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 between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Kenai, Alaska, in Kenai Peninsula Borough, has about 7,800 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: Kenai public records, Kenai Peninsula Borough arrest records, Alaska arrest records and Alaska inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Kenai
The FBI lists Kenai with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Kenai Police Department. It reported 356 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 Kenai 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.
- Kenai: 356 for 2025, 370 for 2024, 432 for 2023, 476 for 2022, 403 for 2021 and 641 for 2020.
Kenai's 356 arrests in 2025 were down 3.8 percent from 370 in 2024.
Through June 2026, Kenai reported 156 arrests, against 166 in the same months of 2025.
Across Kenai Peninsula Borough, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 914 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Kenai Are Held
Alaska has no borough jails. A person held after an arrest in Kenai 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 Kenai
Whether someone was arrested in Kenai, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Alaska Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.alaska.gov/courtdir/3kn.htm, phone (907) 283-3110); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at law.alaska.gov/department/criminal/DA-Kenai.html, phone (907) 283-3131).
Statewide, CourtView is the Alaska Court System's free statewide case search.
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 Kenai
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Kenai police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at kenai.city/police/page/report-request-form (page title: Report Request Form | Kenai, Alaska), phone 907-283-7879, 107 S. Willow Street Kenai, AK 99611, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (907) 283-3131, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Alaska Superior Court, through the court records page at courts.alaska.gov/courtdir/3kn.htm, phone (907) 283-3110.
- Any borough record that is not posted: the borough records request page SearchSystems verified is at kpb.govqa.us (page title: Kenai Peninsula Borough | Public Records Request Center).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based or name-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The Kenai Peninsula Borough guide covers every agency in the borough: Kenai Peninsula Borough arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Kenai each year?
Kenai reported 356 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Kenai booked?
In a facility of the Alaska Department of Corrections, which runs every jail in Alaska.
Are arrest records public in Kenai?
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 Kenai?
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 kpb.govqa.us.
Is this the official Kenai 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.