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.
Springfield, Massachusetts, in Hampden County, has about 155,000 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 Hampden 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: Springfield public records, Hampden County arrest records, Massachusetts arrest records and Massachusetts inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Springfield
The FBI lists Springfield with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Springfield Police Department. It reported 2,994 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 Hampden County: Westfield State University, Holyoke Community College, Springfield Technical Community College, Western New England University and one more (campus police); the Hampden County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Springfield 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.
- Springfield: 2,994 for 2025, 2,989 for 2024, 2,832 for 2023, 2,826 for 2022, 2,866 for 2021 and 2,889 for 2020.
Springfield's 2,994 arrests in 2025 were up 0.2 percent from 2,989 in 2024.
Through June 2026, Springfield reported 1,943 arrests, against 1,503 in the same months of 2025.
Across Hampden County, the 22 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 9,963 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Springfield Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Springfield 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 1,100 people, up from about 1,080 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 2,346 beds, and it ran at 39 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 Hampden County Sheriff’s Department - MA POST Commission at mapostcommission.gov/current-agency/hampden-county-sheriffs-department (page title: Hampden County Sheriff’s Department | MA POST Commission), 84 State Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02109, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Massachusetts Department of Correction, whose inmate locator is at mass.gov/how-to/find-someone-housed-in-a-massachusetts-prison.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Springfield
An arrest in Springfield can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Hampden County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at mass.gov/search-court-dockets-calendars-and-case-information); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at hampdenda.com, phone 413-594-7657).
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 Springfield
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 Springfield police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at springfield-ma.gov/police/divisions/records-bureau (page title: Records Bureau | Springfield Police Department), phone 413-750-2525, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department - MA POST Commission: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 413-594-7657, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Hampden County Superior Court, through the court records page at mass.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at hampdenda.com (page title: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS | Hampden District Attorney).
- Your own statewide record: a personal CORI request, free once a year online.
The Hampden County guide covers every agency in the county: Hampden County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Springfield each year?
Springfield reported 2,994 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Springfield?
Ask the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department - MA POST Commission; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at mapostcommission.gov.
Where are people arrested in Springfield booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department - MA POST Commission; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Springfield?
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 Springfield?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Springfield police for its own arrests, the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department - 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 hampdenda.com.
Is this the official Springfield 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.