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 September 30, 2026.
Waupaca County, Wisconsin, has about 51,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Waupaca 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 Waupaca 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: Waupaca County public records, Wisconsin arrest records, Wisconsin inmate search and Wisconsin criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Waupaca County
The Waupaca County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Waupaca County. It reported 505 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists five cities in Waupaca County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- New London, 7,524 residents: 210 arrests reported for 2025.
- Waupaca, 6,231 residents: 493 arrests reported for 2025.
- Clintonville, 4,528 residents: 681 arrests reported for 2023.
- Manawa, 1,421 residents: 17 arrests reported for 2023.
- Marion, 1,286 residents: 93 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 Arrests Each Agency Reports in Waupaca 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.
- Waupaca County Sheriff's Office: 505 for 2025, 636 for 2024, 672 for 2023, 660 for 2022, 830 for 2021 and 825 for 2020.
- Waupaca: 493 for 2025, 558 for 2024, 610 for 2023, 468 for 2022, 484 for 2021 and 477 for 2020.
- New London: 210 for 2025, 301 for 2023, 382 for 2022, 386 for 2021, 358 for 2020 and 289 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
- Clintonville: 681 for 2023 and 468 for 2020; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Marion: 93 for 2020 and 135 for 2019.
- Manawa: 17 for 2023, 21 for 2020 and 32 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,208 arrests that year. The two of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 998 in 2025 against 1,194 in 2024, down 16 percent.
Through March 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 313 arrests, against 301 in the same months of 2025.
Clintonville and Manawa reported only part of 2025 (11 months and 11 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Waupaca County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Waupaca 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 160 people, down from about 200 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 321 beds, and it ran at 50 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 Waupaca County Sheriff's Office at waupacacounty-wi.gov/departments/sheriff_s_department/index.php (page title: Welcome to Waupaca County, WI), phone 888-944-8463, 1402 Royalton St. Waupaca, WI 54981, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Waupaca County
An arrest in Waupaca County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Waupaca County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at waupacacounty-wi.gov/departments/government_departments/clerk_of_co..., phone 888-604-7888); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at waupacacounty-wi.gov/departments/government_departments/district_at..., phone (715) 258-6444).
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 Waupaca 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 Waupaca County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 888-944-8463.
- An arrest in New London, Waupaca, Clintonville, Manawa or Marion: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (715) 258-6444, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Waupaca County Circuit Court, through the court records page at waupacacounty-wi.gov, phone 888-604-7888.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at waupacacounty-wi.gov (page title: Records Requests).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Waupaca County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the 12 cities in Waupaca County: New London, Waupaca, Clintonville, Manawa and Marion. Weyauwega, Iola, Fremont, Scandinavia, Embarrass, Ogdensburg and Big Falls 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 Waupaca County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Waupaca County each year?
The Waupaca County Sheriff's Office reported 505 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,208 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Waupaca County?
Ask the Waupaca County Sheriff's Office at 888-944-8463; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at waupacacounty-wi.gov.
Where are people arrested in Waupaca County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Waupaca County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Waupaca 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 Waupaca County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Waupaca 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 waupacacounty-wi.gov.
Is this the official Waupaca 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.