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.
Racine County, Wisconsin, has about 199,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Racine County Sheriff's Office and eight 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 Racine 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: Racine County public records, Wisconsin arrest records, Wisconsin inmate search and Wisconsin criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Racine County
The Racine County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Racine County. It reported 650 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside seven 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:
- Racine, 78,057 residents: 2,011 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mount Pleasant, 28,184 residents: 641 arrests reported for 2025.
- Caledonia, 25,240 residents: 544 arrests reported for 2025.
- Burlington, 10,939 residents: 369 arrests reported for 2025.
- Sturtevant, 6,855 residents: 17 arrests reported for 2024.
- Waterford, 5,885 residents: 63 arrests reported for 2024.
- Wind Point, 1,622 residents: 6 arrests reported for 2019.
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 Racine 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.
- Racine: 2,011 for 2025, 1,686 for 2024, 1,370 for 2023, 1,597 for 2022, 1,699 for 2021 and 1,879 for 2020.
- Racine County Sheriff's Office: 650 for 2025, 679 for 2024, 886 for 2023, 791 for 2022, 635 for 2021 and 657 for 2020.
- Mount Pleasant: 641 for 2025, 795 for 2024, 996 for 2023, 839 for 2022, 875 for 2021 and 962 for 2020.
- Caledonia: 544 for 2025, 641 for 2024, 607 for 2023, 660 for 2022, 469 for 2021 and 326 for 2020.
- Burlington: 369 for 2025, 405 for 2024, 402 for 2023, 303 for 2022, 349 for 2021 and 453 for 2020.
- Norway Township: 5 for 2025 and 10 for 2024.
- Waterford: 63 for 2024, 101 for 2023, 160 for 2022, 123 for 2021 and 153 for 2020.
- Sturtevant: 17 for 2024, 32 for 2023, 50 for 2022, 34 for 2021, 78 for 2020 and 103 for 2019.
- Wind Point: 6 for 2019.
Together, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,220 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 4,220 in 2025 against 4,216 in 2024, up 0.1 percent.
Through March 2026, the five agencies with every month so far on file reported 963 arrests, against 1,040 in the same months of 2025.
Wind Point, Waterford and Sturtevant reported only part of 2025 (9 months, 10 months and 9 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Racine County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Racine 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 570 people, down from about 740 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 876 beds, and it ran at 66 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Racine County Sheriff's Office at rcj-web.goracine.org (page title: Racine County | Inmate Locator), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Racine County
An arrest in Racine County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Racine County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; Wisconsin Circuit Court Access, the free statewide case search of every circuit court, which shows whether charges were filed; the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at racinecounty.gov/departments/district-attorney, phone 262-636-3172).
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 Racine 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 Racine County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Racine, Mount Pleasant, Caledonia, Burlington, Sturtevant, Waterford or another of the cities listed above: 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, 262-636-3172, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at racinecounty.nextrequest.com (page title: Public Records Request PortalNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Racine County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for seven of the 13 cities in Racine County: Racine, Mount Pleasant, Caledonia, Burlington, Sturtevant, Waterford and Wind Point. Union Grove, Raymond, Rochester, Yorkville, Elmwood Park and North Bay have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Norway Township Police Department as a city agency in Racine County; Norway Township is not among the cities above.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Racine County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Racine County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Mount Pleasant (28,184)
- Caledonia (25,240)
- Burlington (10,939)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Racine County each year?
Racine reported 2,011 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the six agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 4,220 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Racine County?
Look on the custody page of the Racine County Sheriff's Office at rcj-web.goracine.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Racine County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Racine County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Racine 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 Racine County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Racine 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 racinecounty.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Racine 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.