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 4, 2026.
Summit County, Ohio, has about 538,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Summit County depends on where the incident happened: the Summit 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 Ohio Public Records Act 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: Summit County public records, Summit County arrest records, Summit County warrants, Summit County inmate search, Summit County criminal records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Summit 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 Summit County that is the Summit 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 University of Akron (campus police) and the Akron Metro Regional Transit Authority (other agency), each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Summit County Sheriff's Office
The Summit County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 103 violent and 638 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 678 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at sheriff.summitoh.net/files/Current-Inmate-Roster.html (page title: Head Counts with Photos Report | ODY-365898), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Summit County
The 20 cities the FBI lists in Summit 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:
- Akron: 1,650 violent and 5,406 property crimes reported for 2025; 2,909 arrests reported for 2025. The Akron police records page is at online.akronohio.gov/APDOnline/Lookup (verified September 25, 2026).
- Cuyahoga Falls: 116 violent and 819 property crimes reported for 2025; 772 arrests reported for 2025. The Cuyahoga Falls police records page is at cityofcf.com/departments/police/record-requests, phone (330) 971-8303 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Stow: 42 violent and 507 property crimes reported for 2025; 695 arrests reported for 2025.
- Barberton: 62 violent and 498 property crimes reported for 2025; 914 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hudson: 11 violent and 109 property crimes reported for 2025; 79 arrests reported for 2025. The Hudson police records page is at hudson.oh.us/187/Police-Records-Reports, phone 330-342-1821 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Twinsburg: 18 violent and 110 property crimes reported for 2025; 183 arrests reported for 2025.
- Tallmadge: 20 violent and 168 property crimes reported for 2025; 287 arrests reported for 2025. The Tallmadge police records page is at tallmadgeoh.gov/m/directory/department?did=40, phone 330-633-3244 (verified September 25, 2026).
- New Franklin: 13 violent and 58 property crimes reported for 2025; 125 arrests reported for 2025. The New Franklin police department's page is at newfranklin.org/1192/Police, phone 330-882-3281 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Macedonia: 6 violent and 349 property crimes reported for 2025; 345 arrests reported for 2025. The Macedonia police department's page is at macedonia.oh.us/departments/police-department, phone 330-468-1234 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Norton: 13 violent and 175 property crimes reported for 2025; 156 arrests reported for 2025. The Norton police department's page is at cityofnorton.org/159/Police-Department, phone 330-825-7815 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Fairlawn: 7 violent and 345 property crimes reported for 2025; 341 arrests reported for 2025.
- Reminderville: 3 violent and 13 property crimes reported for 2025; 7 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: Munroe Falls, Mogadore, Richfield, Northfield, Lakemore, Silver Lake, Boston Heights and Peninsula.
How Many Reports: Summit County in 2025
The 19 agencies in Summit County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,103 violent and 10,105 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 22 agencies in Summit County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 10,322 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Ohio Public Records Act Requires
The Ohio Public Records Act sets the rules: an answer promptly, within a reasonable period of time, at a charge of the actual cost of copying, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at clerkweb.summitoh.net/public-records-requests (page title: Public Records Requests | Summit County Clerk of Courts).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Summit County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Summit County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Ohio Public Records Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable period of time.
How long does an agency in Summit County have to answer?
Under the Ohio Public Records Act, promptly, within a reasonable period of time. It may charge the actual cost of copying.
How do I get a report from the Summit County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Ohio Public Records Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable period of time.
Is this the official Summit 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.