Reviewed and updated October 9, 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 September 26, 2026.
Pitman, New Jersey, in Gloucester County, has about 8,900 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 Pitman 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: Pitman public records, Gloucester County criminal records, Pitman arrest records, Pitman warrants, Pitman court records, Pitman police reports, New Jersey arrest records and New Jersey inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Gloucester County
In New Jersey the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Pitman are heard by the Superior Court of New Jersey, Gloucester County, which hears every civil, criminal, family and probate case, and the file of each case is kept by the Superior Court Clerk and the County Clerk.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at nj.gov/state/archives/catcglclerk.html (page title: Gloucester County | Clerk's Office, Courts and Miscellaneous), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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
The statewide criminal history kept by the New Jersey State Police is closed to the public in New Jersey: it is released to its subject and to authorized employers and licensing agencies, and a member of the public uses the court's own case index instead.
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 Pitman
The Gloucester County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Pitman (filed by the FBI as Pitman Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Pitman: 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 Gloucester County: Rowan University (campus police); Prosecutor in Gloucester County (other agency); the Gloucester County State Police (state police); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the 20 agencies in Gloucester County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,246 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 Pitman arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Pitman in 2025
The agency that reports for Pitman had 6 violent and 31 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 Gloucester County
Charges in Gloucester 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, Gloucester County.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at gloucestercountynj.gov/m/directory/department?did=69 (page title: Staff Directory, Prosecutor’s Office), phone 856-384-5500, 70 Hunter Street Woodbury, NJ 08096, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Pitman
Registered sex offenders living in Pitman 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 Gloucester 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 gloucestercountynj.gov/1155/OPRA-REQUEST-INFORMATION (page title: OPRA REQUEST INFORMATION | Gloucester County, NJ).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Pitman?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Gloucester 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 Pitman criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at nj.gov/state/archives/catcglclerk.html (page title: Gloucester County | Clerk's Office, Courts and Miscellaneous). 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 Pitman?
The County Prosecutor, reached at 856-384-5500, which files its cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Gloucester County.
Is this the official Pitman 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.