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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Babylon, New York, in Suffolk County, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In New York the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the County Clerk; the statewide criminal history kept by the New York State Office of Court Administration is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Babylon is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Babylon public records, Suffolk County criminal records, Babylon arrest records, Babylon warrants, Babylon inmate search, Babylon court records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Suffolk County Supreme and County Courts
A criminal case from Babylon is filed in the Suffolk County Supreme and County Courts or the city, town and village courts, which take misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims, and the court file, kept by the County Clerk, is the record of it that the public may see.
For Suffolk County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at iapps.courts.state.ny.us/webcrim_attorney/DefendantSearch (page title: Suffolk County court records | NY iApps), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser. That page belongs to a lower court, the city, town and village courts, not to the Suffolk County Supreme and County Courts.
Statewide, eCourts is the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily).
The New York Criminal History and Your Own Copy
In New York the public route to a statewide criminal record is the court system's own search: the Office of Court Administration sells a statewide search of criminal court records by name and date of birth, at $95 a search. It covers cases that reached a court, not arrests that never did. The search is on the New York State Office of Court Administration site.
To see your own record, the route is a fingerprint-based Record Review through the Division of Criminal Justice Services. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at criminaljustice.ny.gov/ojis/recordreview.htm.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Babylon
The Suffolk County Sheriff's Office, the Suffolk County Police Department and the agencies that report for Amityville, Northport, Southampton (village), Southampton (town), Lloyd Harbor, Sag Harbor and nine more cities keep the arrest records in and around Babylon: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
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); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the 14 agencies in Suffolk County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,782 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Babylon arrest records.
The District Attorney for Suffolk County
Charges in Suffolk County are filed by the District Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Suffolk County Supreme and County Courts or the city, town and village courts.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at suffolkcountyda.org (page title: Suffolk County District Attorney's Office), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
The Sex Offender Registry for Babylon
Registered sex offenders living in Babylon are listed on the New York Sex Offender Registry, run by the Division of Criminal Justice Services at criminaljustice.ny.gov/nsor. Level 2 and Level 3 offenders are listed online; Level 1 offenders are not.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Suffolk County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Freedom of Information Law a county office must answer a request 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal 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.
Can I search Babylon criminal cases online?
eCourts is the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily).
How do I get my own New York criminal history?
A fingerprint-based Record Review through the Division of Criminal Justice Services.
Who prosecutes crimes in Babylon?
The District Attorney, which files its cases in the Suffolk County Supreme and County Courts or the city, town and village courts.
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.