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 24, 2026.
Bergen County, New Jersey, has about 979,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Bergen County depends on where the incident happened: the Bergen County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Open Public Records Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Bergen County public records, Bergen County arrest records, Bergen County property records, New Jersey arrest records and New Jersey inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Bergen County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Bergen County that is the Bergen County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's list also places the Bergen County State Police in Bergen County; a report taken on a state highway by it comes from that agency's own records office.
The FBI's list also carries Palisades Interstate Parkway (state agency) and Prosecutor in Bergen County (other agency), each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Bergen County Sheriff's Office
The Bergen County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 795 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit.
Reports from the City Agencies in Bergen County
The 61 cities the FBI lists in Bergen County with a reporting agency of their own, the largest twelve first, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Hackensack: 110 violent and 885 property crimes reported for 2025; 404 arrests reported for 2025.
- Fort Lee: 44 violent and 384 property crimes reported for 2025; 231 arrests reported for 2025.
- Fair Lawn: 355 arrests reported for 2024.
- Garfield: 61 violent and 561 property crimes reported for 2025; 316 arrests reported for 2025. The Garfield police department's page is at garfieldnj.org/Departments/police-department, phone 973-478-8500 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Englewood: 70 violent and 302 property crimes reported for 2025; 346 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bergenfield: 7 violent and 54 property crimes reported for 2025; 76 arrests reported for 2025.
- Paramus: 9 violent and 1,046 property crimes reported for 2025; 676 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ridgewood: 9 violent and 128 property crimes reported for 2025; 135 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lodi: 50 violent and 313 property crimes reported for 2025; 292 arrests reported for 2025.
- Cliffside Park: 22 violent and 167 property crimes reported for 2025; 225 arrests reported for 2025. The Cliffside Park police department's page is at cliffsideparknj.gov/emergency_services/police_department/index.php, phone 201-945-3600 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Elmwood Park: 47 violent and 408 property crimes reported for 2025; 226 arrests reported for 2025.
- Palisades Park: 7 violent and 103 property crimes reported for 2025; 151 arrests reported for 2024. The Palisades Park police department's page is at pppdnj.org/services, phone 201-944-0900 (verified September 25, 2026).
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The rest: Rutherford, Dumont, New Milford, North Arlington, Fairview, Tenafly, Edgewater, Ramsey, Ridgefield Park, Oakland, Glen Rock, Hasbrouck Heights, River Edge, Wallington, Ridgefield, Westwood, Franklin Lakes, Little Ferry, East Rutherford, Wood-Ridge, Waldwick, Hillsdale, Maywood, Bogota, Montvale, Park Ridge, Leonia, Cresskill, Closter, Upper Saddle River, Oradell, Emerson, Midland Park, Allendale, Carlstadt, Old Tappan, Woodcliff Lake, Norwood, Englewood Cliffs, Harrington Park, Northvale, Demarest, Ho-Ho-Kus, Haworth, Saddle River, Moonachie, Alpine, Rockleigh and Teterboro.
How Many Reports: Bergen County in 2025
The 59 agencies in Bergen County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 638 violent and 7,156 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 59 agencies in Bergen County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,999 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Open Public Records Act Requires
The Open Public Records Act sets the rules: an answer within 7 business days, at a charge of copying at 5 cents a page for letter size, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at bergencountynj.gov/boards-commissions/submit-an-opra-request (page title: Submit An OPRA Request | Bergen County, NJ).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Prosecutor, 201-336-6000, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Bergen County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Bergen County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Open Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 business days.
How long does an agency in Bergen County have to answer?
Under the Open Public Records Act, within 7 business days. It may charge copying at 5 cents a page for letter size.
Who has a crash report from a state highway in Bergen County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the Bergen County State Police in Bergen County.
How do I get a report from the Bergen County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Open Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 business days.
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.