Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2024. 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 between September 23, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania, in Delaware County, has about 6,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city 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 Delaware County Court of Common Pleas. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Clifton Heights public records, Delaware County arrest records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Clifton Heights
The FBI lists Clifton Heights with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Clifton Heights Police Department. It reported 107 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Delaware County: the Office of Attorney General Region 1 in Delaware County, the State Park Rangers at Ridley Creek and the Bureau of Forestry in Delaware County (state agency); Delaware County Park, Delaware County District Attorney Criminal Investigation Division and the Chester Housing Authority (other); Cheyney University, Pennsylvania State University at Brandywine and Villanova University (campus police); the Delaware County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Clifton Heights Reports
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.
- Clifton Heights: 107 for 2024, 186 for 2020 and 200 for 2019; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
Across Delaware County, the 27 agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 4,475 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Clifton Heights Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Clifton Heights 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.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 1,250 people, down from about 1,830 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 1,883 beds, and it ran at 66 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 Sheriff's Office | Delaware County, Pennsylvania at delcopa.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff's Office | Delaware County, Pennsylvania), phone 610-891-4296, 201 W. Front St. Media, PA 19063, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections lists its inmates at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Clifton Heights
An arrest in Clifton Heights can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: UJS Web Portal, the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search, which shows whether charges were filed; the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at delcopa.gov/district-attorney).
Pennsylvania is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: PATCH lets anyone request a criminal record check by name online, for $22 a search, through the Pennsylvania State Police. 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 Clifton Heights
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Right-to-Know Law the agency must answer within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension, and it may charge copying at 25 cents a page.
- An arrest by the Clifton Heights police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at cliftonheightspolice.com/right-to-know-requests (page title: Right-to-Know Requests | Clifton Heights Police Department), phone 610-623-1000, 333 Market Street, 16th Floor Harrisburg, PA 17101-2234, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Sheriff's Office | Delaware County, Pennsylvania: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 610-891-4296.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at delcopa.gov/open-records (page title: Government Open Records | Delaware County, Pennsylvania).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Delaware County guide covers every agency in the county: Delaware County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Clifton Heights each year?
Clifton Heights reported 107 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Clifton Heights?
Ask the Sheriff's Office | Delaware County, Pennsylvania at 610-891-4296; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at delcopa.gov/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Clifton Heights booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Sheriff's Office | Delaware County, Pennsylvania; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Clifton Heights?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Pennsylvania State Police: PATCH lets anyone request a criminal record check by name online, for $22. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Right-to-Know Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Clifton Heights?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Clifton Heights police for its own arrests, the Sheriff's Office | Delaware County, Pennsylvania for the sheriff's. Under the Right-to-Know Law the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at delcopa.gov/open-records.
Is this the official Clifton Heights website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.