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.
Claremont, New Hampshire, in Sullivan County, has about 13,000 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 County Attorney files charges, a case in the Sullivan 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: Claremont public records, Sullivan County arrest records, New Hampshire arrest records and New Hampshire inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Claremont
The FBI lists Claremont with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Claremont Police Department. It reported 512 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 Sullivan County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 23 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Sullivan County: the Sullivan County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Claremont 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.
- Claremont: 512 for 2025, 451 for 2024, 566 for 2023, 589 for 2022, 481 for 2021 and 540 for 2020.
Claremont's 512 arrests in 2025 were up 14 percent from 451 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Claremont reported 326 arrests, against 291 in the same months of 2025.
Across Sullivan County, the 11 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 902 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Claremont Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Claremont 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 2019 the jail held about 56 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 168 beds, and it ran at 33 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 Sullivan County Sheriff's Office at sullivancountynh.gov/157/Sheriff (page title: Sullivan County Sheriff's Office | Sullivan County, NH), phone 603-863-4200, 14 Main Street Suite 2 Newport, NH 03773, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the New Hampshire Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at business.nh.gov/inmate_locator.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Claremont
Whether someone was arrested in Claremont, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Sullivan County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.nh.gov/your-visit/find-court/sullivan-superior-court, phone 855-212-1234); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at sullivancountynh.gov/m/directory/department?did=9, phone 603 863-7950).
New Hampshire does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the New Hampshire State Police Criminal Records Unit goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Claremont
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the New Hampshire Right-to-Know Law the agency must answer within 5 business days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Claremont police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at claremontnh.com/faqs-police-page (page title: City of Claremont), phone 603-542-9538, Thursdays from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 603-863-4200.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 603 863-7950, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Sullivan County Superior Court, through the court records page at courts.nh.gov, phone 855-212-1234.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at sullivancountynh.gov (page title: Sullivan County, New Hampshire 14 Main Street, Newport, NH).
- Your own statewide record: a notarized request to the Criminal Records Unit.
The Sullivan County guide covers every agency in the county: Sullivan County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Claremont each year?
Claremont reported 512 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Claremont?
Ask the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office at 603-863-4200; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sullivancountynh.gov/157/Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Claremont booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Claremont?
The court files of criminal cases in the Sullivan County Superior Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the New Hampshire State Police Criminal Records Unit is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the New Hampshire Right-to-Know Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Claremont?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Claremont police for its own arrests, the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the New Hampshire Right-to-Know Law the answer is due within 5 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at sullivancountynh.gov.
Is this the official Claremont 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.