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.
Oxford County, Maine, has about 60,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Oxford County Sheriff's Office and five 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 Oxford 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 and common questions.
Related guides: Oxford County public records, Maine arrest records, Maine inmate search and Maine criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Oxford County
The Oxford County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Oxford County. It reported 658 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Oxford 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.
- Oxford County Sheriff's Office: 658 for 2025, 516 for 2024, 445 for 2023, 500 for 2022, 234 for 2021 and 349 for 2020.
- Oxford: 266 for 2025, 340 for 2024, 497 for 2023, 358 for 2022, 244 for 2020 and 250 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Paris: 149 for 2025, 133 for 2024, 137 for 2023, 138 for 2022, 50 for 2021 and 98 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Norway: 102 for 2025, 138 for 2024, 193 for 2023, 231 for 2022, 83 for 2021 and 221 for 2020.
- Fryeburg: 24 for 2025, 18 for 2024, 45 for 2023, 38 for 2022, 50 for 2021 and 57 for 2020.
- Rumford: 103 for 2024, 97 for 2023, 103 for 2022, 204 for 2020 and 160 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,199 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,199 in 2025 against 1,145 in 2024, up 4.7 percent.
Through May 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 342 arrests, against 397 in the same months of 2025.
Rumford reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Oxford County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Oxford 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.
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 Oxford County
For Oxford County the place to look is the case index of the Oxford 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/ecourts/access.html).
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 Oxford County
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 Oxford County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Oxford County Superior Court, through the court records page at courts.maine.gov/ecourts/access.html.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Oxford County each year?
The Oxford County Sheriff's Office reported 658 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,199 between them.
Where are people arrested in Oxford County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Oxford County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Oxford 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 Oxford County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Oxford 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.
Is this the official Oxford 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.