SearchSystems Editorial

Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. 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.

About this guide

Hampden County, Massachusetts, has about 464,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by 23 city agencies and six campus, state or other agencies. An arrest 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 each agency reported.

This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.

Related guides: Hampden County public records, Massachusetts arrest records, Massachusetts inmate search and Massachusetts criminal records.

Who Makes Arrests in Hampden County

The Hampden County Sheriff’s Department - MA POST Commission is the county law enforcement agency of Hampden County.

Arrests inside seven of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:

  • Springfield, 154,888 residents: 2,994 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Chicopee, 55,381 residents: 875 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Westfield, 40,403 residents: 324 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Holyoke, 37,838 residents: 2,128 arrests reported for 2025.
  • West Springfield Town, 29,028 residents: 802 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Agawam Town, 28,749 residents: 453 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Palmer Town, 12,388 residents: 394 arrests reported for 2025.

A city on that list is reported 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 Each Agency Reports in Hampden County

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.
  • Holyoke: 2,128 for 2025, 1,732 for 2024, 1,390 for 2023, 1,208 for 2022, 1,344 for 2021 and 1,065 for 2020.
  • Blandford: 1,188 for 2025, 1,188 for 2024, 1,188 for 2023, 1,188 for 2022, 1,188 for 2021 and 1,188 for 2020.
  • Chicopee: 875 for 2025, 924 for 2024, 776 for 2023, 887 for 2022, 852 for 2021 and 783 for 2020.
  • West Springfield Town: 802 for 2025, 605 for 2024, 542 for 2023, 407 for 2022, 453 for 2021 and 656 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
  • Agawam Town: 453 for 2025, 458 for 2024, 459 for 2023, 435 for 2022, 365 for 2020 and 480 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Palmer Town: 394 for 2025, 472 for 2024, 536 for 2023, 490 for 2022, 401 for 2021 and 456 for 2020.
  • Westfield: 324 for 2025, 298 for 2024, 267 for 2023, 283 for 2022, 289 for 2021 and 295 for 2020.
  • Wilbraham: 208 for 2025, 194 for 2024, 201 for 2023, 251 for 2022, 232 for 2021 and 209 for 2020.
  • Monson: 175 for 2025, 170 for 2024, 168 for 2023, 215 for 2022, 261 for 2021 and 239 for 2020.
  • East Longmeadow: 115 for 2025, 73 for 2024, 92 for 2023, 105 for 2022, 105 for 2021 and 128 for 2020.
  • Longmeadow: 110 for 2025, 88 for 2024, 88 for 2022, 80 for 2021 and 40 for 2019; 2020 and 2023 are missing months.

Together, the 22 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 9,963 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 9,963 in 2025 against 9,412 in 2024, up 5.9 percent.

Ludlow reported only part of 2025 (8 months) and is left out of the totals.

Booking: Where People Arrested in Hampden County Are Held

The county jail is where a person arrested in Hampden County 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 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 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 Hampden County

Whether someone was arrested in Hampden County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: 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 Hampden County

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 Hampden County Sheriff’s Department - MA POST Commission: ask its records unit.
  • An arrest in Springfield, Chicopee, Westfield, Holyoke, West Springfield Town, Agawam Town or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
  • An arrest by Westfield State University, Holyoke Community College or Springfield Technical Community College: the records office of the agency involved.
  • 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.

Cities in Hampden County: Who Reports the Arrests

The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the seven cities in Hampden County: Springfield, Chicopee, Westfield, Holyoke, West Springfield Town, Agawam Town and Palmer Town. The FBI's list also carries the Wilbraham Police Department, the Blandford Police Department, the Brimfield Police Department and 13 more as city agencies in Hampden County; Wilbraham, Blandford, Brimfield and 13 more are not among the cities above.

Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Hampden County Superior Court.

SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Hampden County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:

Frequently Asked Questions

How many arrests are made in Hampden County each year?

Springfield reported 2,994 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 22 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 9,963 between them.

How do I find out if someone is in jail in Hampden County?

Ask the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department - MA POST Commission; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at mapostcommission.gov.

Where are people arrested in Hampden County 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 Hampden County?

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 Hampden County?

From the agency that made the arrest: the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department - MA POST Commission for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. 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 Hampden 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.