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 on September 24, 2026.
Somerset County, Maine, has about 51,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Somerset County Sheriff's Office and three 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 Somerset 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: Somerset County public records, Maine arrest records, Maine inmate search and Maine criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Somerset County
The Somerset County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Somerset County. It reported 623 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Somerset 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.
- Somerset County Sheriff's Office: 623 for 2025, 754 for 2024, 780 for 2023, 612 for 2022, 653 for 2021 and 546 for 2020.
- Skowhegan: 417 for 2024, 375 for 2023, 372 for 2022, 260 for 2021, 386 for 2020 and 357 for 2019.
- Fairfield: 111 for 2025, 204 for 2024, 180 for 2023, 212 for 2022, 168 for 2021 and 199 for 2020.
- Pittsfield: 58 for 2024, 55 for 2023, 57 for 2022, 56 for 2021, 61 for 2020 and 50 for 2019.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,433 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 1,433 in 2024 against 1,390 in 2023, up 3.1 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Somerset County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Somerset County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 160 people, up from about 140 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 225 beds, and it ran at 62 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 Somerset County Sheriff's Office at somersetso.org/public-resources/inmate-locator (page title: Inmate Locator | Somerset County Sheriff's Office), 131 E. Madison Rd. Madison ME 04950, 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 person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Maine Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at apps1.web.maine.gov/online/correctionssearch.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Somerset County
Whether someone was arrested in Somerset County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Somerset County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Somerset 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); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at somersetcountyme.gov/district-attorneys-office, phone 207-474-2423).
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 Somerset 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 Somerset County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 207-474-2423, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Somerset County Superior Court, through the court records page at courts.maine.gov/ecourts/access.html.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at somersetso.org (page title: Records Request | Somerset County Sheriff's Office).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Somerset County each year?
The Somerset County Sheriff's Office reported 623 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in Somerset County sent in full, the four with every month on file reported 1,433 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Somerset County?
Look on the custody page of the Somerset County Sheriff's Office at somersetso.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Somerset County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Somerset County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Somerset 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 Somerset County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Somerset 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 somersetso.org.
Is this the official Somerset 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.