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.
Ocean County, New Jersey, has about 666,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Ocean County depends on where the incident happened: the Ocean 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.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Ocean 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 Ocean County that is the Ocean 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 Ocean County State Police in Ocean County; a report taken on a state highway by it comes from that agency's own records office.
The FBI's list also carries Prosecutor in Ocean County (other agency), with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Ocean County Sheriff's Office
The Ocean County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it reported 184 arrests for 2024.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at coroms.co.ocean.nj.us:8087/IML (page title: Inmate Lookup Tool), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Ocean County
The 19 cities the FBI lists in Ocean 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:
- Point Pleasant: 17 violent and 76 property crimes reported for 2025; 131 arrests reported for 2025.
- Beachwood: 8 violent and 63 property crimes reported for 2025; 92 arrests reported for 2025. The Beachwood police records page is at beachwoodpolice.org/bwp/About%20Us/Records%20Bureau, phone 732-341-1249 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Point Pleasant Beach: 19 violent and 94 property crimes reported for 2025; 405 arrests reported for 2025.
- South Toms River: 5 violent and 19 property crimes reported for 2025; 139 arrests reported for 2025.
- Tuckerton: 136 arrests reported for 2023.
- Lakehurst: 10 violent and 39 property crimes reported for 2025; 114 arrests reported for 2025.
- Seaside Heights: 25 violent and 78 property crimes reported for 2025; 762 arrests reported for 2025.
- Pine Beach: 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025; 30 arrests reported for 2025.
- Seaside Park: 3 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025; 24 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ocean Gate: 3 violent and 3 property crimes reported for 2025; 37 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lavallette: 1 violent and 7 property crimes reported for 2025; 14 arrests reported for 2025.
- Island Heights: 1 violent and 3 property crimes reported for 2025; 12 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: Surf City, Ship Bottom, Beach Haven, Bay Head, Barnegat Light, Harvey Cedars and Mantoloking.
How Many Reports: Ocean County in 2025
The 27 agencies in Ocean County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 750 violent and 4,233 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 27 agencies in Ocean County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 7,515 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Open Public Records Act Requires
The Open Public Records Act sets the rules: an answer within 7 business days, at a charge of copying at 5 cents a page for letter size, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at oceancountyhealth.gov/request-for-public-records (page title: Ocean County Health Department | Request for Public Records | Ocean County Health Department).
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 Ocean County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Ocean 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 Ocean 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 Ocean County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the Ocean County State Police in Ocean County.
How do I get a report from the Ocean 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 Ocean 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.