SearchSystems Editorial

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 23, 2026.

About this guide

Anoka County, Minnesota, has about 377,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Anoka County Sheriff's Office and ten 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 County Attorney files charges, a case in the Anoka County District 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: Anoka County public records, Minnesota arrest records, Minnesota inmate search and Minnesota criminal records.

Who Makes Arrests in Anoka County

The Anoka County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Anoka County. It reported 539 arrests for 2025.

Arrests inside nine of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:

  • Blaine, 75,172 residents: 1,229 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Coon Rapids, 63,807 residents: 1,188 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Fridley, 30,679 residents: 1,114 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Ramsey, 28,999 residents: 200 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Lino Lakes, 22,774 residents: 232 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Columbia Heights, 22,358 residents: 243 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Anoka, 18,068 residents: 419 arrests reported for 2025.
  • St. Francis, 8,523 residents: 86 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Spring Lake Park, 7,083 residents: 62 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 Anoka County

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.

  • Blaine: 1,229 for 2025, 1,575 for 2024, 1,406 for 2023, 1,259 for 2022, 1,177 for 2021 and 1,128 for 2020.
  • Coon Rapids: 1,188 for 2025, 1,307 for 2024, 1,110 for 2023, 805 for 2022, 1,060 for 2021 and 1,101 for 2020.
  • Fridley: 1,114 for 2025, 906 for 2024, 828 for 2023, 892 for 2022, 918 for 2021 and 857 for 2020.
  • Anoka County Sheriff's Office: 539 for 2025, 534 for 2024, 353 for 2023, 521 for 2022, 753 for 2021 and 721 for 2020.
  • Anoka: 419 for 2025, 458 for 2024, 326 for 2023, 167 for 2022, 264 for 2020 and 456 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Columbia Heights: 243 for 2025, 365 for 2024, 384 for 2023, 339 for 2022, 379 for 2021 and 624 for 2020.
  • Lino Lakes: 232 for 2025, 286 for 2024, 199 for 2023, 201 for 2022, 310 for 2021 and 338 for 2020.
  • Ramsey: 200 for 2025, 212 for 2024, 169 for 2023, 133 for 2022, 223 for 2021 and 249 for 2020.
  • Centennial Lakes: 120 for 2025, 140 for 2024, 70 for 2023, 136 for 2022, 263 for 2021 and 172 for 2020.
  • St. Francis: 86 for 2025, 131 for 2024, 70 for 2023, 82 for 2022, 98 for 2021 and 112 for 2020.
  • Spring Lake Park: 62 for 2025, 36 for 2024, 53 for 2023, 70 for 2022, 63 for 2021 and 32 for 2020.

Together, the 11 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,432 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 5,432 in 2025 against 5,950 in 2024, down 8.7 percent.

Through September 2026, the ten agencies with every month so far on file reported 3,183 arrests, against 3,874 in the same months of 2025.

Booking: Where People Arrested in Anoka County Are Held

The county jail is where a person arrested in Anoka 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 310 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 478 beds, and it ran at 65 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 Anoka County Sheriff's Office at anokacountymn.gov/443/Jail-Warrants (page title: Jail | Warrants | Anoka County, MN), phone 763-422-7500, 325 Jackson Street Anoka, MN 55303, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.

How to Find Out About an Arrest in Anoka County

Whether someone was arrested in Anoka County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: Minnesota Court Records Online, the Minnesota Judicial Branch's free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed; the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at anokacountymn.gov/4175/County-Attorneys-Office, phone 763-324-5540).

Minnesota is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the public criminal history search online is free and shows 15 years of convictions, through the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. 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 Anoka 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 Minnesota Government Data Practices Act the agency must answer promptly, within a reasonable time, and it may charge copying, and staff time for requests over 100 pages.

  • An arrest by the Anoka County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 763-422-7500.
  • An arrest in Blaine, Coon Rapids, Fridley, Ramsey, Lino Lakes, Columbia Heights or another of the cities listed above: 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 County Attorney, 763-324-5540, handles discovery for pending cases.
  • Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at anokacountymn.gov/4157/Request-Data (page title: Request Data | Anoka County, MN).
  • Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

Cities in Anoka County: Who Reports the Arrests

The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for nine of the 20 cities in Anoka County: Blaine, Coon Rapids, Fridley, Ramsey, Lino Lakes, Columbia Heights, Anoka, St. Francis and Spring Lake Park. Andover, Ham Lake, East Bethel, Oak Grove, Circle Pines, Nowthen, Columbus, Centerville, Lexington, Hilltop and Bethel have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Centennial Lakes Police Department as a city agency in Anoka County; Centennial Lakes is 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 Anoka County District Court.

SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Anoka 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 Anoka County each year?

Blaine reported 1,229 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 11 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 5,432 between them.

How do I find out if someone is in jail in Anoka County?

Ask the Anoka County Sheriff's Office at 763-422-7500; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at anokacountymn.gov/443/Jail-Warrants.

Where are people arrested in Anoka County booked?

Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Anoka County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.

Are arrest records public in Anoka County?

The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension: the public criminal history search online is free and shows 15 years of convictions. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act.

How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Anoka County?

From the agency that made the arrest: the Anoka County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable time; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at anokacountymn.gov/4157/Request-Data.

Is this the official Anoka 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.