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 between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, has about 61,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are made by the Alaska State Troopers or the city police, with four 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: Kenai Peninsula Borough public records, Alaska arrest records, Alaska inmate search and Alaska criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Kenai Peninsula Borough
Alaska has no county sheriff with a patrol role. Arrests in Kenai Peninsula 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 four cities in Kenai Peninsula Borough with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Kenai, 7,770 residents: 356 arrests reported for 2025.
- Homer, 6,136 residents: 229 arrests reported for 2025.
- Soldotna, 4,553 residents: 225 arrests reported for 2025.
- Seward, 2,882 residents: 104 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 Kenai Peninsula 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.
- Kenai: 356 for 2025, 370 for 2024, 432 for 2023, 476 for 2022, 403 for 2021 and 641 for 2020.
- Homer: 229 for 2025, 229 for 2024, 226 for 2023, 275 for 2022, 257 for 2021 and 176 for 2020.
- Soldotna: 225 for 2025, 227 for 2024, 205 for 2023, 197 for 2022, 258 for 2021 and 323 for 2020.
- Seward: 104 for 2025, 87 for 2024, 90 for 2023, 91 for 2022, 150 for 2021 and 161 for 2020.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 914 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 914 in 2025 against 913 in 2024, up 0.1 percent.
Through April 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 261 arrests, against 241 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Kenai Peninsula Borough Are Held
Alaska has no borough jails. A person held after an arrest in Kenai Peninsula 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 Kenai Peninsula Borough
Whether someone was arrested in Kenai Peninsula Borough, 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 Peninsula Borough
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Kenai, Homer, Soldotna or Seward: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- 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.
Cities in Kenai Peninsula Borough: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the six cities in Kenai Peninsula Borough: Kenai, Homer, Soldotna and Seward. Kachemak and Seldovia have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Kenai Peninsula Borough, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Kenai Peninsula Borough each year?
Kenai reported 356 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 914 between them.
Where are people arrested in Kenai Peninsula Borough booked?
In a facility of the Alaska Department of Corrections, which runs every jail in Alaska.
Are arrest records public in Kenai Peninsula 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 Kenai Peninsula 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 kpb.govqa.us.
Is this the official Kenai Peninsula 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.