Reviewed and updated October 11, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. 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 11, 2026.
Bergen County, New Jersey, has about 979,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bergen County is held at the county jail, run by the Bergen County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Bergen County public records, Bergen County arrest records, Bergen County warrants, Bergen County criminal records, Bergen County court records, New Jersey arrest records and New Jersey inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Bergen County
The county jail, run by the Bergen County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Bergen County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Bergen County Sheriff's Office at bergencountynj.gov/employment/juvenile-detention-officer-county-of-... (page title: Juvenile Detention Officer Department of Human Services | Division of Family Guidance | Bergen County, NJ), 200 North Street, Teterboro, NJ 07608, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 11, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Bergen County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 400 people, down from about 860 in 2018. Its rated capacity in 2018, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,297 beds, and it ran at 67 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Bergen County has about 979,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 4 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Bergen County Jail
The Bergen County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Hackensack, Fort Lee, Fair Lawn, Garfield, Englewood, Bergenfield and 55 more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Bergen County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Bergen County: Palisades Interstate Parkway (state agency); Prosecutor in Bergen County (other agency); the Bergen County State Police (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Bergen County Sheriff's Office's 795 for 2025, Paramus's 676 for 2025 and Hackensack's 404 for 2025.
Together, the 59 agencies in Bergen County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,999 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Bergen County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Bergen County 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Bergen County?
Ask the Bergen County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at bergencountynj.gov.
How many people are in the Bergen County jail?
About 400 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1,297 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Bergen County go?
To a facility of the New Jersey Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at www20.state.nj.us/DOC_Inmate/inmatefinder?i=I.
Is this the official Bergen 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.