Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 25, 2026.
Atlantic City, New Jersey, in Atlantic County, has about 39,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the County Prosecutor files charges, a case in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Atlantic City public records, Atlantic County arrest records, New Jersey arrest records and New Jersey inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Atlantic City
The FBI lists Atlantic City with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Atlantic City Police Department. It reported 4,348 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Atlantic County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 764 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Atlantic County: Stockton University (campus police); Prosecutor in Atlantic County (other); the Atlantic County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Atlantic City Reports
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.
- Atlantic City: 4,348 for 2025, 3,932 for 2024, 3,363 for 2023, 1,742 for 2022, 2,052 for 2020 and 2,678 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Atlantic City's 4,348 arrests in 2025 were up 11 percent from 3,932 in 2024.
Through September 2026, Atlantic City reported 3,091 arrests, against 3,266 in the same months of 2025.
Across Atlantic County, the 14 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,584 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Atlantic City Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Atlantic City 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 2023 the jail held about 750 people, up from about 530 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 920 beds, and it ran at 82 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Atlantic County Sheriff's Office at atlanticcountynj.gov/government/county-government/atlantic-county-s... (page title: Atlantic County Sheriff's Office | Atlantic County, NJ), 1333 Atlantic Avenue Atlantic City, NJ 08401, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the New Jersey Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at www20.state.nj.us/DOC_Inmate/inmatefinder?i=I.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Atlantic City
An arrest in Atlantic City can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County, kept by the Superior Court Clerk and the County Clerk, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date; the County Prosecutor, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at atlanticcountynj.gov/government/county-government/central-municipal..., phone (609) 909-7800).
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at atlanticcountynj.gov/services/central-municipal-court (page title: Central Municipal Court | Atlantic County, NJ), belongs to a lower court, not to the Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County.
Statewide, New Jersey Courts Public Access is the Judiciary's free online case search for civil and criminal cases.
New Jersey does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the New Jersey State Police 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 Atlantic City
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Open Public Records Act the agency must answer within 7 business days, and it may charge copying at 5 cents a page for letter size.
- An arrest by the Atlantic City police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at acnj.gov/pages/acpd-support-services (page title: The Official Website of City of Atlantic City, NJ | ACPD Support Services), phone 609-347-6426, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Atlantic County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Prosecutor, (609) 909-7800, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County it is kept by the Superior Court Clerk and the County Clerk. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at atlanticcountynj.gov, is a lower court's.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at atlanticcountynj.gov (page title: Open Public Records Act (OPRA) | Atlantic County, NJ).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the State Police.
The Atlantic County guide covers every agency in the county: Atlantic County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Atlantic City each year?
Atlantic City reported 4,348 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Atlantic City?
Ask the Atlantic County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at atlanticcountynj.gov.
Where are people arrested in Atlantic City booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Atlantic County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Atlantic City?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the New Jersey State Police is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Open Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Atlantic City?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Atlantic City police for its own arrests, the Atlantic County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Open Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at atlanticcountynj.gov.
Is this the official Atlantic City 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.