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.
Hunterdon County, New Jersey, has about 132,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Hunterdon County Sheriff's Office, 15 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, Hunterdon 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: Hunterdon County public records, New Jersey arrest records, New Jersey inmate search and New Jersey criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Hunterdon County
The Hunterdon County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Hunterdon County. It reported 76 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists eight cities in Hunterdon County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Flemington, 4,905 residents: 151 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lambertville, 4,197 residents: 31 arrests reported for 2025.
- High Bridge, 3,607 residents: 12 arrests reported for 2025.
- Clinton, 2,793 residents: 33 arrests reported for 2024.
- Clinton (township), 2,793 residents: 159 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lebanon, 1,675 residents: 26 arrests reported for 2025.
- Frenchtown, 1,495 residents: 6 arrests reported for 2025.
- Califon, 1,018 residents: 6 arrests reported for 2023.
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 Hunterdon County: Prosecutor in Hunterdon County (other); the Hunterdon County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Hunterdon 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.
- Readington Township: 237 for 2025, 178 for 2024, 140 for 2023, 153 for 2020 and 294 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Clinton (township): 159 for 2025, 124 for 2024, 184 for 2023, 117 for 2022, 171 for 2021 and 916 for 2020.
- Flemington: 151 for 2025, 107 for 2024, 126 for 2023, 176 for 2022, 381 for 2020 and 758 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Raritan Township: 147 for 2025, 138 for 2024, 176 for 2023, 104 for 2022, 518 for 2020 and 535 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Hunterdon County Sheriff's Office: 76 for 2025, 84 for 2024, 99 for 2022 and 173 for 2019; 2020, 2021 and 2023 are missing months.
- Lambertville: 31 for 2025, 49 for 2024, 41 for 2023, 66 for 2022, 34 for 2020 and 84 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Franklin Township: 29 for 2025, 46 for 2024, 50 for 2023, 48 for 2022, 65 for 2020 and 110 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Lebanon: 26 for 2025, 26 for 2024, 38 for 2023, 33 for 2022, 86 for 2020 and 73 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Tewksbury Township: 26 for 2025, 20 for 2024, 23 for 2023, 33 for 2022, 30 for 2020 and 14 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Holland Township: 20 for 2025, 23 for 2020 and 19 for 2019; 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
- West Amwell Township: 19 for 2025, 30 for 2024, 28 for 2023, 34 for 2022, 58 for 2020 and 125 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Delaware Township: 16 for 2025, 11 for 2024, 10 for 2023, 7 for 2022, 11 for 2020 and 16 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the 14 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 955 arrests that year. The 13 of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 935 in 2025 against 854 in 2024, up 9.5 percent.
Califon and Clinton reported only part of 2025 (4 months and 2 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Hunterdon County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Hunterdon 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 2021 the jail held about 35 people, down from about 85 in 2015. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Hunterdon County
For Hunterdon County the place to look is the case index of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Hunterdon County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.hunterdon.nj.us/239/Court-Records, phone 908-824-9750).
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 Hunterdon 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 Hunterdon County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Flemington, Lambertville, High Bridge, Clinton, Clinton (township), Lebanon or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Prosecutor in Hunterdon County or the Hunterdon 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, Hunterdon County, through the court records page at co.hunterdon.nj.us/239/Court-Records, phone 908-824-9750.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.hunterdon.nj.us (page title: Public Information & Open Public Records Act (OPRA) | Hunterdon County, NJ).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the State Police.
Cities in Hunterdon County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for eight of the 12 cities in Hunterdon County: Flemington, Lambertville, High Bridge, Clinton, Clinton (township), Lebanon, Frenchtown and Califon. Glen Gardner, Hampton, Milford, Bloomsbury and Stockton have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Delaware Township Police Department, Franklin Township Police Department, Hunterdon County, the Holland Township Police Department and four more as city agencies in Hunterdon County; Delaware Township, Franklin Township, Holland Township and four 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, Hunterdon County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Hunterdon County each year?
Readington Township reported 237 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 14 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 955 between them.
Where are people arrested in Hunterdon County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Hunterdon County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Hunterdon County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Hunterdon 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 Hunterdon County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Hunterdon 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 co.hunterdon.nj.us.
Is this the official Hunterdon 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.