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 26, 2026.
Franklin, New Jersey, in Sussex County, has about 5,100 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, Sussex 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: Franklin public records, Sussex County arrest records, New Jersey arrest records and New Jersey inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Franklin
The FBI lists Franklin with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Franklin Police Department. It reported 68 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 Sussex County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 246 arrests for 2020.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Sussex County: Prosecutor in Sussex County (other); the Sussex County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Franklin 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.
- Franklin: 68 for 2025, 95 for 2024, 103 for 2023, 78 for 2022, 101 for 2021 and 122 for 2020.
Franklin's 68 arrests in 2025 were down 28 percent from 95 in 2024.
Through September 2026, Franklin reported 69 arrests, against 47 in the same months of 2025.
Across Sussex County, the nine agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 870 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Franklin Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Franklin is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 52 people, down from about 110 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 170 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 jail page of the Sussex County Sheriff's Office at sussex.nj.us/161/Sussex-County-Sheriffs-Office (page title: Sussex County Sheriff's Office | Sussex County, NJ), phone 973-579-0850, 39 High Street Newton, NJ 07860, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the New Jersey Department of Corrections lists its inmates at www20.state.nj.us/DOC_Inmate/inmatefinder?i=I.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Franklin
An arrest in Franklin can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: New Jersey Courts Public Access, the Judiciary's free online case search for civil and criminal cases, which shows whether charges were filed; the County Prosecutor, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at sussexprosecutornj.org).
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 Franklin
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 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 Franklin police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at franklintwpnj.org/departments/police-department/professional-servic... (page title: Records Bureau | Township of Franklin, NJ), phone 732-873-5533, 5533 Ext. 1020 495 DeMott Lane, Somerset, NJ 08873, Monday - Friday: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Sussex County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 973-579-0850.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Prosecutor handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the State Police.
The Sussex County guide covers every agency in the county: Sussex County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Franklin each year?
Franklin reported 68 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Franklin?
Ask the Sussex County Sheriff's Office at 973-579-0850; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sussex.nj.us.
Where are people arrested in Franklin booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Sussex County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Franklin?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Sussex 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 Franklin?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Franklin police for its own arrests, the Sussex County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Open Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 business days.
Is this the official Franklin 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.