Reviewed and updated October 4, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link on this page was opened and checked against the office's own website at review time.
Westwood is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, with about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the borough and the county. The borough keeps police reports, council records and its own licenses and permits; court cases, jail bookings, deeds and vital records are county or state records. This guide names the Westwood offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 3 borough office pages for Westwood, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: Borough or county, Police records, Borough Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
Borough or county record: where Westwood records are kept
- Kept by the Borough of Westwood: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the borough's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Bergen County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not borough records; they are in the Bergen County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Westwood police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Westwood police are requested from the department's records unit, usually in writing or through an online form. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted, and some states limit crash reports to the people involved and their insurers. The page below is the one SearchSystems verified for Westwood police records.
- Website: westwoodnj.gov/m/directory/department?did=28 (page title: Staff Directory, Police Department)
- Phone: 201-664-7000
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the borough police. They are in the Bergen County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Westwood Borough Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the borough's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The borough's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: westwoodnj.gov (page title: Westwood, NJ)
- Phone: 201-664-7100
- Address: 101 Washington Avenue Westwood, NJ 07675
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Westwood
New Jersey public records law applies to the borough government of Westwood. The borough runs one records request page for its departments; it is the page below, verified by SearchSystems. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
- Website: westwoodnj.gov/160/Request-for-Public-Records-OPRA (page title: Request for Public Records (OPRA) | Westwood, NJ)
- Phone: 201-664-7100
- Address: 101 Washington Avenue Westwood, NJ 07675
- Hours: Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
A record the request page does not cover is asked for from the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records.
Other cities and towns in Bergen County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Bergen County. The Bergen County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
- Hackensack
- Fort Lee
- Fair Lawn
- Garfield
- Englewood
- Bergenfield
- Paramus
- Ridgewood
- Cliffside Park
- Elmwood Park
- Palisades Park
- Rutherford
- Dumont
- New Milford
- North Arlington
- Fairview
- Tenafly
- Edgewater
- Ridgefield Park
- Glen Rock
- River Edge
- Ridgefield
- Franklin Lakes
- Little Ferry
- East Rutherford
- Wood-Ridge
- Waldwick
- Hillsdale
- Maywood
- Bogota
- Leonia
- Cresskill
- Oradell
- Allendale
- Carlstadt
- Old Tappan
- Harrington Park
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Westwood website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Westwood offices listed above, and the borough's own website is westwoodnj.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Westwood?
Request it from the Westwood police records unit at westwoodnj.gov/m/directory/department?did=28, phone 201-664-7000. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Westwood?
Westwood cases are heard by the courts that serve Bergen County, and people arrested in Westwood are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Bergen County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Westwood?
Through the borough's records request page at westwoodnj.gov, phone 201-664-7100. A record it does not cover is requested from the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records.