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 September 28, 2026.
Grafton County, New Hampshire, has about 93,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Grafton County Sheriff's Office, 31 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 Grafton 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, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Grafton County public records, New Hampshire arrest records, New Hampshire inmate search and New Hampshire criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Grafton County
The Grafton County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Grafton County. It reported 294 arrests for 2022, its latest complete year.
One city in Grafton County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Lebanon, 15,389 residents: 807 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.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Grafton County: the Grafton County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Grafton 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.
- Lebanon: 807 for 2025, 627 for 2024, 705 for 2022, 693 for 2021, 713 for 2020 and 985 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Plymouth: 288 for 2025, 379 for 2024, 378 for 2023, 355 for 2022, 275 for 2021 and 223 for 2020.
- Littleton: 184 for 2025, 164 for 2024, 224 for 2023, 150 for 2022, 300 for 2021 and 289 for 2020.
- Bristol: 117 for 2025, 118 for 2024, 77 for 2022, 90 for 2021, 98 for 2020 and 163 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Campton: 102 for 2025, 74 for 2024, 153 for 2023, 152 for 2022, 144 for 2021 and 126 for 2020.
- Holderness: 87 for 2025, 34 for 2024, 58 for 2023, 45 for 2022, 43 for 2021 and 40 for 2020.
- Hanover: 73 for 2025, 170 for 2024, 66 for 2022, 105 for 2021, 101 for 2020 and 118 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Ashland: 60 for 2025, 62 for 2024, 54 for 2023, 83 for 2022, 70 for 2021 and 54 for 2020.
- Canaan: 50 for 2025, 58 for 2024, 114 for 2023, 70 for 2022, 70 for 2021 and 54 for 2020.
- Thornton: 40 for 2025, 53 for 2024, 44 for 2023, 35 for 2022, 42 for 2021 and 55 for 2020.
- Woodstock: 37 for 2025, 45 for 2024, 53 for 2023, 68 for 2022, 59 for 2021 and 70 for 2020.
- Enfield: 31 for 2025, 23 for 2024, 54 for 2022, 85 for 2021, 80 for 2020 and 146 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
Together, the 29 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,012 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,012 in 2025 against 1,940 in 2024, up 3.7 percent.
Through June 2026, the 22 agencies with every month so far on file reported 464 arrests, against 456 in the same months of 2025.
Grafton County Sheriff's Office, Haverhill and Lincoln reported only part of 2025 (11 months, 11 months and 11 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Grafton County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Grafton 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 2023 the jail held about 59 people, up from about 54 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 150 beds, and it ran at 36 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 Grafton County Sheriff's Office at graftoncountysheriff.net (page title: Grafton County Sheriff's Office), 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 Grafton County
An arrest in Grafton County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Grafton 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/grafton-superior-court, phone 855-212-1234); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at grafton-county.com/all-departments/attorneys-office, phone (603) 787-6968).
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 Grafton 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 Grafton County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Lebanon: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by the Grafton 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) 787-6968, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Grafton County Superior Court, through the court records page at courts.nh.gov, phone 855-212-1234.
- Your own statewide record: a notarized request to the Criminal Records Unit.
Cities in Grafton County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Lebanon, the one city in Grafton County. The FBI's list also carries the Alexandria Police Department, the Ashland Police Department, the Bath Police Department and 27 more as city agencies in Grafton County; Alexandria, Ashland, Bath and 27 more are 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 Grafton County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Grafton County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Lebanon (15,389)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Grafton County each year?
Lebanon reported 807 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 29 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,012 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Grafton County?
Ask the Grafton County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at graftoncountysheriff.net.
Where are people arrested in Grafton County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Grafton County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Grafton County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Grafton 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 Grafton County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Grafton 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.
Is this the official Grafton 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.