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 30, 2026.
Atlantic County, New Jersey, has about 279,000 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 Atlantic County 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: Atlantic County public records, Atlantic County arrest records, Atlantic County warrants, Atlantic County inmate search, Atlantic County court records, New Jersey arrest records and New Jersey inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County
In New Jersey the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Atlantic County are heard by the Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic 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.
For Atlantic County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at atlanticcountynj.gov/services/central-municipal-court (page title: Central Municipal Court | Atlantic County, NJ), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, not to the Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County.
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
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 file in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County is the public record.
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 Atlantic County
The Atlantic County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Atlantic City, Pleasantville, Hammonton, Somers Point, Ventnor City, Absecon and seven more cities keep the arrest records in Atlantic County: 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 Atlantic County: Stockton University (campus police); Prosecutor in Atlantic County (other agency); the Atlantic County State Police (state police); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the 14 agencies in Atlantic County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,584 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 Atlantic County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Atlantic County in 2025
The 15 agencies in Atlantic County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 962 violent and 5,610 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 6,572 crimes in 2025 against 6,948 in 2024. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Atlantic County public records guide.
The County Prosecutor for Atlantic County
Charges in Atlantic 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, Atlantic County.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at atlanticcountynj.gov/government/county-government/central-municipal... (page title: Prosecutors | Atlantic County, NJ), phone (609) 909-7800, 5905 Main Street Mays Landing, NJ 08330, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Atlantic County
Registered sex offenders living in Atlantic County 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 Atlantic 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 atlanticcountynj.gov/government/county-departments/department-of-la... (page title: Open Public Records Act (OPRA) | Atlantic County, NJ).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Atlantic County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic 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 Atlantic County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at atlanticcountynj.gov (page title: Central Municipal Court | Atlantic County, NJ); it belongs to a lower court, not to the Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County. 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 Atlantic County?
The County Prosecutor, reached at (609) 909-7800, which files its cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County.
Is this the official Atlantic County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.