Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Middlesex County, Massachusetts, has about 1.7 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Middlesex County depends on where the incident happened: the Middlesex Sheriff's Office, MA | Official Website for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Massachusetts Public Records Law requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Middlesex County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Middlesex County that is the Middlesex Sheriff's Office, MA | Official Website for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's list also places the Middlesex County State Police in Middlesex County; a report taken on a state highway by it comes from that agency's own records office.
The FBI's agency list also places 12 campus police departments and one state agency in Middlesex County, each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Middlesex Sheriff's Office, MA | Official Website
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at middlesexsheriff.org (page title: Middlesex Sheriff's Office, MA), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Middlesex County
The 13 cities the FBI lists in Middlesex County with a reporting agency of their own, the largest twelve first, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Cambridge: 530 violent and 3,163 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,872 arrests reported for 2025. The Cambridge police records page is at cambridgema.gov/departments/cambridgepolice/policeunits/recordsunit... (verified September 25, 2026).
- Lowell: 613 violent and 1,689 property crimes reported for 2025; 3,961 arrests reported for 2025.
- Newton: 51 violent and 477 property crimes reported for 2025; 402 arrests reported for 2025.
- Somerville: 160 violent and 1,300 property crimes reported for 2025; 179 arrests reported for 2025. The Somerville police department's page is at somervillema.gov/police, phone 617-625-1600 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Framingham: 194 violent and 592 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,049 arrests reported for 2025. The Framingham police records page is at framinghamma.gov/m/directory/department?did=60, phone (508) 532-5920 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Malden: 135 violent and 802 property crimes reported for 2025; 295 arrests reported for 2025.
- Waltham: 148 violent and 498 property crimes reported for 2025; 641 arrests reported for 2025.
- Medford: 108 violent and 558 property crimes reported for 2025; 449 arrests reported for 2025. The Medford police records page is at medfordpolice.com/central-records, phone 781-391-6760 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Everett: 167 violent and 669 property crimes reported for 2025; 560 arrests reported for 2025. The Everett police records page is at everettpolicema.com/?page_id=142, phone 617-389-2120 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Woburn: 55 violent and 403 property crimes reported for 2025; 410 arrests reported for 2025. The Woburn police records page is at woburnma.gov/government/police/police-records-request/arrest-records (verified September 25, 2026).
- Marlborough: 206 violent and 388 property crimes reported for 2025; 560 arrests reported for 2025.
- Watertown: 570 arrests reported for 2024.
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 rest: Melrose.
How Many Reports: Middlesex County in 2025
The 52 agencies in Middlesex County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,224 violent and 14,650 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 51 agencies in Middlesex County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 15,399 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Massachusetts Public Records Law Requires
The Massachusetts Public Records Law sets the rules: an answer within 10 business days, at a charge of staff time after the first four hours for towns and two for the state, plus copying, from the agency that holds the report.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Middlesex County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Middlesex Sheriff's Office, MA | Official Website 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.
How long does an agency in Middlesex County have to answer?
Under the Massachusetts Public Records Law, within 10 business days. It may charge staff time after the first four hours for towns and two for the state, plus copying.
Who has a crash report from a state highway in Middlesex County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the Middlesex County State Police in Middlesex County.
How do I get a report from the Middlesex Sheriff's Office, MA | Official Website?
From its records unit. Under the Massachusetts Public Records Law the answer is due within 10 business days.
Is this the official Middlesex 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.