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 on September 23, 2026.
Gloucester County, New Jersey, has about 312,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Gloucester County depends on where the incident happened: the Gloucester 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: Gloucester County public records, Gloucester County arrest records, Gloucester County warrants, Gloucester County criminal records, Gloucester County court records, New Jersey arrest records and New Jersey inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Gloucester 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 Gloucester County that is the Gloucester 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 Gloucester County State Police in Gloucester County; a report taken on a state highway by it comes from that agency's own records office.
The FBI's list also carries Rowan University (campus police) and Prosecutor in Gloucester County (other agency), each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Gloucester County Sheriff's Office
The Gloucester County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 0 violent and 3 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 607 arrests for 2020.
Its reports come from its records unit.
Reports from the City Agencies in Gloucester County
The 11 cities the FBI lists in Gloucester County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Glassboro: 53 violent and 351 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,046 arrests reported for 2025. The Glassboro police records page is at glassboropd.org/records, phone 856-881-1501 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Woodbury: 28 violent and 237 property crimes reported for 2025; 142 arrests reported for 2025.
- Clayton: 7 violent and 61 property crimes reported for 2025; 162 arrests reported for 2025. The Clayton police records page is at claytonnj.com/DocumentCenter/View/3782/Police-OPRA-Request-Form-PDF (verified September 26, 2026).
- Pitman: 6 violent and 31 property crimes reported for 2025; 83 arrests reported for 2025. The Pitman police records page is at pitman.org/departments/police/how_to_report_a_crime.php, phone (856) 589-3501 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Paulsboro: 28 violent and 116 property crimes reported for 2025; 327 arrests reported for 2025. The Paulsboro police department's page is at paulsboronj.org/departments/police-department, phone 856-423-1100 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Westville: 8 violent and 81 property crimes reported for 2025; 73 arrests reported for 2025.
- Woodbury Heights: 24 arrests reported for 2022.
- National Park: 173 arrests reported for 2020.
- Swedesboro: 0 violent and 6 property crimes reported for 2025; 13 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wenonah: 19 arrests reported for 2020.
- Newfield: 14 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: Gloucester County in 2025
The 21 agencies in Gloucester County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 380 violent and 4,104 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 20 agencies in Gloucester County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,246 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.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at gloucestercountynj.gov/1155/OPRA-REQUEST-INFORMATION (page title: OPRA REQUEST INFORMATION | Gloucester County, NJ).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Prosecutor, 856-384-5500, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Gloucester County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Gloucester 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 Gloucester 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 Gloucester County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the Gloucester County State Police in Gloucester County.
How do I get a report from the Gloucester 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 Gloucester 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.