Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. 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 30, 2026.
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, has about 650,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bucks County is held at the county jail, run by the Bucks County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Bucks County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bucks County is held at the county jail, run by the Bucks County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Bucks County Sheriff's Office at buckscounty.gov/1956/Bucks-County-Sheriffs-Office (page title: Bucks County Sheriff's Office | Bucks County, PA), phone 215-348-6124, 100 N. Main Street, Floor B2 Doylestown, PA 18901, Monday through Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 215-348-6124.
The Bucks County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 840 people, up from about 740 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 1,255 beds, and it ran at 67 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Bucks County has about 650,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 13 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Bucks County Jail
The Bucks County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Bristol, Bristol (township), Morrisville, Perkasie, Quakertown, Doylestown and 13 more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Bucks County.
The FBI's agency list also places one state police unit, six state agencies, two other agencies and one campus police department in Bucks County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Telford Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Bucks County, so its arrests are not broken out for Bucks County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Bensalem Township's 1,829 for 2025, Bristol (township)'s 1,251 for 2025 and Falls Township's 900 for 2025.
Together, the 30 agencies in Bucks County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 7,339 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Bucks County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections lists its inmates at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Bucks County?
Ask the Bucks County Sheriff's Office at 215-348-6124; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at buckscounty.gov.
How many people are in the Bucks County jail?
About 840 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1,255 beds.
What is the phone number for the Bucks County jail?
215-348-6124, the number on the page of the Bucks County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Bucks County go?
To a facility of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
Is this the official Bucks 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.