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.
Ketchikan, Alaska, in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, has about 8,000 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: Ketchikan public records, Ketchikan Gateway Borough arrest records, Alaska arrest records and Alaska inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Ketchikan
The FBI lists Ketchikan with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Ketchikan Police Department. It reported 120 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 Ketchikan 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.
- Ketchikan: 120 for 2025, 113 for 2024, 207 for 2023, 229 for 2022, 196 for 2021 and 410 for 2020.
Ketchikan's 120 arrests in 2025 were up 6.2 percent from 113 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Ketchikan reported 70 arrests, against 77 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Ketchikan Are Held
Alaska has no borough jails. A person held after an arrest in Ketchikan 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 Ketchikan
Whether someone was arrested in Ketchikan, 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/1ke.htm, phone 907-225-3195); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2023/012723-Kramarczuk.html, phone (907) 269-6269).
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 Ketchikan
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 Ketchikan police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at ketchikan.gov/PublicRecords (page title: Official Website of the City of Ketchikan, Alaska | Public Records), phone (907) 225-3111, 334 Front Street Ketchikan, AK 99901, 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) 269-6269, 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/1ke.htm, phone 907-225-3195.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based or name-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough guide covers every agency in the borough: Ketchikan Gateway Borough arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Ketchikan each year?
Ketchikan reported 120 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Ketchikan booked?
In a facility of the Alaska Department of Corrections, which runs every jail in Alaska.
Are arrest records public in Ketchikan?
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 Ketchikan?
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.
Is this the official Ketchikan 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.