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.
Butler County, Pennsylvania, has about 199,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Butler County depends on where the incident happened: the Butler 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: Butler County public records, Butler County arrest records, Butler County warrants, Butler County inmate search, Butler County property records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Butler 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 Butler County that is the Butler 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 Butler County State Police in Butler 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 campus police departments, four state agencies and two other agencies in Butler County, each with a records office of its own.
The Northern Regional Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Butler County, so its arrests are not broken out for Butler County here.
Reports from the Butler County Sheriff's Office
The Butler County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it reported 2 arrests for 2024.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at butlersheriff.org/jail-facilities (page title: Jail Facilities | Butler County Sheriff’s Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Butler County
The ten cities the FBI lists in Butler County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Butler (township): 17 violent and 195 property crimes reported for 2025; 392 arrests reported for 2025.
- Butler: 82 violent and 231 property crimes reported for 2025; 569 arrests reported for 2025.
- Zelienople: 2 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025; 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Slippery Rock: 2 violent and 26 property crimes reported for 2025; 96 arrests reported for 2024.
- Evans City.
- Mars: 0 violent and 8 property crimes reported for 2025; 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Saxonburg: 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025; 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Prospect: 1 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025; 2 arrests reported for 2025.
- Harrisville: 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025; 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Callery: 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025; 0 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.
How Many Reports: Butler County in 2025
The 16 agencies in Butler County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 129 violent and 816 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 15 agencies in Butler County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,645 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Right-to-Know Law Requires
The Right-to-Know Law sets the rules: an answer within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension, at a charge of copying at 25 cents a page, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at butlercountypa.gov/492/Open-Records (page title: Open Records | Butler County, PA).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 724-284-5222, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Butler County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Butler 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 Butler 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 Butler County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the Butler County State Police in Butler County.
How do I get a report from the Butler 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 Butler 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.