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 28, 2026.
Stratford, New Jersey, in Camden County, has about 7,200 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, Camden 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: Stratford public records, Camden County arrest records, New Jersey arrest records and New Jersey inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Stratford
The FBI lists Stratford with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Stratford Police Department. It reported 177 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 Camden County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 940 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Camden County: Rutgers University at Camden (campus police); Prosecutor in Camden County (other); the Camden County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Stratford 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.
- Stratford: 177 for 2025, 236 for 2024, 183 for 2023, 201 for 2022 and 370 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
Stratford's 177 arrests in 2025 were down 25 percent from 236 in 2024.
Through September 2026, Stratford reported 98 arrests, against 133 in the same months of 2025.
Across Camden County, the 30 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 20,548 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Stratford Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Stratford 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 2024 the jail held about 860 people, down from about 870 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,273 beds, and it ran at 66 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 Camden County Sheriff's Office at camdencounty.com/service/sheriffs-office (page title: Sheriff’s Office | Camden County, NJ), phone (856)225-5531, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 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 Stratford
Whether someone was arrested in Stratford, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Camden County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courtrecord.net/camden-nj-courts, phone 856-757-7100); the County Prosecutor, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at camdencounty.com/contact/prosecutor-grace-macaulay, phone (856) 225-8400).
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 Stratford
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Stratford police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at staffordnj.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7459/Records-Request-Form---Fill... (page title: STAFFORD TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT RECORDS BUREAU), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Camden County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (856)225-5531.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Prosecutor, (856) 225-8400, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Superior Court of New Jersey, Camden County, through the court records page at courtrecord.net/camden-nj-courts, phone 856-757-7100.
- Any county record that is not posted: 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).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the State Police.
The Camden County guide covers every agency in the county: Camden County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Stratford each year?
Stratford reported 177 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Stratford?
Ask the Camden County Sheriff's Office at (856)225-5531; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at camdencounty.com/service/sheriffs-office.
Where are people arrested in Stratford booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Camden County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Stratford?
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.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Stratford?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Stratford police for its own arrests, the Camden County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Open Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at camdennj.gov/open-public-records-act-opra.
Is this the official Stratford 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.