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 September 30, 2026.
Greenbelt, Maryland, in Prince George's County, has about 25,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Maryland the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court; the statewide criminal history kept by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Criminal Justice Information System is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Greenbelt is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Greenbelt public records, Prince George's County criminal records, Greenbelt arrest records, Greenbelt warrants, Greenbelt inmate search, Greenbelt court records, Maryland arrest records and Maryland inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County
In Maryland the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Greenbelt are heard by the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, which hears felonies, civil cases over $30,000, divorces, juvenile matters and appeals from the District Court; the District Court of Maryland takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, landlord-tenant cases and civil claims up to $30,000, and the file of each case is kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at mdcourts.gov/non-mdec/pgpubliccases (page title: Public Cases Created by Prince George's County Courts | Maryland Courts), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the District Court of Maryland, not to the Circuit Court for Prince George's County.
Statewide, Maryland Judiciary Case Search is the free statewide case search of every Maryland court.
The Maryland Criminal History and Your Own Copy
Maryland does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Criminal Justice Information System goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court file in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County is the public record.
To see your own record, the route is a fingerprint-based request to the CJIS Central Repository. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at dpscs.maryland.gov/publicservs/bgchecks.shtml.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Greenbelt
The Prince George's County Police Department and the agency that reports for Greenbelt (filed by the FBI as Greenbelt Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Greenbelt: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places three campus police departments, one other agency and one state police unit in Prince George's County (the arrest records guide names each one); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the 24 agencies in Prince George's County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,192 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Greenbelt arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Greenbelt in 2025
The agency that reports for Greenbelt had 157 violent and 961 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The State's Attorney for Prince George's County
The State's Attorney decides which arrests in Prince George's County become charges and files them in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County or the District Court of Maryland; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at princegeorgescountymd.gov/county-government/states-attorney (page title: State's Attorney's Office | Prince George's County), phone 301-952-3500, 3500 Address 14735, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Greenbelt
Registered sex offenders living in Greenbelt are listed on the Maryland Sex Offender Registry, run by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services at dpscs.maryland.gov. The registry is public and can be searched online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Prince George's County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Maryland Public Information Act a county office must answer a request within 30 days, with a denial due within 10 working days, and it may charge staff time after the first two hours, plus copying. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at princegeorgescountymd.gov/departments-offices/police/online-service... (page title: MPIA and FOIA Requests | Prince George's County).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Greenbelt?
The court files of criminal cases in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Criminal Justice Information System is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Maryland Public Information Act.
Can I search Greenbelt criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at mdcourts.gov/non-mdec/pgpubliccases (page title: Public Cases Created by Prince George's County Courts | Maryland Courts); it belongs to a lower court, not to the Circuit Court for Prince George's County. Statewide, Maryland Judiciary Case Search is the free statewide case search of every Maryland court.
How do I get my own Maryland criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based request to the CJIS Central Repository.
Who prosecutes crimes in Greenbelt?
The State's Attorney, reached at 301-952-3500, which files its cases in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County or the District Court of Maryland.
Is this the official Greenbelt 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.