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.
Mercer County, Pennsylvania, has about 108,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Mercer County depends on where the incident happened: the Mercer 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.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Mercer 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 Mercer County that is the Mercer 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 Mercer County State Police in Mercer 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, two other agencies and two campus police departments in Mercer County, each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Mercer County Sheriff's Office
The Mercer County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 5 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 724 662 6135. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at mercercountypa.gov/sheriff (page title: Mercer County Sheriff's Office), phone 724 662 6135, 205 South Erie Street Mercer, PA 16137, MONDAY THRU THURSDAY 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Mercer County
The ten cities the FBI lists in Mercer County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Hermitage: 26 violent and 228 property crimes reported for 2025; 605 arrests reported for 2025.
- Sharon: 745 arrests reported for 2025. The Sharon police department's page is at cityofsharon.net/departments/Police/PoliceForms, phone 724-662-6110 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Grove City: 5 violent and 32 property crimes reported for 2025; 99 arrests reported for 2025.
- Greenville: 236 arrests reported for 2024.
- Farrell: 357 arrests reported for 2024.
- Sharpsville: 8 violent and 19 property crimes reported for 2025; 32 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mercer: 26 arrests reported for 2024.
- Stoneboro: 0 arrests reported for 2024.
- Sandy Lake: 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025; 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Jamestown: 0 violent and 1 property crimes reported for 2025; 4 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: Mercer County in 2025
The 11 agencies in Mercer County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 64 violent and 376 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 14 agencies in Mercer County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 2,206 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 mercercountypa.gov/OpenRecords/Default.htm (page title: Right to Know | Open Records Office).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 724 662 3800, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Mercer County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Mercer 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 Mercer 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 Mercer County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the Mercer County State Police in Mercer County.
How do I get a report from the Mercer County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 724 662 6135. Under the Right-to-Know Law the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 30-day extension.
Is this the official Mercer 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.