Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime 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 between September 26, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Nashua, New Hampshire, in Hillsborough County, has about 92,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In New Hampshire the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the clerk of each court; the statewide criminal history kept by the New Hampshire State Police Criminal Records Unit is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Nashua is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Nashua public records, Hillsborough County criminal records, Nashua arrest records, Nashua warrants, Nashua inmate search, Nashua court records, New Hampshire arrest records and New Hampshire inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Hillsborough County Superior Court
A criminal case from Nashua is filed in the Hillsborough County Superior Court or the Circuit Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims in the District Division; divorces and family matters in the Family Division; estates in the Probate Division, and the court file, kept by the clerk of each court, is the record of it that the public may see.
For Hillsborough County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courts.nh.gov/your-visit/find-court/hillsborough-superior-court (page title: Hillsborough Superior Court | New Hampshire Judicial Branch), phone 855-212-1234, 300 Chestnut Street Manchester, NH 03101, Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
New Hampshire has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The New Hampshire Criminal History and Your Own Copy
The statewide criminal history kept by the New Hampshire State Police Criminal Records Unit is closed to the public in New Hampshire: it is released to its subject and to authorized employers and licensing agencies, and a member of the public uses the court's own case index instead.
To see your own record, the route is a notarized request to the Criminal Records Unit. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at nhsp.dos.nh.gov/our-services/criminal-records/criminal-history-reco....
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Nashua
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Nashua (filed by the FBI as Nashua Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Nashua: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Hillsborough County: the Hillsborough County State Police (state police); it keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the 25 agencies in Hillsborough County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 9,065 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Nashua arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Nashua in 2025
The agency that reports for Nashua had 101 violent and 948 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The County Attorney for Hillsborough County
The County Attorney decides which arrests in Hillsborough County become charges and files them in the Hillsborough County Superior Court or the Circuit Court; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at hcnh.org/Departments/County-Attorneys-Office (page title: County Attorney's Office), 300 Chestnut Street Manchester, NH 03101, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 27, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Nashua
Registered sex offenders living in Nashua are listed on the New Hampshire Sex Offender Registry, run by the New Hampshire Department of Safety at business.nh.gov/nsor. Tier 2 and Tier 3 offenders are listed online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Hillsborough County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the New Hampshire Right-to-Know Law a county office must answer a request within 5 business days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Hillsborough County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Hillsborough County and New Hampshire. These criminal records pages from its Hillsborough County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Criminal Records (nhsp.dos.nh.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Nashua?
The court files of criminal cases in the Hillsborough 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.
Can I search Nashua criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.nh.gov (page title: Hillsborough Superior Court | New Hampshire Judicial Branch).
How do I get my own New Hampshire criminal history?
Through a notarized request to the Criminal Records Unit.
Who prosecutes crimes in Nashua?
The County Attorney, which files its cases in the Hillsborough County Superior Court or the Circuit Court.
Is this the official Nashua 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.