SearchSystems Editorial

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 October 9, 2026.

About this guide

Monroe County, New York, has about 752,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, ten 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 Monroe 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: Monroe County public records, New York arrest records, New York inmate search and New York criminal records.

Who Makes Arrests in Monroe County

The Monroe County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Monroe County. It reported 2,398 arrests for 2025.

The FBI lists five cities in Monroe County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:

  • Rochester, 207,282 residents: 4,785 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Brockport, 7,489 residents: 66 arrests reported for 2025.
  • East Rochester, 6,139 residents: 62 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Webster, 5,787 residents: 364 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Fairport, 5,341 residents: 47 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 Monroe County: the Brockport State University of New York Police (campus police).

How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Monroe 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.

  • Rochester: 4,785 for 2025, 5,097 for 2024, 4,969 for 2023, 4,688 for 2022, 6,369 for 2020 and 7,688 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Monroe County Sheriff's Office: 2,398 for 2025, 2,416 for 2024, 2,118 for 2023 and 1,880 for 2022.
  • Greece Town: 1,752 for 2025, 1,829 for 2024, 2,006 for 2023, 1,629 for 2022, 1,145 for 2021 and 1,122 for 2020.
  • Irondequoit Town: 1,154 for 2025, 1,107 for 2024, 1,023 for 2023, 856 for 2022, 541 for 2021 and 526 for 2020.
  • Gates Town: 809 for 2025, 740 for 2024, 626 for 2022 and 806 for 2020; 2021 and 2023 are missing months.
  • Webster: 364 for 2025, 377 for 2024, 417 for 2023, 380 for 2022, 350 for 2021 and 270 for 2020.
  • Brighton Town: 320 for 2025, 306 for 2024, 306 for 2023, 248 for 2022, 163 for 2021 and 256 for 2020.
  • Brockport: 66 for 2025, 87 for 2024, 110 for 2023, 97 for 2022, 84 for 2021 and 59 for 2020.
  • Ogden Town: 65 for 2025, 83 for 2024, 86 for 2023, 101 for 2022, 99 for 2021 and 82 for 2020.
  • East Rochester: 62 for 2025, 125 for 2023, 107 for 2022, 107 for 2021 and 188 for 2019; 2020 and 2024 are missing months.
  • Fairport: 47 for 2025, 39 for 2024, 33 for 2023, 21 for 2022, 14 for 2021 and 9 for 2020.

Together, the 11 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 11,822 arrests that year. The ten of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 11,760 in 2025 against 12,081 in 2024, down 2.7 percent.

Through June 2026, the nine agencies with every month so far on file reported 5,423 arrests, against 5,360 in the same months of 2025.

Booking: Where People Arrested in Monroe County Are Held

The county jail is where a person arrested in Monroe 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 750 people on an average day, down from about 980 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,614 beds, and it ran at 46 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 Monroe County Sheriff's Office at monroecosheriffga.us/offender-search (page title: Offender Search | mcso-html), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 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 Monroe County

An arrest in Monroe County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: eCourts, the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily), which shows whether charges were filed; the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at monroecounty.gov/da, phone 585 753-4500).

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 Monroe 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 Monroe County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
  • An arrest in Rochester, Brockport, East Rochester, Webster or Fairport: 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 Brockport 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, 585 753-4500, handles discovery for pending cases.
  • Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at monroecounty.gov/clerk-order (page title: Monroe County, NY | Clerk's Office Online Document Request Form).
  • Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based Record Review through the Division of Criminal Justice Services.

The other Monroe County guides go further: warrants, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets, DUI, divorce records and property records.

Cities in Monroe County: Who Reports the Arrests

The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the 11 cities in Monroe County: Rochester, Brockport, East Rochester, Webster and Fairport. Hilton, Spencerport, Honeoye Falls, Churchville, Scottsville and Pittsford have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Irondequoit Town Police Department, the Brighton Town Police Department, the Gates Town Police Department and two more as city agencies in Monroe County; Irondequoit Town, Brighton Town, Gates Town and two more 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 Monroe County Supreme and County Courts.

SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Monroe County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:

Frequently Asked Questions

How many arrests are made in Monroe County each year?

Rochester reported 4,785 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 11 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 11,822 between them.

How do I find out if someone is in jail in Monroe County?

Ask the Monroe County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at monroecosheriffga.us/offender-search.

Where are people arrested in Monroe County booked?

Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.

Are arrest records public in Monroe 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 Monroe County?

From the agency that made the arrest: the Monroe 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 monroecounty.gov/clerk-order.

Is this the official Monroe 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.