Reviewed and updated October 4, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link on this page was opened and checked against the office's own website at review time.
New Philadelphia is a city in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, with about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the city and the county. The city keeps police reports, council records and its own licenses and permits; court cases, jail bookings, deeds and vital records are county or state records. This guide names the New Philadelphia offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 2 city office pages for New Philadelphia, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, Police records, City Hall, Records requests and Questions.
City or county record: where New Philadelphia records are kept
- Kept by the City of New Philadelphia: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Tuscarawas County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not city records; they are in the Tuscarawas County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
New Philadelphia police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the New Philadelphia police are requested from the department's records unit, usually in writing or through an online form. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted, and some states limit crash reports to the people involved and their insurers. The page below is the one SearchSystems verified for New Philadelphia police records.
- Website: newphiladelphiaoh.gov/m/directory/department?did=6 (page title: Staff Directory, Police Department)
- Phone: 330-343-4488
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the city police. They are in the Tuscarawas County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
New Philadelphia City Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the city's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The city's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: newphiladelphiaoh.gov (page title: New Philadelphia, OH)
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to New Philadelphia
Ohio public records law applies to the city government of New Philadelphia. A record that is not posted online is requested from the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
New Philadelphia Arrest Records
The New Philadelphia arrest records guide covers the agency that reports New Philadelphia's arrests to the FBI and the 309 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in New Philadelphia is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
New Philadelphia Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to New Philadelphia, each written from the city's own offices and figures: New Philadelphia warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), New Philadelphia inmate search (the jail page of the Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), New Philadelphia criminal records (the court file, the Ohio criminal history and the local arrest records), New Philadelphia court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), New Philadelphia police reports (which agency holds a report and what the Ohio Public Records Act requires), New Philadelphia traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), New Philadelphia DUI (the OVI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), New Philadelphia divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and New Philadelphia property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official New Philadelphia website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official New Philadelphia offices listed above, and the city's own website is newphiladelphiaoh.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in New Philadelphia?
Request it from the New Philadelphia police records unit at newphiladelphiaoh.gov, phone 330-343-4488. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for New Philadelphia?
New Philadelphia cases are heard by the courts that serve Tuscarawas County, and people arrested in New Philadelphia are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Tuscarawas County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from New Philadelphia?
From the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. Ohio public records law applies to city governments.