Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest 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 24, 2026.
Essex County, Vermont, has about 6,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Essex County Sheriff's Office. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at a facility of the Vermont Department of Corrections, and, if the State's Attorney files charges, a case in the Vermont Superior Court, Essex Unit. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Essex County public records, Vermont arrest records, Vermont inmate search and Vermont criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Essex County
The Essex County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Essex County. It reported 43 arrests for 2025. In Vermont the police for a given address is the town police, the county sheriff or the Vermont State Police, whichever took the call.
How Many Arrests The Essex County Sheriff's Office Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Essex County Sheriff's Office: 43 for 2025, 16 for 2024, 15 for 2023, 14 for 2021, 11 for 2020 and 2 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
Through August 2026, Essex County Sheriff's Office reported 30 arrests, against 28 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Essex County Are Held
In Vermont the jails belong to the state. Anyone held after an arrest in Essex County is booked into a facility of the Vermont Department of Corrections, and the inmate lookup is the state's.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Vermont Department of Corrections lists its inmates at vermont.gov/service/offender-locator.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Essex County
An arrest in Essex County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the Vermont Department of Corrections's inmate locator, for anyone held; the case index of the Vermont Superior Court, Essex Unit, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at vtcourts.gov/court-locations/essex-civil-division, phone 800-540-9990).
Statewide, Vermont Judiciary Public Portal is the courts' free statewide case search.
Vermont is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: Vermont criminal conviction records are public and can be ordered online on anyone by name, through the Vermont Crime Information Center. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Essex County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Vermont Public Records Act the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying, and staff time after the first 30 minutes.
- An arrest by the Essex County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Vermont Superior Court, Essex Unit, through the court records page at vtcourts.gov, phone 800-540-9990.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Essex County each year?
The Essex County Sheriff's Office reported 43 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Essex County?
Through the Vermont Department of Corrections's inmate locator at vermont.gov/service/offender-locator; the department holds everyone in custody in Vermont.
Where are people arrested in Essex County booked?
In a facility of the Vermont Department of Corrections, which runs every jail in Vermont.
Are arrest records public in Essex County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Vermont Crime Information Center: Vermont criminal conviction records are public and can be ordered online on anyone by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Vermont Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Essex County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Essex County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Vermont Public Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official Essex 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.