County here.
Reports from the Kenosha County Sheriff's Office
The Kenosha County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 74 violent and 362 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 1,564 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at kenoshacountywi.gov/1815/Inmate-Searches (page title: Inmate Searches | Kenosha County, WI), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 2, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Kenosha County
The three cities the FBI lists in Kenosha County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Kenosha: 322 violent and 735 property crimes reported for 2025; 3,265 arrests reported for 2025.
- Pleasant Prairie: 45 violent and 258 property crimes reported for 2025; 617 arrests reported for 2025. The Pleasant Prairie police records page is at pleasantprairiewi.gov/departments/police/police_records_bureau, phone 262-948-8912 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Twin Lakes: 194 arrests reported for 2023.
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: Kenosha County in 2025
The three agencies in Kenosha County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 441 violent and 1,355 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the three agencies in Kenosha County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,446 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 kenoshacountywi.gov/2463/DCFS-Records-Request (page title: DCFS Records Request | Kenosha County, WI).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 262-653-2400, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Kenosha County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Kenosha 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 Kenosha 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 Kenosha County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. 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 Kenosha 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.