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.
Wood County, Wisconsin, has about 74,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Wood County depends on where the incident happened: the Wood 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: Wood County public records, Wood County arrest records, Wood County warrants, Wood County criminal records, Wood County court records, Wisconsin arrest records and Wisconsin inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Wood 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 Wood County that is the Wood 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.
Reports from the Wood County Sheriff's Office
The Wood County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 42 violent and 57 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 572 arrests for 2024.
Its reports come from its records unit.
Reports from the City Agencies in Wood County
The five cities the FBI lists in Wood County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Marshfield: 30 violent and 184 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,388 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wisconsin Rapids: 49 violent and 333 property crimes reported for 2025; 2,055 arrests reported for 2025.
- Nekoosa: 2 violent and 8 property crimes reported for 2025; 108 arrests reported for 2025.
- Port Edwards: 19 arrests reported for 2020.
- Pittsville: 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 Reports: Wood County in 2025
The five agencies in Wood County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 126 violent and 595 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the five agencies in Wood County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 3,848 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 woodcountywi.gov/departments/courts/Requests.aspx (page title: Fine and Citation Payment | Wood County Wisconsin).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (715) 421-8515, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Wood County?
From the agency whose officer took it: 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.
How long does an agency in Wood 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 Wood County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. 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 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.