Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 26, 2026.
Fairbanks, Alaska, in Fairbanks North Star Borough, has about 32,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at a facility of the Alaska Department of Corrections, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Alaska Superior Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Fairbanks public records, Fairbanks North Star Borough arrest records, Alaska arrest records and Alaska inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Fairbanks
The FBI lists Fairbanks with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Fairbanks Police Department. It reported 1,049 arrests for 2025. A city is listed 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 Arrests Fairbanks 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.
- Fairbanks: 1,049 for 2025, 963 for 2024, 1,054 for 2023, 1,134 for 2022, 1,058 for 2021 and 1,444 for 2020.
Fairbanks's 1,049 arrests in 2025 were up 8.9 percent from 963 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Fairbanks reported 590 arrests, against 632 in the same months of 2025.
Across Fairbanks North Star Borough, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,180 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Fairbanks Are Held
Alaska has no borough jails. A person held after an arrest in Fairbanks is in the custody of the Alaska Department of Corrections, which runs every jail and prison in the state, so one inmate lookup covers the whole state.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Fairbanks
For Fairbanks the place to look is CourtView, the Alaska Court System's free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed.
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. 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 Fairbanks
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Alaska Public Records Act the agency must answer within 10 working days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying and search time.
- An arrest by the Fairbanks police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at fairbanks.gov/clerks/request-for-public-records (page title: Request for Public Records | Fairbanks, Alaska), phone (907) 459-6702, 800 Cushman Street Fairbanks, AK 99701, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- Any borough record that is not posted: the borough records request page SearchSystems verified is at fnsb.gov/210/Public-Records-Request (page title: Public Records Request | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based or name-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The Fairbanks North Star Borough guide covers every agency in the borough: Fairbanks North Star Borough arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Fairbanks each year?
Fairbanks reported 1,049 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Fairbanks booked?
In a facility of the Alaska Department of Corrections, which runs every jail in Alaska.
Are arrest records public in Fairbanks?
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.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Fairbanks?
From the agency that made the arrest: in Alaska, the Alaska State Troopers or the city police. Under the Alaska Public Records Act the answer is due within 10 working days; the borough records request page SearchSystems verified is at fnsb.gov/210/Public-Records-Request.
Is this the official Fairbanks website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, borough, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.