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 28, 2026.
Cape May County, New Jersey, has about 94,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Cape May County depends on where the incident happened: the Cape May 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: Cape May County public records, Cape May County arrest records, Cape May County warrants, Cape May County inmate search, Cape May County criminal records, New Jersey arrest records and New Jersey inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Cape May County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Cape May County that is the Cape May 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 Cape May County State Police in Cape May County; a report taken on a state highway by it comes from that agency's own records office.
The FBI's list also carries Prosecutor in Cape May County (other agency), with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Cape May County Sheriff's Office
The Cape May County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 425 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 609-463-6428. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at capemaycountynj.gov/1680/Sheriffs-Office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Cape May County, NJ), phone 609-463-6428, 301 Cape May Court House, NJ 08210, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Cape May County
The 11 cities the FBI lists in Cape May County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Ocean City: 7 violent and 198 property crimes reported for 2025; 264 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wildwood: 26 violent and 202 property crimes reported for 2025; 465 arrests reported for 2025. The Wildwood police department's page is at wildwoodnj.gov/policedepartment/division, phone (609) 522-0222 (verified September 26, 2026).
- North Wildwood: 3 violent and 80 property crimes reported for 2025; 336 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wildwood Crest: 10 violent and 30 property crimes reported for 2025; 141 arrests reported for 2025.
- Cape May: 4 violent and 74 property crimes reported for 2025; 113 arrests reported for 2025.
- Sea Isle City: 7 violent and 62 property crimes reported for 2025; 120 arrests reported for 2025.
- Avalon: 0 violent and 92 property crimes reported for 2025; 25 arrests reported for 2025.
- West Cape May: 4 arrests reported for 2020.
- Stone Harbor: 3 violent and 18 property crimes reported for 2025; 29 arrests reported for 2025.
- West Wildwood: 1 violent and 2 property crimes reported for 2025; 3 arrests reported for 2025.
- Cape May Point: 1 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.
How Many Reports: Cape May County in 2025
The 12 agencies in Cape May County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 138 violent and 1,201 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 12 agencies in Cape May County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,061 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Open Public Records Act Requires
Under the Open Public Records Act the agency must answer a request within 7 business days, and it may charge copying at 5 cents a page for letter size. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Prosecutor, 609-465-1135, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Cape May County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Cape May 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 Cape May 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 Cape May County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the Cape May County State Police in Cape May County.
How do I get a report from the Cape May County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 609-463-6428. Under the Open Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 business days.
Is this the official Cape May 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.