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.
Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, has about 118,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office and six 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 Sheboygan 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: Sheboygan County public records, Wisconsin arrest records, Wisconsin inmate search and Wisconsin criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Sheboygan County
The Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Sheboygan County. It reported 1,109 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
Arrests inside six 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:
- Sheboygan, 49,624 residents: 2,939 arrests reported for 2025.
- Plymouth, 8,854 residents: 308 arrests reported for 2024.
- Sheboygan Falls, 8,656 residents: 203 arrests reported for 2025.
- Kohler, 2,274 residents: 57 arrests reported for 2025.
- Elkhart Lake, 1,102 residents: 89 arrests reported for 2021.
- Cascade, 709 residents: 1 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 Sheboygan 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.
- Sheboygan: 2,939 for 2025, 2,989 for 2024, 3,080 for 2022, 2,821 for 2021, 2,673 for 2020 and 3,203 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office: 1,109 for 2024, 882 for 2023, 1,009 for 2022, 1,049 for 2021, 1,045 for 2020 and 1,421 for 2019.
- Plymouth: 308 for 2024, 272 for 2023, 253 for 2022, 244 for 2021 and 303 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Sheboygan Falls: 203 for 2025, 213 for 2024, 265 for 2023, 187 for 2022, 224 for 2021 and 225 for 2020.
- Kohler: 57 for 2025, 82 for 2024, 41 for 2023, 91 for 2022, 98 for 2021 and 108 for 2020.
- Elkhart Lake: 89 for 2021, 73 for 2020 and 126 for 2019.
- Cascade: 1 for 2019.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 4,701 arrests that year. The four of them with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 1,712 in 2024 against 1,460 in 2023, up 17 percent.
Cascade and Elkhart Lake reported only part of 2024 (3 months and 11 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Sheboygan County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sheboygan 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 280 people, down from about 310 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 391 beds, and it ran at 73 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 Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office at sheboygancounty.com/departments/departments-r-z/sheriff-s-departmen... (page title: Current Inmate List | Sheboygan County), 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 Sheboygan County
An arrest in Sheboygan County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Sheboygan County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at sheboygancounty.com/departments/departments-a-e/clerk-of-circuit-co..., phone 920-459-3921); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at sheboygancounty.com/departments/departments-a-e/district-attorney, phone (920) 459-3040).
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 Sheboygan 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 Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Sheboygan, Plymouth, Sheboygan Falls, Kohler, Elkhart Lake or Cascade: 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) 459-3040, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Sheboygan County Circuit Court, through the court records page at sheboygancounty.com, phone 920-459-3921.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at sheboygancounty.com (page title: Open Records Requests | Sheboygan County).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Sheboygan County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for six of the 13 cities in Sheboygan County: Sheboygan, Plymouth, Sheboygan Falls, Kohler, Elkhart Lake and Cascade. Howards Grove, Oostburg, Cedar Grove, Random Lake, Adell, Waldo and Glenbeulah 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 Sheboygan County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Sheboygan County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Plymouth (8,854)
- Sheboygan Falls (8,656)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Sheboygan County each year?
Sheboygan reported 2,939 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in Sheboygan County sent in full, the five with every month on file reported 4,701 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Sheboygan County?
Look on the custody page of the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office at sheboygancounty.com. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Sheboygan County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Sheboygan 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 Sheboygan County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Sheboygan 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 sheboygancounty.com.
Is this the official Sheboygan 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.