Reviewed and updated October 7, 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 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Anchorage Municipality, Alaska, has about 290,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Alaska the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the clerk of court at each courthouse; the statewide criminal history kept by the Alaska Department of Public Safety is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Anchorage Municipality is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
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Criminal Cases in the Alaska Superior Court
In Alaska the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Anchorage Municipality are heard by the Alaska Superior Court, which hears felonies, large civil cases, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the District Court takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims, and the file of each case is kept by the clerk of court at each courthouse.
For Anchorage Municipality, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the municipality at courts.alaska.gov/main/search-cases.htm (page title: Search Cases | Alaska Court System), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, CourtView is the Alaska Court System's free statewide case search.
The Alaska Criminal History and Your Own Copy
Alaska is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: name-based conviction records are open to anyone who asks, through the Alaska Department of Public Safety. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one municipality's court index but can lag it.
To see your own record, the route is a fingerprint-based or name-based request to the Department of Public Safety. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at dps.alaska.gov/statewide/background-checks.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Anchorage Municipality
The agency that reports for Anchorage and elsewhere the Alaska State Troopers or the city police keep the arrest records in Anchorage Municipality: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
Anchorage reported 9,424 arrests to the FBI for 2025; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Anchorage Municipality in 2025
The one agency in Anchorage Municipality with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,951 violent and 9,583 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 12,534 crimes in 2025 against 10,941 in 2024. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Anchorage Municipality public records guide.
The Sex Offender Registry for Anchorage Municipality
Registered sex offenders living in Anchorage Municipality are listed on the Alaska Sex Offender / Child Kidnapper Registry, run by the Alaska Department of Public Safety at sor.dps.alaska.gov. The registry is public and searchable by name, city and ZIP code.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the city police inside a city with its own department and the Alaska State Troopers elsewhere.
Asking an Agency in Anchorage Municipality for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Alaska Public Records Act a municipality office must answer a request within 10 working days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying and search time. The municipality records request page SearchSystems verified is at muni.org/Departments/it/Pages/Records-Management.aspx (page title: Office of Information Technology (OIT) Public Records Requests).
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Anchorage Municipality
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Anchorage Municipality and Alaska. These criminal records pages from its Anchorage Municipality listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- DUI Arrests (anchoragepolice.com)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Anchorage Municipality?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Alaska Department of Public Safety: name-based conviction records are open to anyone who asks. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Alaska Public Records Act.
Can I search Anchorage Municipality criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the municipality is at courts.alaska.gov/main/search-cases.htm (page title: Search Cases | Alaska Court System). Statewide, CourtView is the Alaska Court System's free statewide case search.
How do I get my own Alaska criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based or name-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Is this the official Anchorage Municipality website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official municipality, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.