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 between September 23, 2026 and September 28, 2026.
Delaware County, New York, has about 44,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Delaware County Sheriff's Office, five city agencies and two campus, state or other agencies. 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 Delaware 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: Delaware County public records, New York arrest records, New York inmate search and New York criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Delaware County
The Delaware County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Delaware County. It reported 122 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three 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:
- Sidney, 3,613 residents: 150 arrests reported for 2025.
- Walton, 2,844 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hancock, 890 residents: 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.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Delaware County: the Delhi State University of New York Police (campus police); the Delaware County New York City Department of Environmental Police (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Delaware County
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.
- Walton: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Sidney: 150 for 2025, 186 for 2024, 173 for 2023, 127 for 2022, 144 for 2020 and 231 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Delaware County Sheriff's Office: 122 for 2025, 218 for 2024, 180 for 2023, 103 for 2022, 187 for 2020 and 260 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Delhi Village: 46 for 2025, 34 for 2024, 58 for 2023, 41 for 2022, 110 for 2020 and 120 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Colchester Town: 18 for 2025, 11 for 2024, 15 for 2023, 17 for 2022, 40 for 2020 and 149 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Hancock: 2 for 2025, 3 for 2024, 15 for 2023, 12 for 2022, 27 for 2020 and 54 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,490 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,490 in 2025 against 1,604 in 2024, down 7.1 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Delaware County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Delaware County 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 71 people on an average day, down from about 77 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 121 beds, and it ran at 64 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Delaware County
Whether someone was arrested in Delaware County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Delaware County Supreme and County Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at delcony.gov/departments/clerk/efile.htm, phone 607-832-5700); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at delcony.gov/da, phone 607-832-5299).
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 Delaware 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 Delaware County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Sidney, Walton or Hancock: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Delhi State University of New York Police or the Delaware County New York City Department of Environmental Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 607-832-5299, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Delaware County Supreme and County Courts, through the court records page at delcony.gov/departments/clerk/efile.htm, phone 607-832-5700.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based Record Review through the Division of Criminal Justice Services.
Cities in Delaware County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the nine cities in Delaware County: Sidney, Walton and Hancock. Delhi, Stamford, Margaretville, Hobart, Franklin and Fleischmanns have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Delhi Village Police Department and the Colchester Town Police Department as city agencies in Delaware County; Delhi Village and Colchester Town are 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 Delaware County Supreme and County Courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Delaware County each year?
Walton reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the six agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,490 between them.
Where are people arrested in Delaware County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Delaware County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Delaware 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 Delaware County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Delaware 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 Delaware 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.