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.
Kauai County, Hawaii, has about 74,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Kauai Police Department and one state agency. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at a facility of the Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Circuit Court for Kauai County. 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 and common questions.
Related guides: Kauai County public records, Hawaii arrest records, Hawaii inmate search and Hawaii criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Kauai County
The Kauai Police Department is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Kauai County. It reported 2,715 arrests for 2025. In Hawaii the police for a given address is the county police department, which covers the whole county.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Kauai County: the Department of Law Enforcement at Kauai (state agency).
How Many Arrests The Kauai Police Department Reports
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.
- Kauai Police Department: 2,715 for 2025, 2,863 for 2024, 2,598 for 2023, 3,048 for 2022, 3,246 for 2021 and 3,492 for 2020.
The Kauai Police Department's 2,715 arrests in 2025 were down 5.2 percent from 2,863 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Kauai Police Department reported 1,431 arrests, against 1,669 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Kauai County Are Held
Hawaii has no county jails. A person held after an arrest in Kauai County is in the custody of the Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which runs every jail and prison in the state, so one inmate lookup covers the whole state.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation lists its inmates at dcr.hawaii.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Kauai County
An arrest in Kauai County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's inmate locator, for anyone held; the case index of the Circuit Court for Kauai County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.state.hi.us/legal_references/records/search_court_records).
Statewide, eCourt Kokua is the Hawaii State Judiciary's free statewide case search.
Hawaii is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the eCrim system lets anyone search adult conviction records online by name, through the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center. 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 Kauai County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Uniform Information Practices Act the agency must answer within 10 business days, and it may charge for search, review and copying, with the first $30 of search and review free.
- An arrest by the Kauai Police Department: ask its records unit.
- An arrest by the Department of Law Enforcement at Kauai: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Circuit Court for Kauai County, through the court records page at courts.state.hi.us.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Kauai County each year?
The Kauai Police Department reported 2,715 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Kauai County?
Through the Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's inmate locator at dcr.hawaii.gov; the department holds everyone in custody in Hawaii.
Where are people arrested in Kauai County booked?
In a facility of the Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which runs every jail in Hawaii.
Are arrest records public in Kauai County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center: the eCrim system lets anyone search adult conviction records online by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Uniform Information Practices Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Kauai County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Kauai Police Department for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Uniform Information Practices Act the answer is due within 10 business days.
Is this the official Kauai County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.