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 24, 2026.
Sandoval County, New Mexico, has about 158,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Sandoval County depends on where the incident happened: the Sandoval 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 Inspection of 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: Sandoval County public records, Sandoval County arrest records, Sandoval County warrants, Sandoval County inmate search, Sandoval County property records, New Mexico arrest records and New Mexico inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Sandoval 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 Sandoval County that is the Sandoval 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.
Reports from the Sandoval County Sheriff's Office
The Sandoval County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 67 violent and 104 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 652 arrests for 2019.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at sandovalcountynm.gov/departments/detention-center/inmatesearch (page title: Inmate Search & Video Visitation | Sandoval County), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Sandoval County
The five cities the FBI lists in Sandoval County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Rio Rancho: 369 violent and 1,133 property crimes reported for 2025; 2,007 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bernalillo: 37 violent and 147 property crimes reported for 2025; 337 arrests reported for 2023. The Bernalillo police department's page is at tobnm.gov/departments/police_department/index.php, phone (505) 771-5872 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Corrales: 8 violent and 28 property crimes reported for 2025; 47 arrests reported for 2025.
- Cuba: 44 arrests reported for 2019.
- San Ysidro: 1 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025; 2 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.
How Many Reports: Sandoval County in 2025
The five agencies in Sandoval County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 482 violent and 1,412 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the three agencies in Sandoval County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,056 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Inspection of Public Records Act Requires
The Inspection of Public Records Act sets the rules: an answer within 15 calendar days, after acknowledging the request within 3 business days, at a charge of copying at no more than $1 a page, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at sandovalcountynm.gov/public-records-request (page title: Records Request | Sandoval County).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Sandoval County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Sandoval County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Inspection of Public Records Act the answer is due within 15 calendar days, after acknowledging the request within 3 business days.
How long does an agency in Sandoval County have to answer?
Under the Inspection of Public Records Act, within 15 calendar days, after acknowledging the request within 3 business days. It may charge copying at no more than $1 a page.
How do I get a report from the Sandoval County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Inspection of Public Records Act the answer is due within 15 calendar days, after acknowledging the request within 3 business days.
Is this the official Sandoval 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.