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 on September 23, 2026.
Berks County, Pennsylvania, has about 439,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Berks County depends on where the incident happened: the Berks 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 Right-to-Know Law 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: Berks County public records, Berks County arrest records, Berks County warrants, Berks County inmate search, Berks County property records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Berks County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Berks County that is the Berks 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 places the Berks County State Police in Berks County; a report taken on a state highway by it comes from that agency's own records office.
The FBI's agency list also places two other agencies, two campus police departments and three state agencies in Berks County, each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Berks County Sheriff's Office
The Berks County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 149 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at berkspa.gov/departments/jail-system/inmate-services (page title: Berks County | Inmate Services), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Berks County
The 13 cities the FBI lists in Berks County with a reporting agency of their own, the largest twelve first:
- Reading: 256 violent and 1,276 property crimes reported for 2025; 2,337 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wyomissing: 6 violent and 166 property crimes reported for 2025; 428 arrests reported for 2025.
- Shillington: 6 violent and 35 property crimes reported for 2025; 7 arrests reported for 2025.
- Birdsboro: 1 violent and 9 property crimes reported for 2025; 18 arrests reported for 2025.
- West Reading: 17 violent and 76 property crimes reported for 2025; 289 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hamburg: 7 violent and 37 property crimes reported for 2025; 156 arrests reported for 2025.
- Laureldale: 2 violent and 17 property crimes reported for 2025; 63 arrests reported for 2025.
- Sinking Spring: 3 violent and 24 property crimes reported for 2025; 52 arrests reported for 2025.
- Kutztown.
- Fleetwood: 4 violent and 52 property crimes reported for 2025; 143 arrests reported for 2025.
- Womelsdorf: 2 violent and 5 property crimes reported for 2025; 69 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mohnton: 0 violent and 15 property crimes reported for 2025; 21 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: Bally.
How Many Reports: Berks County in 2025
The 27 agencies in Berks County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 401 violent and 2,541 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 24 agencies in Berks County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,758 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Right-to-Know Law Requires
Under the Right-to-Know Law the agency must answer a request within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension, and it may charge copying at 25 cents a page. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at berkspa.gov/departments/commissioners/county-open-records-office-in... (page title: Berks County | County Open Records Office Information).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 610-478-6000, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Berks County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Berks County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Right-to-Know Law the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension.
How long does an agency in Berks County have to answer?
Under the Right-to-Know Law, within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension. It may charge copying at 25 cents a page.
Who has a crash report from a state highway in Berks County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the Berks County State Police in Berks County.
How do I get a report from the Berks County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Right-to-Know Law the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension.
Is this the official Berks 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.