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 October 4, 2026.
Phillipsburg, New Jersey, in Warren County, has about 15,000 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, Warren 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: Phillipsburg public records, Warren County arrest records, New Jersey arrest records and New Jersey inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Phillipsburg
The FBI lists Phillipsburg with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Phillipsburg Police Department. It reported 697 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 Warren County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 202 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Warren County: Prosecutor in Warren County (other); the Warren County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Phillipsburg Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Phillipsburg: 697 for 2025, 848 for 2024, 596 for 2023, 486 for 2022, 522 for 2020 and 833 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Phillipsburg's 697 arrests in 2025 were down 18 percent from 848 in 2024.
Through March 2026, Phillipsburg reported 101 arrests, against 175 in the same months of 2025.
Across Warren County, the 14 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,781 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Phillipsburg Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Phillipsburg 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 2020 the jail held about 98 people, up from about 78 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 180 beds, and it ran at 43 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 Warren County Sheriff's Office at warrencountynj.gov/government/warren-county-sheriff-s-office (page title: Warren County Sheriff's Office | Warren County, NJ), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Phillipsburg
Whether someone was arrested in Phillipsburg, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Warren County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at warrencountynj.gov/government/warren-county-clerk-s-office, phone 908-475-6211); the County Prosecutor, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at warrencountynj.gov/government/prosecutor).
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 Phillipsburg
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 Phillipsburg police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at phillipsburgpolice.org/faqs (page title: FAQs | Phillipsburg Police Department | 908-835-2002), phone 908-835-2002, 1001 East Blvd., Alpha, NJ 08865, Monday-Friday from 8:30 AM-4:30 PM., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Warren County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Prosecutor handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Superior Court of New Jersey, Warren County, through the court records page at warrencountynj.gov, phone 908-475-6211.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the State Police.
The Warren County guide covers every agency in the county: Warren County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Phillipsburg each year?
Phillipsburg reported 697 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Phillipsburg?
Ask the Warren County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at warrencountynj.gov.
Where are people arrested in Phillipsburg booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Warren County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Phillipsburg?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Warren 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 Phillipsburg?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Phillipsburg police for its own arrests, the Warren 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 Phillipsburg 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.