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 October 2, 2026.
Somerset County, Maryland, has about 25,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Somerset 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 Somerset 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: Somerset County public records, Maryland arrest records, Maryland inmate search and Maryland criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Somerset County
The Somerset County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Somerset County. It reported 451 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Somerset County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Princess Anne, 3,667 residents: 372 arrests reported for 2024.
- Crisfield, 2,531 residents: 105 arrests reported for 2022.
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 Somerset County: the University of Maryland at Eastern Shore (campus police); the Somerset County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Somerset County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Somerset County Sheriff's Office: 451 for 2025, 554 for 2024, 480 for 2022, 478 for 2020 and 743 for 2019; 2021 and 2023 are missing months.
- Princess Anne: 372 for 2024, 292 for 2023, 351 for 2022, 310 for 2020 and 379 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Crisfield: 105 for 2022, 119 for 2020 and 121 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 926 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 372 in 2024 against 292 in 2023, up 27 percent.
Crisfield reported only part of 2024 (6 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Somerset County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Somerset 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 61 people, down from about 66 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 120 beds, and it ran at 41 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 Somerset County Sheriff's Office at somersetcountysheriff.com (page title: Somerset County Jail Roster Lookup, PA, Inmate Search), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Somerset County
An arrest in Somerset County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Somerset County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Circuit Court for Somerset County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at mdcourts.gov/clerks/somerset/records, phone 410-845-4840); the State's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at somersetmd.us/government/states_attorney_s_office.php, phone 410.651.3333).
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 Somerset 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 Somerset County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Princess Anne or Crisfield: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the University of Maryland at Eastern Shore or the Somerset 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, 410.651.3333, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Circuit Court for Somerset County, through the court records page at mdcourts.gov/clerks/somerset/records, phone 410-845-4840.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the CJIS Central Repository.
Cities in Somerset County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Somerset County: Princess Anne and Crisfield.
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 Somerset County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Somerset County each year?
The Somerset County Sheriff's Office reported 451 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in Somerset County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 926 between them.
Where are people arrested in Somerset County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Somerset County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Somerset County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Circuit Court for Somerset 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 Somerset County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Somerset 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.
Is this the official Somerset 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.