Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. 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 2, 2026.
Babylon, New York, in Suffolk County, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Suffolk County Supreme and County Courts. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Babylon public records, Suffolk County arrest records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Babylon
The FBI lists no arrest reporting agency under the name of Babylon. In Suffolk County the county agency that reports arrests is the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Suffolk County: the Farmingdale State University of New York Police and the Stony Brook State University of New York Police (campus police).
Booking: Where People Arrested in Babylon Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Babylon 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.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 1,090 people on an average day, up from about 990 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2021, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,793 beds, and it ran at 42 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office at suffolkcountyny.gov/sheriff (page title: Suffolk County Government > Sheriff), phone (631) 852-2200, 100 Veterans Memorial Hwy P.O. Box 6100 Hauppauge, NY 11788, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision lists its inmates at nysdoccslookup.doccs.ny.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Babylon
For Babylon the place to look is eCourts, the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily), which shows whether charges were filed.
New York is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Office of Court Administration sells a statewide search of criminal court records by name and date of birth, for $95 a search, through the New York State Office of Court Administration. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Babylon
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 Freedom of Information Law the agency must answer within 5 business days, at least with an acknowledgment and a date for the full answer, and it may charge copying at 25 cents a page.
- An arrest by the Babylon police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at troopers.ny.gov/request-records (page title: Request Records | New York State Police), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
- An arrest by the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (631) 852-2200.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based Record Review through the Division of Criminal Justice Services.
The Suffolk County guide covers every agency in the county: Suffolk County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Babylon?
Ask the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office at (631) 852-2200; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at suffolkcountyny.gov/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Babylon booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Babylon?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the New York State Office of Court Administration: the Office of Court Administration sells a statewide search of criminal court records by name and date of birth, for $95. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Freedom of Information Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Babylon?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Freedom of Information Law the answer is due within 5 business days, at least with an acknowledgment and a date for the full answer.
Is this the official Babylon website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.