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 30, 2026.
Rockland, Maine, in Knox County, has about 7,100 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 Knox 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: Rockland public records, Knox County arrest records, Maine arrest records and Maine inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Rockland
The FBI lists Rockland with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Rockland Police Department. It reported 478 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 Knox County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 403 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Rockland 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.
- Rockland: 478 for 2025, 366 for 2024, 125 for 2023, 184 for 2020 and 311 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
Rockland's 478 arrests in 2025 were up 31 percent from 366 in 2024.
Through June 2026, Rockland reported 174 arrests, against 272 in the same months of 2025.
Across Knox County, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 951 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Rockland Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Rockland 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 57 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 70 beds, and it ran at 81 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 Knox County Sheriff's Office at knoxsheriff.org (page title: Knox County Sheriff's Office), phone 888-868-4631, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
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 Rockland
An arrest in Rockland can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Knox County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.maine.gov/courts/superior/knox-sc.html, phone (207) 594-2576); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at knoxcountymaine.gov/county_departments/district_attorney/overview.php, phone (207) 594-0424).
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 Rockland
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 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 Rockland police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at rocklandmaine.gov/264/Police-Department (page title: Police Department | Rockland, ME), phone 207-594-0316, Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Knox County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 888-868-4631.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (207) 594-0424, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Knox County Superior Court, through the court records page at courts.maine.gov/courts/superior/knox-sc.html, phone (207) 594-2576.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at knoxcountymaine.gov (page title: Knox County, ME).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Knox County guide covers every agency in the county: Knox County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Rockland each year?
Rockland reported 478 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Rockland?
Ask the Knox County Sheriff's Office at 888-868-4631; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at knoxsheriff.org.
Where are people arrested in Rockland booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Knox County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Rockland?
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 Rockland?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Rockland police for its own arrests, the Knox 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 knoxcountymaine.gov.
Is this the official Rockland 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.