Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 September 26, 2026.
Elmsford, New York, in Westchester County, has about 5,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. 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 Westchester County Supreme and County Courts. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Elmsford public records, Westchester County arrest records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Elmsford
The FBI lists Elmsford with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Elmsford Village Police Department. It reported 63 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Westchester County: the Westchester County, Hillview New York City Department of Environmental Protection Police and the Westchester County, Croton-Kensico New York City Department of Environmental Police (other); the Purchase State University of New York Police (campus police).
How Many Arrests Elmsford Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Elmsford: 63 for 2025, 41 for 2024, 24 for 2023, 44 for 2022, 37 for 2020 and 57 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Elmsford's 63 arrests in 2025 were up 54 percent from 41 in 2024.
Across Westchester County, the 31 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,190 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Elmsford Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Elmsford 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 550 people on an average day, down from about 1,020 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,808 beds, and it ran at 39 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the sheriff's office at correction.westchestercountyny.gov/westchester-inmate-search (page title: Westchester Inmate Lookup), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Elmsford
An arrest in Elmsford can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the sheriff's office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Westchester County Supreme and County Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at westchesterclerkny.gov/legal-division/search-court-records, phone (914)995-3075); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at newrochelleny.gov/facilities/facility/details/Westchester-County-Di...).
Statewide, eCourts is the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily).
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 Elmsford
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 Elmsford police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at elmsford.gov/204/Police-Department (page title: Police Department | Elmsford, NY), phone 914-592-8383, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Westchester County Supreme and County Courts, through the court records page at westchesterclerkny.gov, phone (914)995-3075.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based Record Review through the Division of Criminal Justice Services.
The Westchester County guide covers every agency in the county: Westchester County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Elmsford each year?
Elmsford reported 63 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Elmsford?
Look on the custody page of the sheriff's office at correction.westchestercountyny.gov. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Elmsford booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Elmsford?
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 Elmsford?
From the agency that made the arrest: the sheriff's office or the city's police. 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 Elmsford 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.