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. 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 on September 23, 2026.
Broome County, New York, has about 196,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Broome County Sheriff's Office, five city agencies and one campus agency. An arrest 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 Broome County Supreme and County Courts. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Broome County public records, New York arrest records, New York inmate search and New York criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Broome County
The Broome County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Broome County. It reported 722 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside four of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Binghamton, 46,773 residents: 1,976 arrests reported for 2025.
- Johnson City, 14,698 residents: 1,172 arrests reported for 2025.
- Endicott, 13,199 residents: 441 arrests reported for 2025.
- Port Dickinson, 1,673 residents: 0 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 FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Broome County: the Binghamton State University of New York Police (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Broome County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Binghamton: 1,976 for 2025, 1,922 for 2024, 1,460 for 2023, 1,358 for 2022, 1,515 for 2021 and 1,365 for 2020.
- Johnson City: 1,172 for 2025, 810 for 2024, 699 for 2023, 779 for 2022, 788 for 2021 and 1,023 for 2020.
- Broome County Sheriff's Office: 722 for 2025, 762 for 2024, 696 for 2023, 672 for 2022, 572 for 2021 and 370 for 2020.
- Vestal Town: 598 for 2025, 920 for 2024, 771 for 2023, 732 for 2022, 534 for 2021 and 434 for 2020.
- Endicott: 441 for 2025, 365 for 2024, 387 for 2023, 357 for 2022, 299 for 2021 and 330 for 2020.
- Port Dickinson: 0 for 2025, 2 for 2023 and 5 for 2022; 2024 is missing months.
Together, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,909 arrests that year. The four of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,737 in 2025 against 3,969 in 2024, down 5.8 percent.
Through July 2026, the five agencies with every month so far on file reported 2,634 arrests, against 2,869 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Broome County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Broome County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 460 people on an average day, down from about 470 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 600 beds, and it ran at 79 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 Broome County Sheriff's Office at broomecountyny.gov/sheriff/corrections (page title: Corrections Division | Broome County), phone (866) 230-7761, 155 Lt. VanWinkle Drive Binghamton, NY 13905, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, whose inmate locator is at nysdoccslookup.doccs.ny.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Broome County
An arrest in Broome County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Broome County Supreme and County Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at broomecountyny.gov/clerk, phone (607) 778-2255); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at broomecountyny.gov/da, phone (607) 778-2425).
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 Broome County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Broome County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (866) 230-7761.
- An arrest in Binghamton, Johnson City, Endicott or Port Dickinson: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by the Binghamton State University of New York Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (607) 778-2425, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Broome County Supreme and County Courts, through the court records page at broomecountyny.gov/clerk, phone (607) 778-2255.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at broomecountyny.gov/mh/requestforrecords (page title: Request for Records | Broome County).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based Record Review through the Division of Criminal Justice Services.
Cities in Broome County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the eight cities in Broome County: Binghamton, Johnson City, Endicott and Port Dickinson. Deposit, Whitney Point, Windsor and Lisle have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Vestal Town Police Department as a city agency in Broome County; Vestal Town is not among the cities above.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Broome County Supreme and County Courts.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Broome County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Binghamton (46,773)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Broome County each year?
Binghamton reported 1,976 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the six agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 4,909 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Broome County?
Ask the Broome County Sheriff's Office at (866) 230-7761; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at broomecountyny.gov/sheriff/corrections.
Where are people arrested in Broome County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Broome County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Broome County?
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 Broome County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Broome 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at broomecountyny.gov/mh/requestforrecords.
Is this the official Broome 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.