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.
Monmouth County, New Jersey, has about 648,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Monmouth County depends on where the incident happened: the Monmouth 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: Monmouth County public records, Monmouth County arrest records, Monmouth County warrants, Monmouth County inmate search, Monmouth County property records, New Jersey arrest records and New Jersey inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Monmouth County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Monmouth County that is the Monmouth 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 Monmouth County State Police in Monmouth County; a report taken on a state highway by it comes from that agency's own records office.
The FBI's list also carries Monmouth University and Brookdale Community College (campus police) and Prosecutor in Monmouth County (other agency), each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office
The Monmouth County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 4 violent and 4 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 972 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at (732) 577-8700. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at mcsonj.org/inmate-search-2 (page title: inmate search), phone (732) 577-8700, 2500 Kozloski Rd Freehold, NJ 07721, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Monmouth County
The 37 cities the FBI lists in Monmouth County with a reporting agency of their own, the largest twelve first, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Long Branch: 78 violent and 491 property crimes reported for 2025; 903 arrests reported for 2025. The Long Branch police department's page is at longbranch.org/239/Police, phone 732-222-1000 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Tinton Falls: 226 arrests reported for 2022. The Tinton Falls police records page is at tfpolice.org/request-a-police-report, phone 732-542-3400 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Asbury Park: 107 violent and 522 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,321 arrests reported for 2025.
- Eatontown: 26 violent and 184 property crimes reported for 2025; 207 arrests reported for 2025. The Eatontown police department's page is at eatontownnj.com/m/directory/department?did=16, phone 732-542-0100 (verified October 1, 2026).
- Red Bank: 30 violent and 147 property crimes reported for 2025; 466 arrests reported for 2025.
- Freehold: 23 violent and 117 property crimes reported for 2025; 258 arrests reported for 2025. The Freehold police records page is at freeholdboroughnj.gov/police-pages/254-records-division, phone 732 462-4200 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Freehold (township): 55 violent and 487 property crimes reported for 2025; 438 arrests reported for 2025. The Freehold police records page is at freeholdboroughnj.gov/police-pages/254-records-division, phone 732 462-4200 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Matawan: 243 arrests reported for 2024.
- Keansburg: 24 violent and 70 property crimes reported for 2025; 648 arrests reported for 2022.
- West Long Branch: 5 violent and 127 property crimes reported for 2025; 162 arrests reported for 2025.
- Rumson: 40 arrests reported for 2024. The Rumson police department's page is at rumsonnj.gov/rumson-pd, phone (732) 842-0500 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Keyport: 12 violent and 73 property crimes reported for 2025; 207 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 rest: Oceanport, Fair Haven, Little Silver, Manasquan, Belmar, Union Beach, Brielle, Spring Lake Heights, Neptune City, Atlantic Highlands, Highlands, Shrewsbury, Bradley Beach, Monmouth Beach, Spring Lake, Englishtown, Avon-by-the-Sea, Sea Girt, Allentown, Lake Como, Sea Bright, Deal, Interlaken, Allenhurst and Loch Arbour.
How Many Reports: Monmouth County in 2025
The 42 agencies in Monmouth County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 680 violent and 5,951 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 38 agencies in Monmouth County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 10,853 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 monmouthcountynj.nextrequest.com (page title: Open Public RecordsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Prosecutor handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Monmouth County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Monmouth 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 Monmouth 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 Monmouth County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the Monmouth County State Police in Monmouth County.
How do I get a report from the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at (732) 577-8700. Under the Open Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 business days.
Is this the official Monmouth 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.