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 2025. 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 September 28, 2026.
Forest Hills, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County, has about 6,200 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 Allegheny 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: Forest Hills public records, Allegheny County arrest records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Forest Hills
The FBI lists Forest Hills with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Forest Hills Police Department. It reported 113 arrests for 2025. 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.
Outside the city, the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 316 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Allegheny County: the Allegheny County Housing Authority, the Allegheny County Port Authority, the Gateway School District, the Brentwood Borough School District and four more (other); the University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania State University at McKeesport, Carnegie Mellon University, Chatham University and six more (campus police); the State Park Rangers at Point, the Bureau of Forestry in Allegheny County and the Office of Attorney General Region 3 in Allegheny County (state agency); the Allegheny County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Forest Hills 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.
- Forest Hills: 113 for 2025, 128 for 2024, 136 for 2023, 101 for 2022 and 128 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
Forest Hills's 113 arrests in 2025 were down 12 percent from 128 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Forest Hills reported 65 arrests, against 68 in the same months of 2025.
Across Allegheny County, the 76 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 19,019 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Forest Hills Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Forest Hills 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 2024 the jail held about 1,800 people, down from about 3,260 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 3,183 beds, and it ran at 55 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 Allegheny County Sheriff's Office at sheriffalleghenycounty.com (page title: Home, Allegheny County Sheriff's Office), phone 412-350-4714, Monday through Friday, 8:00AM to 3:00PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Forest Hills
An arrest in Forest Hills can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at alleghenycounty.us/Government/Court-Related/Public-Defender/Find-Yo...); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at alleghenycounty.us/Government/Records/Open-Records/District-Attorney, phone 412-350-4401).
Statewide, UJS Web Portal is the Pennsylvania courts' free statewide docket search.
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 Forest Hills
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 Forest Hills police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at foresthillspa.gov/government/public_safety/police/index.php (page title: Welcome to The Borough of Forest Hills), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 412-350-4714.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 412-350-4401, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at alleghenycounty.us.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at alleghenycounty.us (page title: Open Records | Allegheny County, PA).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Allegheny County guide covers every agency in the county: Allegheny County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Forest Hills each year?
Forest Hills reported 113 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Forest Hills?
Ask the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office at 412-350-4714; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheriffalleghenycounty.com.
Where are people arrested in Forest Hills booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Forest Hills?
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 Forest Hills?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Forest Hills police for its own arrests, the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office 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 alleghenycounty.us.
Is this the official Forest Hills 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.