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.
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, has about 386,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Lehigh County depends on where the incident happened: the Lehigh 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: Lehigh County public records, Lehigh County arrest records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Lehigh 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 Lehigh County that is the Lehigh 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 Lehigh County State Police in Lehigh 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, three campus police departments and two state agencies in Lehigh County, each with a records office of its own.
The Bethlehem Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Lehigh County, so its arrests are not broken out for Lehigh County here.
Reports from the Lehigh County Sheriff's Office
The Lehigh County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 0 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit.
Reports from the City Agencies in Lehigh County
The nine cities the FBI lists in Lehigh County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Allentown: 337 violent and 1,826 property crimes reported for 2025; 3,122 arrests reported for 2025. The Allentown police records page is at allentownpa.gov/en-us/Government/Departments/Police/Administration/..., phone 610-437-7753 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Emmaus: 14 violent and 90 property crimes reported for 2025; 194 arrests reported for 2025.
- Catasauqua: 108 arrests reported for 2024.
- Fountain Hill: 5 violent and 40 property crimes reported for 2025; 95 arrests reported for 2025.
- Slatington: 1 violent and 28 property crimes reported for 2025; 112 arrests reported for 2025.
- Coplay: 7 violent and 14 property crimes reported for 2025; 29 arrests reported for 2025.
- Macungie: 52 arrests reported for 2024.
- Alburtis: 0 violent and 6 property crimes reported for 2025; 5 arrests reported for 2025.
- Coopersburg: 1 violent and 20 property crimes reported for 2025; 10 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: Lehigh County in 2025
The 12 agencies in Lehigh County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 463 violent and 3,003 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 12 agencies in Lehigh County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,239 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Lehigh County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Lehigh 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 Lehigh 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 Lehigh County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the Lehigh County State Police in Lehigh County.
How do I get a report from the Lehigh 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 Lehigh 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.