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 between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Cumberland County, New Jersey, has about 156,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, three city agencies and two 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, Cumberland 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: Cumberland County public records, New Jersey arrest records, New Jersey inmate search and New Jersey criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Cumberland County
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Cumberland County. It reported 907 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three 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:
- Vineland, 62,070 residents: 1,487 arrests reported for 2025.
- Millville, 27,838 residents: 758 arrests reported for 2024.
- Bridgeton, 27,722 residents: 547 arrests reported for 2025.
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 Cumberland County: Prosecutor in Cumberland County (other); the Cumberland County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Cumberland County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Vineland: 1,487 for 2025, 1,572 for 2024, 1,694 for 2023, 1,384 for 2022, 2,329 for 2020 and 3,765 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Cumberland County Sheriff's Office: 907 for 2025, 797 for 2024, 672 for 2023, 459 for 2022, 683 for 2020 and 1,533 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Bridgeton: 547 for 2025, 641 for 2024, 794 for 2023, 610 for 2022, 1,300 for 2020 and 2,043 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Millville: 758 for 2024, 994 for 2023, 1,438 for 2022, 1,098 for 2021, 1,658 for 2020 and 2,672 for 2019.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,941 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,941 in 2025 against 3,010 in 2024, down 2.3 percent.
Millville reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Cumberland County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cumberland 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 2021 the jail held about 290 people, down from about 310 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2018, the last year with a capacity figure, was 655 beds, and it ran at 59 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office at inmates.cumberlandcounty.revize.com/bookings (page title: Inmate Locator | Cumberland_County_ME_Inmates_App), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the New Jersey Department of Corrections lists its inmates at www20.state.nj.us/DOC_Inmate/inmatefinder?i=I.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Cumberland County
An arrest in Cumberland County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Cumberland County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at njcourts.gov/public/find-a-case).
Statewide, New Jersey Courts Public Access is the Judiciary's free online case search for civil and criminal cases.
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 Cumberland County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Cumberland County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Vineland, Millville or Bridgeton: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by Prosecutor in Cumberland County or the Cumberland County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Superior Court of New Jersey, Cumberland County, through the court records page at njcourts.gov/public/find-a-case.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at cumberlandcountynj.nextrequest.com (page title: OPRA RequestsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the State Police.
Cities in Cumberland County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the four cities in Cumberland County: Vineland, Millville and Bridgeton. Shiloh has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
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, Cumberland County.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Cumberland County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Cumberland County each year?
Vineland reported 1,487 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,941 between them.
Where are people arrested in Cumberland County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Cumberland County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Cumberland 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 Cumberland County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Cumberland 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 cumberlandcountynj.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Cumberland 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.