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 between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Carbon County, Pennsylvania, has about 66,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Carbon County depends on where the incident happened: the Carbon 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: Carbon County public records, Carbon County arrest records, Carbon County warrants, Carbon County inmate search, Carbon County criminal records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Carbon County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Carbon County that is the Carbon 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 Carbon County State Police in Carbon 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 three state agencies and one other agency in Carbon County, each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Carbon County Sheriff's Office
The Carbon County Sheriff's Office is the county agency.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at carboncountysheriff.com (page title: Carbon County Sheriff's), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Reports from the City Agencies in Carbon County
The nine cities the FBI lists in Carbon County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Palmerton: 0 violent and 29 property crimes reported for 2025; 90 arrests reported for 2024.
- Lehighton: 3 violent and 59 property crimes reported for 2025; 193 arrests reported for 2025.
- Jim Thorpe: 5 violent and 32 property crimes reported for 2025; 41 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lansford: 25 violent and 17 property crimes reported for 2025; 167 arrests reported for 2025.
- Nesquehoning: 3 violent and 18 property crimes reported for 2025; 31 arrests reported for 2025.
- Summit Hill: 3 violent and 1 property crimes reported for 2025; 14 arrests reported for 2025.
- Weatherly: 12 violent and 130 property crimes reported for 2025; 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Beaver Meadows: 0 arrests reported for 2024.
- Weissport: 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: Carbon County in 2025
The 11 agencies in Carbon County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 67 violent and 407 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the nine agencies in Carbon County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 505 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.
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 570-325-2718, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Carbon County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Carbon 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 Carbon 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 Carbon County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the Carbon County State Police in Carbon County.
How do I get a report from the Carbon 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 Carbon 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.