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 between September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Carroll County, New Hampshire, has about 53,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office, 13 city agencies and one state agency. 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 Carroll 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: Carroll County public records, New Hampshire arrest records, New Hampshire inmate search and New Hampshire criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Carroll County
The Carroll County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Carroll County. It reported 204 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Carroll County: the Carroll County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Carroll 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.
- Carroll County Sheriff's Office: 204 for 2025, 239 for 2024, 241 for 2023, 221 for 2022, 224 for 2021 and 217 for 2020.
- Moultonborough: 120 for 2025, 109 for 2024, 73 for 2023, 86 for 2022, 83 for 2021 and 81 for 2020.
- Bartlett: 117 for 2025, 96 for 2024, 72 for 2023, 73 for 2022, 69 for 2021 and 104 for 2020.
- Wolfeboro: 116 for 2025, 117 for 2024, 163 for 2023, 227 for 2022, 285 for 2021 and 208 for 2020.
- Wakefield: 101 for 2025, 98 for 2024, 118 for 2023, 133 for 2022, 126 for 2021 and 169 for 2020.
- Madison: 20 for 2025, 21 for 2024, 39 for 2023, 25 for 2021, 24 for 2020 and 21 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
- Tamworth: 18 for 2025, 22 for 2024, 27 for 2023, 25 for 2022, 11 for 2021 and 28 for 2020.
- Freedom: 13 for 2025, 15 for 2024, 12 for 2023, 8 for 2022, 9 for 2021 and 10 for 2020.
- Effingham: 12 for 2025, 13 for 2024, 27 for 2023, 18 for 2022, 24 for 2021 and 7 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Tuftonboro: 12 for 2025, 5 for 2024, 9 for 2023, 14 for 2022, 16 for 2021 and 14 for 2020.
- Jackson: 11 for 2025, 11 for 2024, 12 for 2023, 13 for 2021, 16 for 2020 and 20 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
- Sandwich: 6 for 2025, 6 for 2024, 5 for 2023, 7 for 2021, 4 for 2020 and 14 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
Together, the 12 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 750 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 750 in 2025 against 752 in 2024, down 0.3 percent.
Through May 2026, the nine agencies with every month so far on file reported 209 arrests, against 263 in the same months of 2025.
Conway and Ossipee reported only part of 2025 (11 months and 11 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Carroll County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Carroll 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 52 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 130 beds, and it ran at 40 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 Carroll County Sheriff's Office at carrollcountynh.gov/194/Sheriffs-Office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Carroll County, NH), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the New Hampshire Department of Corrections lists its inmates at business.nh.gov/inmate_locator.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Carroll County
Whether someone was arrested in Carroll County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Carroll 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/carroll-county-superior-court, phone 855-212-1234); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at carrollcountynh.gov/157/County-Attorney, phone 603-539-7769).
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 Carroll 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 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 Carroll County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest by the Carroll County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 603-539-7769, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Carroll 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 carrollcountynh.gov (page title: Request Reports & Records | Carroll County, NH).
- Your own statewide record: a notarized request to the Criminal Records Unit.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Carroll County each year?
The Carroll County Sheriff's Office reported 204 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 12 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 750 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Carroll County?
Ask the Carroll County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at carrollcountynh.gov/194/Sheriffs-Office.
Where are people arrested in Carroll County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Carroll County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Carroll 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 Carroll County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Carroll County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. 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 carrollcountynh.gov.
Is this the official Carroll 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.