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.
Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, has about 7,100 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 Northwest Arctic Borough 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: Northwest Arctic Borough public records, Northwest Arctic Borough arrest records, Northwest Arctic Borough warrants, Northwest Arctic Borough court records, Northwest Arctic Borough police reports, Alaska arrest records and Alaska inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Alaska Superior Court
In Alaska the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Northwest Arctic Borough are heard by the Alaska Superior Court, which hears felonies, large civil cases, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the District Court takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims, and the file of each case is kept by the clerk of court at each courthouse.
For Northwest Arctic Borough, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the borough at courts.alaska.gov/main/search-cases.htm (page title: Search Cases | Alaska Court System), 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 Northwest Arctic Borough
The agency that reports for Kotzebue and, elsewhere, the Alaska State Troopers keep the arrest records in Northwest Arctic Borough: 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.
Kotzebue reported 137 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 Northwest Arctic Borough arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Northwest Arctic Borough in 2025
The one agency in Northwest Arctic Borough with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 22 violent and 8 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 30 crimes in 2025 against 53 in 2024. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Northwest Arctic Borough public records guide.
The District Attorney for Northwest Arctic Borough
The District Attorney decides which arrests in Northwest Arctic Borough become charges and files them in the Alaska Superior Court or the District Court; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at law.alaska.gov/department/criminal/DA-Utqiagvik.html (page title: Utqiaġvik District Attorney's Office | Alaska Department of Law), phone (907) 852-8130, 1250 Agvik St., Ste. 249 Utqiagvik, AK 99723, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Northwest Arctic Borough
Registered sex offenders living in Northwest Arctic Borough 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 Northwest Arctic 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 Northwest Arctic 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.
Can I search Northwest Arctic Borough criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the borough is at courts.alaska.gov/main/search-cases.htm (page title: Search Cases | 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 Northwest Arctic Borough?
The District Attorney, reached at (907) 852-8130, which files its cases in the Alaska Superior Court or the District Court.
Is this the official Northwest Arctic 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.