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 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Lewiston, Maine, in Androscoggin County, has about 39,000 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 Androscoggin County Superior Court. 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: Lewiston public records, Androscoggin County arrest records, Maine arrest records and Maine inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Lewiston
The FBI lists Lewiston with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Lewiston Police Department. It reported 1,915 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 Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 419 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Lewiston 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.
- Lewiston: 1,915 for 2025, 2,209 for 2024, 2,302 for 2023, 1,483 for 2022, 1,335 for 2021 and 1,377 for 2020.
Lewiston's 1,915 arrests in 2025 were down 13 percent from 2,209 in 2024.
Through May 2026, Lewiston reported 805 arrests, against 797 in the same months of 2025.
Across Androscoggin County, the seven agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,905 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lewiston Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Lewiston and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 170 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 160 beds, and it ran at 106 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office at androscoggincountymaine.gov/171/Booking-Bail-Information (page title: Booking & Bail Information | Androscoggin County, ME), phone 207-753-2500, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Maine Department of Corrections lists its inmates at apps1.web.maine.gov/online/correctionssearch.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Lewiston
Whether someone was arrested in Lewiston, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Androscoggin County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at androscoggincountymaine.gov/194/Courts); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at androscoggincountymaine.gov/158/District-Attorney, phone 207-753-2500).
Maine is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: conviction records are public and can be requested on anyone by name, through the Maine State Police State Bureau of Identification. 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 Lewiston
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Maine Freedom of Access Act the agency must answer within a reasonable time, after acknowledging the request within 5 working days, and it may charge staff time after the first two hours, plus copying.
- An arrest by the Lewiston police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at lewistonmaine.gov/823/Request-a-Police-Report (page title: Request a Police Report | Lewiston, ME), phone 207-513-3001, Monday-Friday from 8 AM to 4 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 207-753-2500.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 207-753-2500, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Androscoggin County Superior Court, through the court records page at androscoggincountymaine.gov/194/Courts.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at androscoggincountymaine.gov (page title: Records Requests | Androscoggin County, ME).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Androscoggin County guide covers every agency in the county: Androscoggin County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Lewiston each year?
Lewiston reported 1,915 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Lewiston?
Look on the custody page of the Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office at androscoggincountymaine.gov, or call 207-753-2500. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Lewiston booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lewiston?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Maine State Police State Bureau of Identification: conviction records are public and can be requested on anyone by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Maine Freedom of Access Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Lewiston?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lewiston police for its own arrests, the Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Maine Freedom of Access Act the answer is due within a reasonable time, after acknowledging the request within 5 working days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at androscoggincountymaine.gov.
Is this the official Lewiston 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.