Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Ontario County, New York, has about 113,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Ontario County depends on where the incident happened: the Ontario County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Freedom of Information Law requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Ontario County public records, Ontario County arrest records, Ontario County warrants, Ontario County inmate search, Ontario County property records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Ontario County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Ontario County that is the Ontario County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
Reports from the Ontario County Sheriff's Office
The Ontario County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it reported 778 arrests for 2024.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at ontariocountyny.gov/1910/Incarcerated-Individual-Locator (page title: Incarcerated Individual Locator | Ontario County, NY), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 2, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Ontario County
The four cities the FBI lists in Ontario County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Geneva: 62 violent and 313 property crimes reported for 2025; 707 arrests reported for 2025.
- Canandaigua: 52 violent and 170 property crimes reported for 2025; 452 arrests reported for 2025.
- Clifton Springs: 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025; 6 arrests reported for 2025.
- Phelps: 0 violent and 1 property crimes reported for 2025; 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.
How Many Reports: Ontario County in 2025
The four agencies in Ontario County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 114 violent and 484 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the four agencies in Ontario County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,165 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Freedom of Information Law Requires
The Freedom of Information Law sets the rules: an answer within 5 business days, at least with an acknowledgment and a date for the full answer, at a charge of copying at 25 cents a page, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at ontariocountyny.nextrequest.com (page title: Ontario County FOIL RequestsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 585-396-4010, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Ontario County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Ontario 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.
How long does an agency in Ontario County have to answer?
Under the Freedom of Information Law, within 5 business days, at least with an acknowledgment and a date for the full answer. It may charge copying at 25 cents a page.
How do I get a report from the Ontario County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. 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 Ontario 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.