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.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, has about 331,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Luzerne County depends on where the incident happened: the Sheriff's Department | Luzerne County, PA 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.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Luzerne 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 Luzerne County that is the Sheriff's Department | Luzerne County, PA 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 Luzerne County State Police in Luzerne 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 four campus police departments, six other agencies and four state agencies in Luzerne County, each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Sheriff's Department | Luzerne County, PA
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 570-825-1651. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at luzernecounty.org/529/Sheriff (page title: Sheriff's Department | Luzerne County, PA), phone 570-825-1651, 200 N River Street Courthouse, Basement Level Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711, Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Luzerne County
The 28 cities the FBI lists in Luzerne County with a reporting agency of their own, the largest twelve first, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Wilkes-Barre: 185 violent and 686 property crimes reported for 2025; 2,801 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wilkes-Barre (township): 16 violent and 386 property crimes reported for 2025; 540 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hazleton: 50 violent and 152 property crimes reported for 2025; 352 arrests reported for 2025. The Hazleton police department's page is at hazletoncity.org/departments/police-department, phone 570-459-4940 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Kingston: 13 violent and 207 property crimes reported for 2025; 443 arrests reported for 2025. The Kingston police department's page is at kingstonpa.org/services/police/police-department-directory, phone 570-288-3674 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Kingston (township): 222 arrests reported for 2024. The Kingston police department's page is at kingstonpa.org/services/police/police-department-directory, phone 570-288-3674 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Nanticoke: 13 violent and 126 property crimes reported for 2025; 170 arrests reported for 2025. The Nanticoke police department's page is at nanticokecity.com/police-department, phone 570-819-4916 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Pittston: 96 arrests reported for 2024.
- Pittston (township): 111 arrests reported for 2024.
- Plymouth: 57 violent and 128 property crimes reported for 2025; 462 arrests reported for 2024. The Plymouth police department's page is at plymouthboroughpa.gov/departments/police-department, phone (570) 779-2147 (verified September 26, 2026).
- West Hazleton: 6 violent and 39 property crimes reported for 2025; 142 arrests reported for 2023.
- Duryea: 7 violent and 19 property crimes reported for 2025; 64 arrests reported for 2024.
- Swoyersville: 2 violent and 24 property crimes reported for 2025; 18 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: Forty Fort, Freeland, Wyoming, Harveys Lake, Luzerne, Dallas, Dallas (township), Ashley, Dupont, Avoca, Conyngham, Nescopeck, Hughestown, White Haven, Sugar Notch and Courtdale.
How Many Reports: Luzerne County in 2025
The 33 agencies in Luzerne County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 449 violent and 2,381 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 28 agencies in Luzerne County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,627 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 luzernecounty.org/356/Right-to-Know-Law-Requests (page title: Right-to-Know Law & Requests | Luzerne County, PA).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 570-825-1674, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Luzerne County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Sheriff's Department | Luzerne County, PA 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 Luzerne 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 Luzerne County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the Luzerne County State Police in Luzerne County.
How do I get a report from the Sheriff's Department | Luzerne County, PA?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 570-825-1651. Under the Right-to-Know Law the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension.
Is this the official Luzerne 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.