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 9, 2026.
Suffolk County, New York, has about 1.5 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Suffolk County depends on where the incident happened: the Suffolk 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: Suffolk County public records, Suffolk County arrest records, Suffolk County warrants, Suffolk County inmate search, Suffolk County criminal records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Suffolk 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 Suffolk County that is the Suffolk 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.
The FBI's list also carries the Farmingdale State University of New York Police and the Stony Brook State University of New York Police (campus police), each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office
The Suffolk County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 45 violent and 6 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 950 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at (631) 852-2200. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at suffolkcountyny.gov/sheriff (page title: Suffolk County Government > Sheriff), phone (631) 852-2200, 100 Veterans Memorial Hwy P.O. Box 6100 Hauppauge, NY 11788, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Suffolk County
The 15 cities the FBI lists in Suffolk County with a reporting agency of their own, the largest twelve first, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Amityville: 2 violent and 94 property crimes reported for 2025; 178 arrests reported for 2025. The Amityville police department's page is at amityville.gov/m/directory/department?did=10, phone 631-264-0400 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Northport: 0 violent and 28 property crimes reported for 2025; 150 arrests reported for 2019.
- Southampton (village): 4 violent and 56 property crimes reported for 2025; 43 arrests reported for 2024.
- Southampton (town): 24 violent and 339 property crimes reported for 2025; 479 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lloyd Harbor: 0 violent and 13 property crimes reported for 2025; 3 arrests reported for 2025.
- Sag Harbor: 0 violent and 26 property crimes reported for 2025; 40 arrests reported for 2025.
- Westhampton Beach: 0 violent and 21 property crimes reported for 2025; 50 arrests reported for 2025.
- Quogue: 0 violent and 6 property crimes reported for 2025; 26 arrests reported for 2025.
- Nissequogue: 0 violent and 1 property crimes reported for 2025; 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- East Hampton (village): 2 violent and 46 property crimes reported for 2025; 40 arrests reported for 2025.
- East Hampton (town): 142 arrests reported for 2022.
- Head of the Harbor: 1,152 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 rest: Huntington Bay, Asharoken and Ocean Beach.
How Many Reports: Suffolk County in 2025
The 15 agencies in Suffolk County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 139 violent and 1,511 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 14 agencies in Suffolk County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,782 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Suffolk County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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 Suffolk County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at (631) 852-2200. 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 Suffolk 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.