Reviewed and updated October 11, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime 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 11, 2026.
Englewood, New Jersey, in Bergen County, has about 30,000 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 Englewood is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Englewood public records, Bergen County criminal records, Englewood arrest records, Englewood warrants, Englewood inmate search, Englewood court records, New Jersey arrest records and New Jersey inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County
A criminal case from Englewood is filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen 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.
For Bergen County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at surrogate.bergencountynj.gov/aboutus.html (page title: About the Office & Directions | Bergen County Surrogate's Court), phone (201) 336-6700, Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 11, 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, Bergen 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 Englewood
The Bergen County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Englewood (filed by the FBI as Englewood Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Englewood: 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 Bergen County: Palisades Interstate Parkway (state agency); Prosecutor in Bergen County (other agency); the Bergen County State Police (state police); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the 59 agencies in Bergen County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,999 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 Englewood arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Englewood in 2025
The agency that reports for Englewood had 70 violent and 302 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The County Prosecutor for Bergen County
Charges in Bergen 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, Bergen County.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at bergencountynj.gov/prosecutor (page title: Prosecutor | Bergen County, NJ), phone 201-336-6000, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Englewood
Registered sex offenders living in Englewood 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 Bergen 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 bergencountynj.gov/boards-commissions/submit-an-opra-request (page title: Submit An OPRA Request | Bergen County, NJ).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Englewood?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen 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 Englewood criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at surrogate.bergencountynj.gov/aboutus.html (page title: About the Office & Directions | Bergen County Surrogate's Court). 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 Englewood?
The County Prosecutor, reached at 201-336-6000, which files its cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County.
Is this the official Englewood 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.