Reviewed and updated October 11, 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 11, 2026.
Fairbanks, Alaska, in Fairbanks North Star Borough, has about 32,000 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 Fairbanks 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 and common questions.
Related guides: Fairbanks public records, Fairbanks North Star Borough criminal records, Fairbanks arrest records, Fairbanks warrants, Fairbanks court records, Fairbanks DUI, Alaska arrest records and Alaska inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Alaska Superior Court
In Alaska the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Fairbanks 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the borough at fnsb.gov/170/Borough-Clerks-Office (page title: Borough Clerk's Office | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK), phone (907) 459-1401, 907 Terminal Street Fairbanks, AK 99701, Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 11, 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 borough'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 Fairbanks
The agency that reports for Fairbanks (filed by the FBI as Fairbanks Police Department) and, elsewhere, the Alaska State Troopers keep the arrest records in and around Fairbanks: 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.
Together, the two agencies in Fairbanks North Star Borough with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,180 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Fairbanks arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Fairbanks in 2025
The agency that reports for Fairbanks had 266 violent and 955 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The Sex Offender Registry for Fairbanks
Registered sex offenders living in Fairbanks 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough 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 borough office must answer a request within 10 working days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying and search time. 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).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal 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.
Can I search Fairbanks criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the borough is at fnsb.gov/170/Borough-Clerks-Office (page title: Borough Clerk's Office | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK). 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 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.