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 on September 23, 2026.
Ulster County, New York, has about 183,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Ulster County depends on where the incident happened: the Ulster 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: Ulster County public records, Ulster County arrest records, Ulster County warrants, Ulster County inmate search, Ulster County criminal records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Ulster County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Ulster County that is the Ulster 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 Ulster County New York City Department of Environmental Police and Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (other agency) and the New Paltz State University of New York Police (campus police), each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 26 violent and 117 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 473 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at ulstersheriffny.gov/inmateSearch (page title: Incarcerated Individuals Search/VINE | Ulster County Sheriff's Office, NY), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Ulster County
The four cities the FBI lists in Ulster County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Kingston: 98 violent and 397 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,180 arrests reported for 2025. The Kingston police department's page is at kingston-ny.gov/police, phone (845) 331-0080 (verified September 25, 2026).
- New Paltz: 8 violent and 77 property crimes reported for 2025; 94 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ellenville: 44 arrests reported for 2022.
- Saugerties: 9 violent and 120 property crimes reported for 2025; 202 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: Ulster County in 2025
The 12 agencies in Ulster County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 177 violent and 1,116 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 11 agencies in Ulster County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,576 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Freedom of Information Law Requires
Under the Freedom of Information Law the agency must answer a request 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. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Ulster County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Ulster 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 Ulster 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 Ulster 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 Ulster 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.