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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in Providence County, has about 77,000 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 a facility of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, and, if the Attorney General files charges, a case in the Rhode Island Superior Court, Providence County. 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: Pawtucket public records, Providence County arrest records, Rhode Island arrest records and Rhode Island inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Pawtucket
The FBI lists Pawtucket with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Pawtucket Police Department. It reported 2,036 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.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Providence County: Brown University (campus police).
How Many Arrests Pawtucket 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.
- Pawtucket: 2,036 for 2025, 2,341 for 2024, 2,165 for 2023, 2,268 for 2022, 2,184 for 2021 and 1,965 for 2020.
Pawtucket's 2,036 arrests in 2025 were down 13 percent from 2,341 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Pawtucket reported 1,370 arrests, against 1,408 in the same months of 2025.
Across Providence County, the 15 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 11,074 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Pawtucket Are Held
Rhode Island has no county jails. A person held after an arrest in Pawtucket is in the custody of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, which runs every jail and prison in the state, so one inmate lookup covers the whole state.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.ri.gov/family-visitors/incarceration-search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Pawtucket
An arrest in Pawtucket can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the Rhode Island Department of Corrections's inmate locator, for anyone held; the case index of the Rhode Island Superior Court, Providence County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.ri.gov/Public-Resources/Pages/case-information.aspx).
Statewide, Rhode Island Judiciary Public Portal is the courts' free statewide case search.
Rhode Island does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Rhode Island Attorney General Bureau of Criminal Identification 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 Pawtucket
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Access to Public Records Act the agency must answer within 10 business days, and it may charge copying at 15 cents a page and search time after the first hour.
- An arrest by the Pawtucket police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at pawtucketpolice.com/faq (page title: Pawtucket Police Department: Frequently Asked Questions), phone (401) 727-9100, 121 Roosevelt Avenue Pawtucket, RI 02860, Monday through Thursday from 8:30AM until 11:45 AM., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Rhode Island Superior Court, Providence County, through the court records page at courts.ri.gov.
- Your own statewide record: a request in person to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
The Providence County guide covers every agency in the county: Providence County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Pawtucket each year?
Pawtucket reported 2,036 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Pawtucket?
Through the Rhode Island Department of Corrections's inmate locator at doc.ri.gov; the department holds everyone in custody in Rhode Island.
Where are people arrested in Pawtucket booked?
In a facility of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, which runs every jail in Rhode Island.
Are arrest records public in Pawtucket?
The court files of criminal cases in the Rhode Island Superior Court, Providence County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Rhode Island Attorney General Bureau of Criminal Identification is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Access to Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Pawtucket?
From the agency that made the arrest: in Rhode Island, the state police or the town police. Under the Access to Public Records Act the answer is due within 10 business days.
Is this the official Pawtucket 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.