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 30, 2026.
Sullivan County, New Hampshire, has about 44,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office, ten 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 Sullivan 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: Sullivan County public records, New Hampshire arrest records, New Hampshire inmate search and New Hampshire criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Sullivan County
The Sullivan County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Sullivan County. It reported 23 arrests for 2025.
One city in Sullivan County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Claremont, 13,105 residents: 512 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 Sullivan County: the Sullivan County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Sullivan 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.
- Claremont: 512 for 2025, 451 for 2024, 566 for 2023, 589 for 2022, 481 for 2021 and 540 for 2020.
- Newport: 227 for 2025, 238 for 2024, 193 for 2023, 236 for 2022, 287 for 2021 and 287 for 2020.
- Charlestown: 67 for 2025, 68 for 2024, 62 for 2023, 55 for 2022, 58 for 2021 and 57 for 2020.
- Sunapee: 50 for 2025, 26 for 2024, 68 for 2023, 57 for 2022, 70 for 2021 and 68 for 2020.
- Sullivan County Sheriff's Office: 23 for 2025, 16 for 2024, 43 for 2022 and 32 for 2021; 2023 is missing months.
- Grantham: 8 for 2025, 32 for 2024, 69 for 2022, 30 for 2021, 16 for 2020 and 29 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Plainfield: 7 for 2025, 8 for 2024, 20 for 2023, 28 for 2022, 24 for 2021 and 21 for 2020.
- Springfield: 3 for 2025, 1 for 2024, 3 for 2023, 5 for 2022, 0 for 2021 and 2 for 2020.
- Washington: 3 for 2025, 4 for 2024, 1 for 2023, 1 for 2022, 1 for 2021 and 2 for 2020.
- Cornish: 2 for 2025, 9 for 2024, 24 for 2023, 10 for 2022, 12 for 2021 and 14 for 2020.
- Goshen: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023 and 1 for 2021; 2022 is missing months.
Together, the 11 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 902 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 902 in 2025 against 853 in 2024, up 5.7 percent.
Through July 2026, the ten agencies with every month so far on file reported 569 arrests, against 498 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Sullivan County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sullivan 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 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 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 Sullivan County
An arrest in Sullivan County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: 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 Sullivan 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 Sullivan County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 603-863-4200.
- An arrest in Claremont: 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 Sullivan 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, 603 863-7950, 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.
Cities in Sullivan County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Claremont, the one city in Sullivan County. The FBI's list also carries the Charlestown Police Department, the Goshen Police Department, the Grantham Police Department and six more as city agencies in Sullivan County; Charlestown, Goshen, Grantham and six 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 Sullivan County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Sullivan County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Claremont (13,105)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Sullivan County each year?
Claremont reported 512 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 11 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 902 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Sullivan County?
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 Sullivan County 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 Sullivan County?
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 Sullivan County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Sullivan 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 sullivancountynh.gov.
Is this the official Sullivan 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.