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.
Allegany County, Maryland, has about 67,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Allegany County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and two 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 State's Attorney files charges, a case in the Circuit Court for Allegany County. 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: Allegany County public records, Maryland arrest records, Maryland inmate search and Maryland criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Allegany County
The Allegany County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Allegany County. It reported 1,082 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two 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:
- Cumberland, 18,643 residents: 1,857 arrests reported for 2025.
- Frostburg, 6,972 residents: 86 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 Allegany County: Frostburg State University (campus police); the Allegany County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Allegany 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.
- Cumberland: 1,857 for 2025, 2,003 for 2024, 1,839 for 2023, 1,495 for 2022, 1,302 for 2021 and 2,203 for 2020.
- Allegany County Sheriff's Office: 1,082 for 2025, 1,012 for 2024, 1,070 for 2023, 1,452 for 2022, 1,264 for 2021 and 1,883 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Frostburg: 86 for 2025, 113 for 2024, 119 for 2023, 120 for 2022, 145 for 2021 and 184 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,025 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,025 in 2025 against 3,128 in 2024, down 3.3 percent.
Through August 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,773 arrests, against 2,025 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Allegany County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Allegany 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 2024 the jail held about 200 people, up from about 160 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 224 beds, and it ran at 69 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Allegany County
An arrest in Allegany County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Circuit Court for Allegany County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at mdcourts.gov/district/directories/allegany, phone 301-723-3100); the State's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at alleganygov.org/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=83).
Statewide, Maryland Judiciary Case Search is the free statewide case search of every Maryland court.
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's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Allegany County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Maryland Public Information Act the agency must answer within 30 days, with a denial due within 10 working days, and it may charge staff time after the first two hours, plus copying.
- An arrest by the Allegany County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Cumberland or Frostburg: 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 Frostburg State University or the Allegany County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Circuit Court for Allegany County, through the court records page at mdcourts.gov/district/directories/allegany, phone 301-723-3100.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at alleganygov.org/150/Information-Requests (page title: Public Information Requests | Allegany County, MD).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the CJIS Central Repository.
Cities in Allegany County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the seven cities in Allegany County: Cumberland and Frostburg. Westernport, Lonaconing, Midland, Barton and Luke have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Circuit Court for Allegany County.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Allegany County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Cumberland (18,643)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Allegany County each year?
Cumberland reported 1,857 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,025 between them.
Where are people arrested in Allegany County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Allegany County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Allegany County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Circuit Court for Allegany 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.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Allegany County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Allegany County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Maryland Public Information Act the answer is due within 30 days, with a denial due within 10 working days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at alleganygov.org/150/Information-Requests.
Is this the official Allegany 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.