SearchSystems Editorial

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 1, 2026.

About this guide

Hudson County, New Jersey, has about 736,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Hudson County Sheriff's Office, 12 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, Hudson 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: Hudson County public records, New Jersey arrest records, New Jersey inmate search and New Jersey criminal records.

Who Makes Arrests in Hudson County

The Hudson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Hudson County. It reported 1,375 arrests for 2025.

Arrests inside ten 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:

  • Jersey City, 302,824 residents: 2,498 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Bayonne, 74,532 residents: 935 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Union City, 66,918 residents: 688 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Hoboken, 59,149 residents: 1,041 arrests reported for 2025.
  • West New York, 52,975 residents: 573 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Kearny, 40,866 residents: 942 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Secaucus, 22,710 residents: 569 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Harrison, 22,182 residents: 876 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Guttenberg, 11,945 residents: 267 arrests reported for 2025.
  • East Newark, 2,539 residents: 47 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 Hudson County: Stevens Institute of Technology (campus police); Prosecutor in Hudson County (other); the Hudson County State Police (state police).

How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Hudson 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.

  • Jersey City: 2,498 for 2025, 2,915 for 2024, 3,020 for 2023, 2,913 for 2022, 4,779 for 2020 and 6,399 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Hudson County Sheriff's Office: 1,375 for 2025, 1,064 for 2020 and 2,046 for 2019; 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
  • Hoboken: 1,041 for 2025, 868 for 2024, 583 for 2023, 518 for 2022, 337 for 2021 and 923 for 2020.
  • Kearny: 942 for 2025, 690 for 2023, 612 for 2022, 865 for 2020 and 794 for 2019; 2021 and 2024 are missing months.
  • Bayonne: 935 for 2025, 852 for 2024, 784 for 2023, 763 for 2022, 983 for 2020 and 1,280 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Harrison: 876 for 2025, 574 for 2024, 452 for 2023, 411 for 2022, 379 for 2020 and 621 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Union City: 688 for 2025, 1,003 for 2023, 1,095 for 2022, 2,072 for 2020 and 2,223 for 2019; 2021 and 2024 are missing months.
  • West New York: 573 for 2025, 583 for 2024, 451 for 2023, 323 for 2022, 316 for 2021 and 659 for 2020.
  • Secaucus: 569 for 2025, 598 for 2024, 522 for 2023, 501 for 2022, 448 for 2021 and 982 for 2020.
  • North Bergen Township: 446 for 2025, 595 for 2024, 591 for 2023, 499 for 2022, 706 for 2020 and 1,475 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Guttenberg: 267 for 2025, 319 for 2024, 304 for 2023, 811 for 2020 and 715 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
  • Weehawken Township: 154 for 2025, 139 for 2024, 112 for 2023, 94 for 2022, 252 for 2020 and 301 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.

Together, the 13 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 10,411 arrests that year. The nine of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 6,530 in 2025 against 6,889 in 2024, down 5.2 percent.

Through March 2026, the ten agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,998 arrests, against 2,188 in the same months of 2025.

Booking: Where People Arrested in Hudson County Are Held

The county jail is where a person arrested in Hudson County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.

On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 1,350 people, up from about 920 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 1,700 beds, and it ran at 80 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 Hudson County Sheriff's Office at ea.pennds.org/hudson-county-correctional-center-inmate-lookup-every... (page title: Hudson County Correctional Center Inmate Lookup: Everything You Need to Know | pennds.org), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 2026.

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 Hudson County

Whether someone was arrested in Hudson County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the custody page of the Hudson County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Hudson 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 Hudson 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 Hudson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
  • An arrest in Jersey City, Bayonne, Union City, Hoboken, West New York, Kearny or another of the cities listed above: 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 Stevens Institute of Technology, Prosecutor in Hudson County or the Hudson 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, Hudson County, through the court records page at njcourts.gov/public/find-a-case.
  • Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the State Police.

Cities in Hudson County: Who Reports the Arrests

The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the ten cities in Hudson County: Jersey City, Bayonne, Union City, Hoboken, West New York, Kearny, Secaucus, Harrison, Guttenberg and East Newark. The FBI's list also carries the North Bergen Township Police Department and the Weehawken Township Police Department as city agencies in Hudson County; North Bergen Township and Weehawken Township 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, Hudson County.

SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Hudson 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 Hudson County each year?

Jersey City reported 2,498 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 13 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 10,411 between them.

How do I find out if someone is in jail in Hudson County?

Look on the custody page of the Hudson County Sheriff's Office at ea.pennds.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.

Where are people arrested in Hudson County booked?

Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Hudson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.

Are arrest records public in Hudson County?

The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Hudson 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 Hudson County?

From the agency that made the arrest: the Hudson 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.

Is this the official Hudson 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.