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

Prince George's County, Maryland, has about 967,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Prince George's County Police Department, 24 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 State's Attorney files charges, a case in the Circuit Court for Prince George's 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: Prince George's County public records, Maryland arrest records, Maryland inmate search and Maryland criminal records.

Who Makes Arrests in Prince George's County

The Prince George's County Police Department is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Prince George's County. It reported 4,152 arrests for 2025.

The FBI lists 24 cities in Prince George's County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported, the largest twelve first; the rest are named in the cities section below:

  • Bowie, 58,421 residents: 240 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Laurel, 30,238 residents: 445 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Greenbelt, 24,843 residents: 298 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Hyattsville, 21,052 residents: 341 arrests reported for 2025.
  • New Carrollton, 13,645 residents: 128 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Bladensburg, 9,635 residents: 141 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Mount Rainier, 8,269 residents: 40 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Riverdale Park, 7,296 residents: 140 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Glenarden, 6,394 residents: 11 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Cheverly, 6,125 residents: 52 arrests reported for 2025.
  • District Heights, 5,916 residents: 52 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Seat Pleasant, 4,518 residents: 173 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 FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Prince George's County: the University of Maryland at College Park, Bowie State University and Prince George's County Community College (campus police); the Prince George's County Maryland-National Capital Park Police (other); the Prince Georges County State Police (state police).

How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Prince George's 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.

  • Prince George's County Police Department: 4,152 for 2025, 3,998 for 2024, 3,980 for 2023, 3,778 for 2022, 3,671 for 2021 and 5,111 for 2020.
  • Laurel: 445 for 2025, 531 for 2024, 336 for 2023, 375 for 2022, 608 for 2020 and 1,414 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Hyattsville: 341 for 2025, 288 for 2024, 274 for 2023, 337 for 2022, 311 for 2020 and 605 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Greenbelt: 298 for 2025, 336 for 2024, 339 for 2023, 346 for 2022, 235 for 2020 and 435 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Bowie: 240 for 2025, 219 for 2024, 123 for 2022, 183 for 2021, 183 for 2020 and 357 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
  • Bladensburg: 141 for 2025, 243 for 2024, 97 for 2023, 162 for 2022, 143 for 2020 and 229 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Riverdale Park: 140 for 2025, 171 for 2024, 120 for 2023, 142 for 2022, 149 for 2020 and 187 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • New Carrollton: 128 for 2025, 102 for 2024, 87 for 2023, 79 for 2022 and 88 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
  • District Heights: 52 for 2025, 61 for 2024, 48 for 2023, 32 for 2022, 106 for 2020 and 57 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Cheverly: 52 for 2025, 30 for 2024, 33 for 2023, 144 for 2022, 91 for 2020 and 282 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Mount Rainier: 40 for 2025, 64 for 2024, 49 for 2023, 91 for 2022, 208 for 2020 and 191 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Landover Hills: 38 for 2025, 25 for 2024, 19 for 2023, 23 for 2022, 43 for 2020 and 75 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.

Together, the 24 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,192 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 6,192 in 2025 against 6,240 in 2024, down 0.8 percent.

Through May 2026, the 19 agencies with every month so far on file reported 2,346 arrests, against 2,533 in the same months of 2025.

Seat Pleasant reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.

Booking: Where People Arrested in Prince George's County Are Held

The county jail is where a person arrested in Prince George's 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 1,020 people, up from about 890 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,525 beds, and it ran at 65 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.

SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Prince George's County Police Department at princegeorgescountymd.gov/staff-directory/public-safety/corrections... (page title: Inmate Locator | Prince George's County), phone 301-952-7164, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.

That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.

How to Find Out About an Arrest in Prince George's County

Whether someone was arrested in Prince George's County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Prince George's County Police Department described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date; the State's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at princegeorgescountymd.gov/county-government/states-attorney, phone 301-952-3500).

The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at mdcourts.gov/non-mdec/pgpubliccases (page title: Public Cases Created by Prince George's County Courts | Maryland Courts), 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.

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 Prince George's 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 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 Prince George's County Police Department: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 301-952-7164.
  • An arrest in Bowie, Laurel, Greenbelt, Hyattsville, New Carrollton, Bladensburg 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 the University of Maryland at College Park, the Prince George's County Maryland-National Capital Park Police or Bowie State University: the records office of the agency involved.
  • A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney, 301-952-3500, handles discovery for pending cases.
  • The court file of a case that was filed: in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County it is kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at mdcourts.gov/non-mdec/pgpubliccases, is a lower court's.
  • Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at princegeorgescountymd.gov (page title: MPIA and FOIA Requests | Prince George's County).
  • Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the CJIS Central Repository.

Cities in Prince George's County: Who Reports the Arrests

The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for 24 of the 27 cities in Prince George's County: the twelve named above and Capitol Heights, Brentwood, Berwyn Heights, Forest Heights, University Park, Landover Hills, Edmonston, Colmar Manor, Fairmount Heights, Cottage City, Morningside and Upper Marlboro. College Park, North Brentwood and Eagle Harbor 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 Prince George's County.

SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Prince George's 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 Prince George's County each year?

The Prince George's County Police Department reported 4,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 24 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 6,192 between them.

How do I find out if someone is in jail in Prince George's County?

Look on the custody page of the Prince George's County Police Department at princegeorgescountymd.gov, or call 301-952-7164. It covers people booked into the county jail.

Where are people arrested in Prince George's County booked?

Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Prince George's County Police Department; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.

Are arrest records public in Prince George's County?

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.

How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Prince George's County?

From the agency that made the arrest: the Prince George's County Police Department 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 princegeorgescountymd.gov.

Is this the official Prince George's 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.