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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 1, 2026.
Berlin, New Jersey, in Camden County, has about 7,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In New Jersey the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Superior Court Clerk and the County Clerk; the statewide criminal history kept by the New Jersey State Police 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 Berlin is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Berlin public records, Camden County criminal records, Berlin arrest records, Berlin warrants, Berlin inmate search, Berlin court records, New Jersey arrest records and New Jersey inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Camden County
A criminal case from Berlin is filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Camden County, and the court file, kept by the Superior Court Clerk and the County Clerk, is the record of it that the public may see.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courtrecord.net/camden-nj-courts (page title: Camden Court Records for Free (Camden, NJ)), phone 856-757-7100, 520 Market Street Camden, NJ 08102, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
Statewide, New Jersey Courts Public Access is the Judiciary's free online case search for civil and criminal cases.
The New Jersey Criminal History and Your Own Copy
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 file in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Camden County is the public record.
To see your own record, the route is a fingerprint-based request to the State Police. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at njsp.njoag.gov/criminal-history-records.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Berlin
The Camden County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Berlin (filed by the FBI as Berlin Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Berlin: 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 these agencies in Camden County: Rutgers University at Camden (campus police); Prosecutor in Camden County (other agency); the Camden County State Police (state police); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the 30 agencies in Camden County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 20,548 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 Berlin arrest records.
The County Prosecutor for Camden County
Charges in Camden County are filed by the County Prosecutor, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Camden County.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at camdencounty.com/contact/prosecutor-grace-macaulay (page title: Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay | Camden County, NJ), phone (856) 225-8400, 200 Federal Street Camden, NJ 08103, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Berlin
Registered sex offenders living in Berlin are listed on the New Jersey Sex Offender Internet Registry, run by the New Jersey State Police at njsp.njoag.gov/nj-sex-offender-registry. Tier 2 and Tier 3 offenders are listed online, unless a court excludes them.
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 Camden 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 Open Public Records Act a county office must answer a request within 7 business days, and it may charge copying at 5 cents a page for letter size. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at camdennj.gov/open-public-records-act-opra (page title: Open Public Records Act (OPRA) | The City of Camden).
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Camden County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Camden County and New Jersey. These criminal records pages from its Camden County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Most Wanted (camdencounty.com)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Berlin?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Camden 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.
Can I search Berlin criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courtrecord.net/camden-nj-courts (page title: Camden Court Records for Free (Camden, NJ)). Statewide, New Jersey Courts Public Access is the Judiciary's free online case search for civil and criminal cases.
How do I get my own New Jersey criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based request to the State Police.
Who prosecutes crimes in Berlin?
The County Prosecutor, reached at (856) 225-8400, which files its cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Camden County.
Is this the official Berlin 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.