Reviewed and updated October 9, 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 on September 23, 2026.
Burlington County, New Jersey, has about 476,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Burlington County Sheriff's Office, 32 city agencies and three campus, state or other agencies. An arrest 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, Burlington County. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Burlington County public records, New Jersey arrest records, New Jersey inmate search and New Jersey criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Burlington County
The Burlington County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Burlington County. It reported 1,470 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside 11 of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Burlington, 10,143 residents: 356 arrests reported for 2025.
- Burlington (township), 10,143 residents: 555 arrests reported for 2025.
- Palmyra, 7,587 residents: 113 arrests reported for 2025.
- Medford Lakes, 4,347 residents: 11 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bordentown, 4,068 residents: 53 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bordentown (township), 4,068 residents: 163 arrests reported for 2025.
- Riverton, 2,816 residents: 147 arrests reported for 2025.
- Beverly, 2,543 residents: 56 arrests reported for 2025.
- Pemberton, 1,392 residents: 139 arrests reported for 2020.
- Pemberton (township), 1,392 residents: 798 arrests reported for 2025.
- Fieldsboro, 547 residents: 7 arrests reported for 2020.
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 FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Burlington County: the Burlington County Bridge Commission and Prosecutor in Burlington County (other); the Burlington County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Burlington County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Burlington County Sheriff's Office: 1,470 for 2025, 1,479 for 2024, 1,062 for 2023, 710 for 2022, 1,005 for 2020 and 2,721 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Pemberton (township): 798 for 2025, 852 for 2024, 808 for 2023, 780 for 2022, 1,426 for 2020 and 1,490 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Mount Laurel Township: 715 for 2025, 601 for 2024, 513 for 2023, 338 for 2022, 944 for 2020 and 1,075 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Burlington (township): 555 for 2025, 403 for 2024, 411 for 2023, 863 for 2020 and 1,380 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Burlington: 356 for 2025, 338 for 2024, 224 for 2023, 446 for 2020 and 564 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Evesham Township: 353 for 2025, 410 for 2024, 475 for 2023, 969 for 2020 and 1,233 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Willingboro Township: 350 for 2025, 253 for 2024, 262 for 2023, 703 for 2020 and 987 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Cinnaminson Township: 325 for 2025, 319 for 2024, 304 for 2023 and 872 for 2019; 2020, 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Maple Shade Township: 272 for 2025, 288 for 2024, 219 for 2023, 207 for 2022, 469 for 2020 and 670 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Delran Township: 267 for 2025, 209 for 2024, 287 for 2023, 221 for 2020 and 401 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Riverside Township: 265 for 2025, 291 for 2024, 94 for 2023, 352 for 2020 and 571 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Lumberton Township: 230 for 2025, 315 for 2024, 296 for 2023, 326 for 2020 and 296 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
Together, the 29 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 7,383 arrests that year. The 27 of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 7,238 in 2025 against 7,265 in 2024, down 0.4 percent.
Through May 2026, the 24 agencies with every month so far on file reported 2,326 arrests, against 2,252 in the same months of 2025.
Pemberton reported only part of 2025 (10 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Burlington County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Burlington County 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 2023 the jail held about 260 people, down from about 300 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 354 beds, and it ran at 73 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 Burlington County Sheriff's Office at burlingtoncountynj.gov/893/Sheriffs-Services (page title: Sheriff's Services | Burlington County, NJ), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison 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.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Burlington County
An arrest in Burlington County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: New Jersey Courts Public Access, the Judiciary's free online case search for civil and criminal cases, which shows whether charges were filed; the County Prosecutor, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at njoag.gov/no-hate-nj/no-hate-county-prosecutors, phone (609) 909-7860).
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 Burlington County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Burlington County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Burlington, Burlington (township), Palmyra, Medford Lakes, Bordentown, Bordentown (township) or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Burlington County Bridge Commission, Prosecutor in Burlington County or the Burlington County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Prosecutor, (609) 909-7860, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at burlingtoncountynj.gov/533/OPRA-Requests (page title: OPRA Requests | Burlington County, NJ).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the State Police.
Cities in Burlington County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for 11 of the nine cities in Burlington County: Burlington, Burlington (township), Palmyra, Medford Lakes, Bordentown, Bordentown (township), Riverton, Beverly, Pemberton, Pemberton (township) and Fieldsboro. Wrightstown has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Chesterfield Township Police Department, the Cinnaminson Township Police Department, the Delanco Township Police Department and 18 more as city agencies in Burlington County; Chesterfield Township, Cinnaminson Township, Delanco Township and 18 more are not among the cities above.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Superior Court of New Jersey, Burlington County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Burlington County each year?
The Burlington County Sheriff's Office reported 1,470 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 29 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 7,383 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Burlington County?
Ask the Burlington County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at burlingtoncountynj.gov/893/Sheriffs-Services.
Where are people arrested in Burlington County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Burlington County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Burlington County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Burlington 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 Burlington County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Burlington 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at burlingtoncountynj.gov/533/OPRA-Requests.
Is this the official Burlington 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.