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. 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.
Androscoggin County, Maine, has about 115,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office and six city agencies. An arrest 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 each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Androscoggin County public records, Maine arrest records, Maine inmate search and Maine criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Androscoggin County
The Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Androscoggin County. It reported 419 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Androscoggin County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Lewiston, 38,772 residents: 1,915 arrests reported for 2025.
- Auburn, 25,200 residents: 1,154 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Androscoggin County
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.
- Auburn: 1,154 for 2025, 885 for 2024, 754 for 2023, 957 for 2022, 953 for 2021 and 908 for 2020.
- Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office: 419 for 2025, 374 for 2024, 417 for 2023, 407 for 2022, 356 for 2021 and 269 for 2020.
- Lisbon: 150 for 2025, 121 for 2024, 140 for 2023, 139 for 2022, 118 for 2021 and 188 for 2020.
- Livermore Falls: 107 for 2025, 136 for 2024, 145 for 2023, 87 for 2022, 88 for 2020 and 123 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Mechanic Falls: 97 for 2025, 60 for 2024, 62 for 2023, 135 for 2020 and 132 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Sabattus: 63 for 2025, 82 for 2024, 126 for 2023, 84 for 2020 and 143 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
Together, the seven agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,905 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,905 in 2025 against 3,867 in 2024, up 1 percent.
Through March 2026, the seven agencies with every month so far on file reported 920 arrests, against 931 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Androscoggin County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Androscoggin County 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 Androscoggin County
Whether someone was arrested in Androscoggin County, 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 Androscoggin 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 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 Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 207-753-2500.
- An arrest in Lewiston or Auburn: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- 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.
Cities in Androscoggin County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Androscoggin County: Lewiston and Auburn. The FBI's list also carries the Livermore Falls Police Department, the Lisbon Police Department, the Mechanic Falls Police Department and one more as city agencies in Androscoggin County; Livermore Falls, Lisbon, Mechanic Falls and one more are not among the cities above.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Androscoggin County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Androscoggin County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Androscoggin County each year?
Lewiston reported 1,915 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the seven agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,905 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Androscoggin County?
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 Androscoggin County 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 Androscoggin County?
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 Androscoggin County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. 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 Androscoggin 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.