Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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.
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, in Worcester County, has about 42,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city 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 Worcester County Superior Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Fitchburg public records, Worcester County arrest records, Massachusetts arrest records and Massachusetts inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Fitchburg
The FBI lists Fitchburg with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Fitchburg Police Department. It reported 601 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Worcester County: Clark University, the University of Massachusetts at Medical Center, Worcester, Fitchburg State University, Worcester State University and five more (campus police); the Worcester County Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (state agency); the Worcester County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Fitchburg Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Fitchburg: 601 for 2025, 471 for 2024, 382 for 2023, 395 for 2022, 391 for 2021 and 395 for 2020.
Fitchburg's 601 arrests in 2025 were up 28 percent from 471 in 2024.
Through June 2026, Fitchburg reported 330 arrests, against 285 in the same months of 2025.
Across Worcester County, the 59 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 13,481 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Fitchburg Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Fitchburg 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 690 people, down from about 860 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,250 beds, and it ran at 54 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 About - Worcester County Sheriff's Office at worcestercountysheriff.com/about (page title: About | Worcester County Sheriff's Office), phone 508.854.1800, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Massachusetts Department of Correction lists its inmates at mass.gov/how-to/find-someone-housed-in-a-massachusetts-prison.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Fitchburg
An arrest in Fitchburg can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Worcester County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at mass.gov/locations/worcester-district-court, phone (508) 831-2010); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at worcesterda.com/contact, phone (508) 755-8601).
Statewide, masscourts.org is the Massachusetts Trial Court's free online case search.
Massachusetts is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: open access iCORI lets anyone request limited conviction information by name, for $25 a search, through the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services. 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 Fitchburg
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Massachusetts Public Records Law the agency must answer within 10 business days, and it may charge staff time after the first four hours for towns and two for the state, plus copying.
- An arrest by the Fitchburg police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at fitchburgma.gov/m/directory/department?did=36 (page title: Staff Directory, Records Division), phone 978-345-9644, 9655 Physical Address 20 Elm Street Fitchburg, MA 01420, Friday (may exclude holidays) Morning Hours: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the About - Worcester County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 508.854.1800.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (508) 755-8601, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Worcester County Superior Court, through the court records page at mass.gov/locations/worcester-district-court, phone (508) 831-2010.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at worcesterma.gov/public-records-requests (page title: Public Records Requests | City of Worcester).
- Your own statewide record: a personal CORI request, free once a year online.
The Worcester County guide covers every agency in the county: Worcester County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Fitchburg each year?
Fitchburg reported 601 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Fitchburg?
Ask the About - Worcester County Sheriff's Office at 508.854.1800; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at worcestercountysheriff.com/about.
Where are people arrested in Fitchburg booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the About - Worcester County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Fitchburg?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services: open access iCORI lets anyone request limited conviction information by name, for $25. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Massachusetts Public Records Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Fitchburg?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Fitchburg police for its own arrests, the About - Worcester County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Massachusetts Public Records Law the answer is due within 10 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at worcesterma.gov/public-records-requests.
Is this the official Fitchburg website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.