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 26, 2026.
Shamokin, Pennsylvania, in Northumberland County, has about 6,800 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 Northumberland 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: Shamokin public records, Northumberland County arrest records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Shamokin
The FBI lists Shamokin with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Shamokin Police Department. It reported 604 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 Northumberland County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 0 arrests for 2024.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Northumberland County: the Northumberland County State Police (state police); the Office of Attorney General Region 2 in Northumberland County, the Bureau of Forestry in Northumberland County and the State Park Rangers at Shikellamy (state agency); the Shamokin Area School District and Reading Northern Railroad in Northumberland County (other).
How Many Arrests Shamokin Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Shamokin: 604 for 2025, 617 for 2024, 582 for 2023, 395 for 2022 and 750 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
Shamokin's 604 arrests in 2025 were down 2.1 percent from 617 in 2024.
Across Northumberland County, the eight agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,378 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Shamokin Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Shamokin 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 150 people, down from about 260 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 284 beds, and it ran at 53 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 Northumberland County Sheriff's Office at northumberlandcountypa.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | County of Northumberland), phone 570.988.4155, Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Shamokin
Whether someone was arrested in Shamokin, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Northumberland County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at northumberlandcountypa.gov/court-locations, phone 570.988.4134); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at northumberlandcountypa.gov/district-attorney, phone 570.988.4134).
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 Shamokin
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Shamokin police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at shamokincity.org/police.htm (page title: City of Shamokin Police Department), phone (570) 644-0876, 1949 City Hall 47 East Lincoln Street Shamokin PA 17872, Monday - Friday 8:00AM - 4:00PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Northumberland County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 570.988.4155.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 570.988.4134, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Northumberland County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at northumberlandcountypa.gov/court-locations, phone 570.988.4134.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Northumberland County guide covers every agency in the county: Northumberland County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Shamokin each year?
Shamokin reported 604 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Shamokin?
Ask the Northumberland County Sheriff's Office at 570.988.4155; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at northumberlandcountypa.gov/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Shamokin booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Northumberland County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Shamokin?
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 Shamokin?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Shamokin police for its own arrests, the Northumberland 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.
Is this the official Shamokin 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.