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 September 30, 2026.
Hamilton County, Tennessee, 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 Hamilton County depends on where the incident happened: the Hamilton 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 Tennessee Public Records Act 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: Hamilton County public records, Hamilton County arrest records, Hamilton County warrants, Hamilton County inmate search, Hamilton County criminal records, Tennessee arrest records and Tennessee inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Hamilton 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 Hamilton County that is the Hamilton 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 agency list also places two other agencies and two campus police departments in Hamilton County, each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 247 violent and 563 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 4,677 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 423-209-7000. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at hcsheriff.gov/Corrections/Inmates-app (page title: Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Website), phone 423-209-7000, 600 Market St Chattanooga, TN 37402, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Hamilton County
The seven cities the FBI lists in Hamilton County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Chattanooga: 1,318 violent and 6,434 property crimes reported for 2025; 3,591 arrests reported for 2025. The Chattanooga police records page is at chattanooga.gov/request-and-report/request/police-report, phone (423) 698-2525 (verified September 25, 2026).
- East Ridge: 92 violent and 297 property crimes reported for 2025; 761 arrests reported for 2025. The East Ridge police department's page is at eastridgetn.gov/testsite/police.html, phone (423) 867-7711 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Soddy-Daisy: 23 violent and 175 property crimes reported for 2025; 496 arrests reported for 2025. The Soddy-Daisy police department's page is at soddy-daisy.org/departments/police.php, phone 423-332-7108 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Red Bank: 26 violent and 136 property crimes reported for 2025; 471 arrests reported for 2025. The Red Bank police records page is at redbanktn.gov/174/Police-Reports, phone 423-874-0088 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Collegedale: 6 violent and 97 property crimes reported for 2025; 504 arrests reported for 2025. The Collegedale police records page is at collegedaletn.gov/departments/police_department/records___info.php, phone (423) 396-3138 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Signal Mountain: 1 violent and 21 property crimes reported for 2025; 13 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lookout Mountain: 17 arrests reported for 2023.
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: Hamilton County in 2025
The seven agencies in Hamilton County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,713 violent and 7,723 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the seven agencies in Hamilton County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 10,513 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Tennessee Public Records Act Requires
Under the Tennessee Public Records Act the agency must answer a request within 7 business days, and it may charge copying, and labor after the first hour. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at elect.hamiltontn.gov/ORR.aspx (page title: Hamilton TN | Open Records Request Form).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Hamilton County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Tennessee Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 business days.
How long does an agency in Hamilton County have to answer?
Under the Tennessee Public Records Act, within 7 business days. It may charge copying, and labor after the first hour.
How do I get a report from the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 423-209-7000. Under the Tennessee Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 business days.
Is this the official Hamilton 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.