Reviewed and updated October 9, 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 September 30, 2026.
Ketchikan, Alaska, in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, has about 8,000 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 Ketchikan is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Ketchikan public records, Ketchikan Gateway Borough criminal records, Ketchikan arrest records, Ketchikan warrants, Ketchikan court records, Ketchikan DUI, Alaska arrest records and Alaska inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Alaska Superior Court
A criminal case from Ketchikan is filed in the Alaska Superior Court or the District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims, and the court file, kept by the clerk of court at each courthouse, is the record of it that the public may see.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the borough is at courts.alaska.gov/courtdir/1ke.htm (page title: Ketchikan Court Directory | Alaska Court System), phone 907-225-3195, 415 Main Street, Rm 400 MAILING ADDRESS 415 Main Street, Rm 400 Ketchikan AK 99901, Monday, Wednesday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, 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 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 Ketchikan
The agency that reports for Ketchikan (filed by the FBI as Ketchikan Police Department) and, elsewhere, the Alaska State Troopers keep the arrest records in and around Ketchikan: 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.
Ketchikan reported 120 arrests to the FBI for 2025; 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 Ketchikan arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Ketchikan in 2025
The agency that reports for Ketchikan had 28 violent and 92 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 District Attorney for Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Charges in Ketchikan Gateway Borough are filed by the District Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the borough and brings the cases in the Alaska Superior Court or the District Court.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2023/012723-Kramarczuk.html (page title: Press Release | Alex Kramarczuk Appointed Ketchikan District Attorney), phone (907) 269-6269, 1031 West 4th Avenue, Suite 200 Anchorage, AK 99501-1994, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Ketchikan
Registered sex offenders living in Ketchikan 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 Ketchikan Gateway 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal 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.
Can I search Ketchikan criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the borough is at courts.alaska.gov/courtdir/1ke.htm (page title: Ketchikan Court Directory | 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.
Who prosecutes crimes in Ketchikan?
The District Attorney, reached at (907) 269-6269, which files its cases in the Alaska Superior Court or the District Court.
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.