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 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Sussex County, Delaware, has about 271,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Delaware the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Prothonotary; the statewide criminal history kept by the Delaware State Bureau of Identification is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Sussex County is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Sussex County public records, Sussex County arrest records, Sussex County warrants, Sussex County inmate search, Sussex County court records, Delaware arrest records and Delaware inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Delaware Superior Court, Sussex County
A criminal case from Sussex County is filed in the Delaware Superior Court, Sussex County or the Court of Common Pleas and the Justice of the Peace Courts, which take misdemeanors in the Court of Common Pleas, traffic cases and small civil claims in the Justice of the Peace Courts, and the court file, kept by the Prothonotary, is the record of it that the public may see.
For Sussex County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courtconnect.courts.delaware.gov/cc/cconnect/ck_public_qry_main.cp_..., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, CourtConnect is the Delaware courts' free online case search for civil cases and judgments.
The Delaware Criminal History and Your Own Copy
The statewide criminal history kept by the Delaware State Bureau of Identification is closed to the public in Delaware: it is released to its subject and to authorized employers and licensing agencies, and a member of the public uses the court's own case index instead.
To see your own record, the route is a fingerprint-based request to the State Bureau of Identification. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at dsp.delaware.gov/obtaining-a-certified-criminal-history.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Sussex County
The state police or the town police and the agencies that report for Milford, Seaford, Georgetown, Millsboro, Laurel, Milton and 15 more cities keep the arrest records in Sussex County: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Sussex County: Attorney General in Sussex County and Animal Welfare in Sussex County (state agency); the Sussex County State Police (state police); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the 20 agencies in Sussex County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,645 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Sussex County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Sussex County in 2025
The 20 agencies in Sussex County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 392 violent and 1,963 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,355 crimes in 2025 against 2,642 in 2024. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Sussex County public records guide.
The Attorney General for Sussex County
Charges in Sussex County are filed by the Attorney General, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Delaware Superior Court, Sussex County or the Court of Common Pleas and the Justice of the Peace Courts.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at sussexcountyde.gov/attorney-generals-office (page title: Attorney General's Office | Sussex County), phone (302) 856-5353, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Sussex County
Registered sex offenders living in Sussex County are listed on the Delaware Sex Offender Central Registry, run by the Delaware State Police at sexoffender.dsp.delaware.gov. Tier 2 and Tier 3 offenders are listed online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the town police in a town with its own department and the Delaware State Police elsewhere.
Asking an Agency in Sussex County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Delaware Freedom of Information Act a county office must answer a request within 15 business days, and it may charge the copy fees set by statute, plus staff time after the first hour.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Sussex County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Delaware Superior Court, Sussex County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Delaware State Bureau of Identification is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Delaware Freedom of Information Act.
Can I search Sussex County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courtconnect.courts.delaware.gov (page title: CourtConnect). Statewide, CourtConnect is the Delaware courts' free online case search for civil cases and judgments.
How do I get my own Delaware criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based request to the State Bureau of Identification.
Who prosecutes crimes in Sussex County?
The Attorney General, reached at (302) 856-5353, which files its cases in the Delaware Superior Court, Sussex County or the Court of Common Pleas and the Justice of the Peace Courts.
Is this the official Sussex 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.