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.
Sauk County, Wisconsin, has about 66,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Sauk County depends on where the incident happened: the Sauk 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: Sauk County public records, Sauk County arrest records, Sauk County warrants, Sauk County inmate search, Sauk County criminal records, Wisconsin arrest records and Wisconsin inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Sauk 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 Sauk County that is the Sauk 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 Wisconsin Dells Police Department is listed by the FBI across four counties including Sauk County, so its arrests are not broken out for Sauk County here.
Reports from the Sauk County Sheriff's Office
The Sauk County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 20 violent and 109 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 1,062 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at (608) 356-4895. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at co.sauk.wi.us/sheriffsoffice/daily-inmate-counts (page title: Daily Inmate Counts | Sauk County Wisconsin Official Website), phone (608) 356-4895, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Sauk County
The four cities the FBI lists in Sauk County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Baraboo: 13 violent and 103 property crimes reported for 2025; 177 arrests reported for 2025. The Baraboo police records page is at baraboowi.gov/?SEC=41EF947F-947B-4E2E-BE37-9331A270E820&Type=B_BASIC, phone (608) 355-2700 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Reedsburg: 10 violent and 139 property crimes reported for 2025; 345 arrests reported for 2025. The Reedsburg police department's page is at reedsburgwi.gov/police, phone (608) 524 2376 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Lake Delton: 264 arrests reported for 2023.
- Spring Green: 37 arrests reported for 2020.
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: Sauk County in 2025
The four agencies in Sauk County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 52 violent and 379 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the four agencies in Sauk County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,704 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 co.sauk.wi.us/corporationcounsel/public-records-requests (page title: Public Records Requests | Sauk County Wisconsin Official Website).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 608-355-3280, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Sauk County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Sauk 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 Sauk 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 Sauk County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at (608) 356-4895. 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 Sauk 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.