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.
Rockland County, New York, has about 348,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Rockland County Sheriff's Office and eight 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 Rockland 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: Rockland County public records, New York arrest records, New York inmate search and New York criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Rockland County
The Rockland County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Rockland County. It reported 438 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:
- Spring Valley, 33,637 residents: 569 arrests reported for 2025.
- Haverstraw, 12,445 residents: 438 arrests reported for 2025.
- Suffern, 11,537 residents: 170 arrests reported for 2025.
- Piermont, 2,547 residents: 13 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 Rockland 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.
- Ramapo Town: 1,067 for 2025, 1,406 for 2024, 912 for 2023, 655 for 2022, 1,414 for 2020 and 1,526 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Clarkstown Town: 724 for 2025, 932 for 2024, 761 for 2023, 554 for 2022, 513 for 2021 and 924 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Spring Valley: 569 for 2025, 653 for 2024, 549 for 2023, 453 for 2022, 410 for 2021 and 589 for 2020.
- Haverstraw: 438 for 2025, 469 for 2024, 348 for 2023, 340 for 2022 and 313 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
- Rockland County Sheriff's Office: 438 for 2025, 529 for 2024, 410 for 2023 and 366 for 2021; 2022 is missing months.
- Orangetown Town: 231 for 2025, 256 for 2024, 224 for 2023, 216 for 2022, 191 for 2021 and 165 for 2020.
- Suffern: 170 for 2025, 173 for 2024, 172 for 2023 and 165 for 2022.
- Stony Point Town: 116 for 2025, 173 for 2024, 146 for 2023, 111 for 2022, 105 for 2021 and 93 for 2020.
- Piermont: 13 for 2025, 11 for 2024, 21 for 2023, 14 for 2022, 6 for 2021 and 13 for 2020.
Together, the nine agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,766 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,766 in 2025 against 4,602 in 2024, down 18 percent.
Through June 2026, the seven agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,640 arrests, against 1,716 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Rockland County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Rockland 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 120 people on an average day, down from about 130 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 280 beds, and it ran at 45 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 Rockland County Sheriff's Office at rocklandcountyny.gov/departments/sheriff (page title: The Rockland County Sheriff's Office | Rockland County, NY), phone 845-638-5400, 55 New Hempstead Rd. New City, NY 10956, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Rockland County
An arrest in Rockland County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Rockland County Supreme and County Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at rocklandcountyny.gov/departments/clerk-s-office/court-records, phone (845) 638-5094); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at rocklandcountyny.gov/departments/district-attorney, phone (845) 638-5001).
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 Rockland 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 Rockland County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 845-638-5400.
- An arrest in Spring Valley, Haverstraw, Suffern or Piermont: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (845) 638-5001, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Rockland County Supreme and County Courts, through the court records page at rocklandcountyny.gov, phone (845) 638-5094.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based Record Review through the Division of Criminal Justice Services.
Cities in Rockland County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the 18 cities in Rockland County: Spring Valley, Haverstraw, Suffern and Piermont. West Haverstraw, Chestnut Ridge, Airmont, New Square, Nyack, Wesley Hills, Kaser, New Hempstead, Montebello, Pomona, Sloatsburg, Upper Nyack and two more have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Ramapo Town Police Department, the Orangetown Town Police Department, the Clarkstown Town Police Department and one more as city agencies in Rockland County; Ramapo Town, Orangetown Town, Clarkstown Town and one 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 Rockland County Supreme and County Courts.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Rockland County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Haverstraw (12,445)
- Suffern (11,537)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Rockland County each year?
Ramapo Town reported 1,067 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the nine agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,766 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Rockland County?
Ask the Rockland County Sheriff's Office at 845-638-5400; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at rocklandcountyny.gov/departments/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Rockland County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Rockland County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Rockland 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 Rockland County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Rockland 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 Rockland 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.