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.
Wood County, Wisconsin, has about 74,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Wood 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 Wood 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: Wood County public records, Wisconsin arrest records, Wisconsin inmate search and Wisconsin criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Wood County
The Wood County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Wood County. It reported 572 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
Arrests inside five 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:
- Marshfield, 18,973 residents: 1,388 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wisconsin Rapids, 18,675 residents: 2,055 arrests reported for 2025.
- Nekoosa, 2,406 residents: 108 arrests reported for 2025.
- Port Edwards, 1,759 residents: 19 arrests reported for 2020.
- Pittsville, 808 residents: 21 arrests reported for 2022.
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 Wood 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.
- Wisconsin Rapids: 2,055 for 2025, 1,792 for 2024, 1,653 for 2022, 1,842 for 2021, 1,942 for 2020 and 1,985 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Marshfield: 1,388 for 2025, 1,342 for 2024, 1,508 for 2023, 1,756 for 2022, 1,545 for 2021 and 1,948 for 2020.
- Wood County Sheriff's Office: 572 for 2024, 607 for 2023, 677 for 2022, 731 for 2021, 1,016 for 2020 and 865 for 2019.
- Nekoosa: 108 for 2025, 92 for 2024, 120 for 2023, 147 for 2022, 155 for 2021 and 223 for 2020.
- Grand Rapids: 50 for 2025, 50 for 2024, 71 for 2023, 73 for 2022, 77 for 2021 and 114 for 2020.
- Pittsville: 21 for 2022, 10 for 2020 and 6 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Port Edwards: 19 for 2020 and 24 for 2019.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 3,848 arrests that year. The four of them with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 2,056 in 2024 against 2,306 in 2023, down 11 percent.
Pittsville and Port Edwards reported only part of 2024 (7 months and 5 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Wood County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Wood County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 130 people, up from about 98 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 132 beds, and it ran at 97 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Wood County
Whether someone was arrested in Wood County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Wood County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at woodcountywi.gov/departments/courts, phone 715-421-8490); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at woodcountywi.gov/Departments/DA, phone (715) 421-8515).
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 Wood 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 Wood County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Marshfield, Wisconsin Rapids, Nekoosa, Port Edwards or Pittsville: 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, (715) 421-8515, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Wood County Circuit Court, through the court records page at woodcountywi.gov/departments/courts, phone 715-421-8490.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at woodcountywi.gov (page title: Fine and Citation Payment | Wood County Wisconsin).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Wood County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the 12 cities in Wood County: Marshfield, Wisconsin Rapids, Nekoosa, Port Edwards and Pittsville. Biron, Hewitt, Auburndale, Vesper, Rudolph, Arpin and Milladore have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Grand Rapids Police Department as a city agency in Wood County; Grand Rapids 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 Wood County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Wood County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Marshfield (18,973)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Wood County each year?
Wisconsin Rapids reported 2,055 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in Wood County sent in full, the five with every month on file reported 3,848 between them.
Where are people arrested in Wood County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wood County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Wood 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 Wood County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Wood 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 woodcountywi.gov.
Is this the official Wood 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.