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.
Greene County, New York, has about 47,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Greene County Sheriff's Office and seven city 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 Greene 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: Greene County public records, New York arrest records, New York inmate search and New York criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Greene County
The Greene County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Greene County. It reported 425 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:
- Catskill, 3,723 residents: 221 arrests reported for 2025.
- Coxsackie, 2,686 residents: 4 arrests reported for 2025.
- Athens, 1,577 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hunter, 409 residents: 20 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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Greene 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.
- Athens: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Greene County Sheriff's Office: 425 for 2025, 256 for 2024, 167 for 2023, 223 for 2022, 255 for 2020 and 297 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Catskill: 221 for 2025, 235 for 2024, 264 for 2023, 299 for 2022, 257 for 2020 and 351 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Cairo Town: 31 for 2025, 10 for 2024, 13 for 2023, 9 for 2022, 67 for 2020 and 39 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Hunter: 20 for 2025, 16 for 2024, 24 for 2023, 20 for 2022 and 13 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
- Coxsackie: 4 for 2025, 3 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 14 for 2022, 12 for 2020 and 23 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Windham Town: 4 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 2 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 9 for 2020 and 13 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Durham Town: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 1 for 2020 and 1 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the eight agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,857 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,857 in 2025 against 1,672 in 2024, up 11 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Greene County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Greene 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 29 people on an average day, up from about 5 in 2018. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Greene County Sheriff's Office at greenecountyny.gov/departments/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Greene County, New York), phone 518-731-4273, 411 Main Street, Suite 202, Catskill, NY 12414, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 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 Greene County
An arrest in Greene County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Greene County Supreme and County Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at greenecountyny.gov/departments/county-clerk, phone 518-719-3255); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at greenecountyny.gov/departments/district-attorney, phone (518) 719-3590).
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 Greene County
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 Greene County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 518-731-4273.
- An arrest in Catskill, Coxsackie, Athens or Hunter: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (518) 719-3590, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Greene County Supreme and County Courts, through the court records page at greenecountyny.gov/departments/county-clerk, phone 518-719-3255.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at greenecountyoh.nextrequest.com (page title: Public Records RequestsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based Record Review through the Division of Criminal Justice Services.
Cities in Greene County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the five cities in Greene County: Catskill, Coxsackie, Athens and Hunter. Tannersville has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Durham Town Police Department, the Cairo Town Police Department and the Windham Town Police Department as city agencies in Greene County; Durham Town, Cairo Town and Windham 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 Greene County Supreme and County Courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Greene County each year?
Athens reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the eight agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,857 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Greene County?
Ask the Greene County Sheriff's Office at 518-731-4273; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at greenecountyny.gov/departments/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Greene County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Greene County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Greene 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 Greene County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Greene 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 greenecountyoh.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Greene 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.