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 October 4, 2026.
Greenfield, Massachusetts, in Franklin County, has about 18,000 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 Franklin 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: Greenfield public records, Franklin County arrest records, Massachusetts arrest records and Massachusetts inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Greenfield
The FBI lists Greenfield with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Greenfield Police Department. It reported 413 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 Franklin County: Greenfield Community College (campus police); the Franklin County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Greenfield 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.
- Greenfield: 413 for 2025, 458 for 2024, 337 for 2023, 320 for 2022, 347 for 2021 and 265 for 2020.
Greenfield's 413 arrests in 2025 were down 9.8 percent from 458 in 2024.
Across Franklin County, the 18 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,296 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Greenfield Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Greenfield is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 190 people, down from about 200 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 334 beds, and it ran at 61 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 Franklin County Sheriff’s Office - MA POST Commission at mapostcommission.gov/current-agency/franklin-county-sheriffs-office (page title: Franklin County Sheriff’s Office | MA POST Commission), 84 State Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02109, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Greenfield
For Greenfield the place to look is the case index of the Franklin 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/franklin-county-superior-court, phone (413) 775-7400).
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 Greenfield
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Greenfield police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at greenfield-ma.gov/departments/police/public_records_requests.php (page title: Welcome to City of Greenfield, MA | City of Greenfield, Massachusetts), phone 413-773-5411, 321 High St. Greenfield, MA 01301, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office - MA POST Commission: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Franklin County Superior Court, through the court records page at mass.gov, phone (413) 775-7400.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at franklinma.gov (page title: Police Department Public Records Requests | Franklin, MA).
- Your own statewide record: a personal CORI request, free once a year online.
The Franklin County guide covers every agency in the county: Franklin County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Greenfield each year?
Greenfield reported 413 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Greenfield?
Ask the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office - MA POST Commission; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at mapostcommission.gov.
Where are people arrested in Greenfield booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office - MA POST Commission; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Greenfield?
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 Greenfield?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Greenfield police for its own arrests, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office - MA POST Commission 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 franklinma.gov.
Is this the official Greenfield 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.