The Chester Police Department allows for certain types of non-emergency incidents to be reported by online. If it is an emergency, please call 911!
In order to file a report online, you must agree to the following terms and conditions:
• Filing a false report is a crime. Any report found to be false WILL result in CRIMINAL prosecution.
• Chester Police Department reserves the right to disregard any reports that fail to meet these terms, at its discretion, without giving notice of any kind.
• You must allow at least (10) business days for your official report can be requested.
• Until you receive your case number, your report has NOT been officially received.
Check the lists below to see if your report can be reported online.
List of Incidents:
• Larceny, Under $2000.00 (Can not be from a motor vehicle.)
• Shoplifting - No Suspect Present
• Obscene/Threatening phone calls
• Vandalism - Under $1000.00 in damages
• Burglary - Hotel/Motel room when the victim is calling from out-of-State.
• Breach of Trust - Under $1000.00
• Stolen license plates
• Larceny: Monetary Value less than $5,000 (including: theft from an auto where victim is calling from another city/state.
• Shoplifting - No suspect present
• Obscene/Threatening Telephone calls or internet messages
• Vandalism - under $2000 in damages
• Burglary - motel/hotel room where a victim is calling from another city/state
• Fraud or Breach of Trust where the loss is less than $5000.00
• Lost Property
• A follow-up report: where additional information needs to be added to the original report
• Trespassing where a suspect is not currently on scene
• Reports made for Insurance purposes only
• Reports civil in nature. Ex: Property Disputes & Evictions
• Domestic Reports where the complainant states specifically that the report is being made for documentation only.
• Crime tips, narcotics activity, or suspect locations
Your report must also meet these conditions:
• The crime MUST have taken place in the City of Chester
• No suspect can be present
• There must be no physical evidence to be collected
• The crime CANNOT involve violence or physical injury to any party
• The value of the property in question (if any), or damage (if any), CANNOT exceed $1,000
• The report CANNOT be about a missing person or a "missing" person that has been located
• The stolen property (if any) CANNOT be a vehicle nor can the stolen property have been taken FROM a vehicle