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. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Crescent City, California, in Del Norte County, has about 6,200 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 the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Superior Court of California, County of Del Norte. 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: Crescent City public records, Del Norte County arrest records, California arrest records and California inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Crescent City
The FBI lists Crescent City with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Crescent City Police Department. It reported 475 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.
Outside the city, the Del Norte County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 379 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Del Norte County: the Highway Patrol's Crescent City Area Office (state police).
How Many Arrests Crescent City 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.
- Crescent City: 475 for 2025, 627 for 2024, 617 for 2023, 784 for 2022, 677 for 2020 and 1,114 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Crescent City's 475 arrests in 2025 were down 24 percent from 627 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Crescent City reported 325 arrests, against 241 in the same months of 2025.
Across Del Norte County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 854 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Crescent City Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Crescent City is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 34 people, down from about 110 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2018, the last year with a capacity figure, was 107 beds, and it ran at 89 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Del Norte County Sheriff's Office at co.del-norte.ca.us/departments/sheriff (page title: County of Del Norte, California | Sheriff's Office), phone (707) 464-4191, 650 Fifth Street | Crescent City, CA 95531, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation lists its inmates at cdcr.ca.gov/search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Crescent City
Whether someone was arrested in Crescent City, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Superior Court of California, County of Del Norte, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at delnorte.courts.ca.gov/general-information/court-records, phone 707-464-8115); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.del-norte.ca.us/departments/DA, phone (707) 464-7210).
California does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the California Department of Justice goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Crescent City
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the California Public Records Act the agency must answer within 10 days, with up to 14 more days in unusual circumstances, and it may charge the direct cost of copying only, not staff time.
- An arrest by the Crescent City police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at crescentcity.org/departments/Police/police-faq (page title: Official Website for the City of Crescent City California | Police FAQ), phone (707) 464-2133, 911 Location 686 G St. Crescent City, CA 95531, Monday - Thursday (Closed from 12-1) 7:30 am - 5:30 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Del Norte County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (707) 464-4191.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (707) 464-7210, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Superior Court of California, County of Del Norte, through the court records page at delnorte.courts.ca.gov, phone 707-464-8115.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.del-norte.ca.us (page title: County of Del Norte, California | Public Records Request).
- Your own statewide record: a Record Review through Live Scan fingerprinting, form BCIA 8016RR, $25.
The Del Norte County guide covers every agency in the county: Del Norte County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Crescent City each year?
Crescent City reported 475 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Crescent City?
Ask the Del Norte County Sheriff's Office at (707) 464-4191; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.del-norte.ca.us/departments/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Crescent City booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Del Norte County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Crescent City?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Del Norte are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the California Department of Justice is not public; you can get your own for $25. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the California Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Crescent City?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Crescent City police for its own arrests, the Del Norte County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the California Public Records Act the answer is due within 10 days, with up to 14 more days in unusual circumstances; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.del-norte.ca.us.
Is this the official Crescent City website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.