Reviewed and updated October 4, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link on this page was opened and checked against the office's own website at review time.
Middletown is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, with about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the town and the county. The town keeps police reports, council records and its own licenses and permits; court cases, jail bookings, deeds and vital records are county or state records. This guide names the Middletown offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 2 town office pages for Middletown, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: Town or county, Police records, Town Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
Town or county record: where Middletown records are kept
- Kept by the Town of Middletown: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the town's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by New Castle County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not town records; they are in the New Castle County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Middletown police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Middletown police are requested from the department's records unit, usually in writing or through an online form. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted, and some states limit crash reports to the people involved and their insurers. The page below is the one SearchSystems verified for Middletown police records.
- Website: police.middletown.delaware.gov/PoliceReports (page title: Town of Middletown Delaware Police Department | Obtain Police | Accident Reports)
- Phone: 302-573-2800
- Address: 600 S. Bay Road Suite 1, Dover, DE 19901
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Jails in Delaware are run by the state Department of Correction, not the county; the inmate lookup is in the New Castle County public records guide.
Middletown Town Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the town's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The town's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: middletown.delaware.gov/contact-us (page title: Contact Us)
- Phone: (302) 378-2711
- Address: 19 W. Green Street Middletown, DE 19709
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Middletown
Delaware public records law applies to the town government of Middletown. A record that is not posted online is requested from the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
Other cities and towns in New Castle County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in New Castle County. The New Castle County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Middletown Arrest Records
The Middletown arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Middletown's arrests to the FBI and the 553 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Middletown is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Middletown Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Middletown, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Middletown warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Middletown inmate search (the Delaware Department of Correction inmate locator and who makes the arrests), Middletown criminal records (the court file, the Delaware criminal history and the local arrest records), Middletown court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Middletown police reports (which agency holds a report and what the Delaware Freedom of Information Act requires), Middletown traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Middletown DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Middletown divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Middletown property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Middletown website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Middletown offices listed above, and the town's own website is middletown.delaware.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Middletown?
Request it from the Middletown police records unit at police.middletown.delaware.gov/PoliceReports, phone 302-573-2800. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Middletown?
Middletown cases are heard by the courts that serve New Castle County, and jails in Delaware are run by the state Department of Correction. Both are covered in the New Castle County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Middletown?
From the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. Delaware public records law applies to town governments.