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 on September 23, 2026.
Hampshire County, Massachusetts, has about 165,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by 17 city agencies and five 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 Hampshire 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: Hampshire County public records, Massachusetts arrest records, Massachusetts inmate search and Massachusetts criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Hampshire County
The Hampshire County Sheriffs Office Home is the county law enforcement agency of Hampshire County.
Arrests inside three 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:
- Amherst Town, 40,989 residents: 639 arrests reported for 2025.
- Northampton, 31,315 residents: 566 arrests reported for 2025.
- Easthampton, 16,020 residents: 143 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 Hampshire County: the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Smith College, Amherst College and Mount Holyoke College (campus police); the Hampshire County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Hampshire County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Cummington: 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.
- Amherst Town: 639 for 2025, 656 for 2024, 493 for 2023, 478 for 2022, 740 for 2021 and 615 for 2020.
- Northampton: 566 for 2025, 410 for 2024, 508 for 2023, 467 for 2022, 360 for 2021 and 351 for 2020.
- Ware: 320 for 2025, 275 for 2024, 370 for 2023, 417 for 2022, 439 for 2021 and 346 for 2020.
- South Hadley: 236 for 2025, 244 for 2024, 232 for 2023, 146 for 2022, 93 for 2021 and 107 for 2020.
- Belchertown: 181 for 2025, 177 for 2024, 186 for 2023, 173 for 2022, 151 for 2021 and 178 for 2020.
- Easthampton: 143 for 2025, 170 for 2024, 179 for 2023, 176 for 2022, 162 for 2021 and 197 for 2020.
- Hadley: 98 for 2025, 78 for 2024, 212 for 2023, 240 for 2022, 209 for 2021 and 269 for 2020.
- Southampton: 24 for 2025, 25 for 2024, 28 for 2023, 27 for 2022, 17 for 2021 and 17 for 2020.
- Granby: 21 for 2025, 21 for 2024, 26 for 2023, 27 for 2022, 38 for 2021 and 29 for 2020.
- Hatfield: 14 for 2025, 18 for 2024, 16 for 2023, 24 for 2022, 22 for 2021 and 17 for 2020.
- Williamsburg: 13 for 2025, 32 for 2024, 22 for 2023, 32 for 2022, 35 for 2021 and 25 for 2020.
Together, the 17 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,454 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,454 in 2025 against 3,318 in 2024, up 4.1 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Hampshire County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Hampshire 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 120 people, down from about 210 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 287 beds, and it ran at 73 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 Hampshire County Sheriffs Office Home at hampshiresheriffs.com (page title: Hampshire County Sheriffs Office Home), Monday: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Hampshire County
For Hampshire County the place to look is the case index of the Hampshire 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/hampshire-county-superior-court, phone (413) 584-5810).
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 Hampshire 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 Hampshire County Sheriffs Office Home: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Amherst Town, Northampton or Easthampton: 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 the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Smith College or Amherst College: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Hampshire County Superior Court, through the court records page at mass.gov, phone (413) 584-5810.
- Your own statewide record: a personal CORI request, free once a year online.
Cities in Hampshire County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the three cities in Hampshire County: Amherst Town, Northampton and Easthampton. The FBI's list also carries the Granby Police Department, the Hadley Police Department, the Hatfield Police Department and 11 more as city agencies in Hampshire County; Granby, Hadley, Hatfield and 11 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 Hampshire County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Hampshire County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Amherst Town (40,989)
- Northampton (31,315)
- Easthampton (16,020)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Hampshire County each year?
Cummington reported 1,188 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 17 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,454 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Hampshire County?
Ask the Hampshire County Sheriffs Office Home; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at hampshiresheriffs.com.
Where are people arrested in Hampshire County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Hampshire County Sheriffs Office Home; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Hampshire 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 Hampshire County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Hampshire County Sheriffs Office Home 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.
Is this the official Hampshire 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.