Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest 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 on September 24, 2026.
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, has about 95,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are made by the Alaska State Troopers or the city police, with two city agencies reporting to the FBI. An arrest 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 each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Fairbanks North Star Borough public records, Alaska arrest records, Alaska inmate search and Alaska criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Fairbanks North Star Borough
Alaska has no county sheriff with a patrol role. Arrests in Fairbanks North Star Borough are made by the Alaska State Troopers or the city police, and in Alaska the police for a given address is the city police inside a city with its own department and the Alaska State Troopers elsewhere.
The FBI lists two cities in Fairbanks North Star Borough with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Fairbanks, 31,732 residents: 1,049 arrests reported for 2025.
- North Pole, 2,505 residents: 131 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported 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 Each Agency Reports in Fairbanks North Star Borough
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- North Pole: 131 for 2025, 89 for 2024, 100 for 2023, 77 for 2022, 69 for 2021 and 64 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,180 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,180 in 2025 against 1,052 in 2024, up 12 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 652 arrests, against 708 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Fairbanks North Star Borough Are Held
Alaska has no borough jails. A person held after an arrest in Fairbanks North Star Borough 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 North Star Borough
For Fairbanks North Star Borough 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 North Star Borough
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 in Fairbanks or North Pole: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- 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.
Cities in Fairbanks North Star Borough: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Fairbanks North Star Borough: Fairbanks and North Pole.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Fairbanks North Star Borough, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Fairbanks (31,732)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Fairbanks North Star Borough each year?
Fairbanks reported 1,049 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,180 between them.
Where are people arrested in Fairbanks North Star Borough booked?
In a facility of the Alaska Department of Corrections, which runs every jail in Alaska.
Are arrest records public in Fairbanks North Star Borough?
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 North Star Borough?
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 North Star Borough website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official borough, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.