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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 28, 2026.
Kent County, Rhode Island, has about 172,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are made by the state police or the town police, with five city agencies and one other agency reporting to the FBI. An arrest 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, Kent County. 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: Kent County public records, Rhode Island arrest records, Rhode Island inmate search and Rhode Island criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Kent County
Rhode Island has no county sheriff with a patrol role. Arrests in Kent County are made by the state police or the town police, and in Rhode Island the police for a given address is the town police in a town with its own department and the state police elsewhere.
The FBI lists one city in Kent County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Warwick, 83,554 residents: 1,955 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 Kent County: T.F. Green International Airport (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Kent County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Warwick: 1,955 for 2025, 1,897 for 2024, 1,821 for 2023, 1,825 for 2022, 1,707 for 2021 and 1,428 for 2020.
- West Warwick: 723 for 2025, 944 for 2024, 692 for 2023, 632 for 2022, 877 for 2020 and 969 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Coventry: 603 for 2025, 697 for 2024, 674 for 2023, 656 for 2022, 615 for 2021 and 569 for 2020.
- East Greenwich: 232 for 2025, 201 for 2024, 203 for 2023, 128 for 2022, 127 for 2021 and 94 for 2020.
- West Greenwich: 90 for 2025, 80 for 2024, 66 for 2023, 66 for 2022, 52 for 2021 and 38 for 2020.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,603 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,603 in 2025 against 3,819 in 2024, down 5.7 percent.
Through June 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,551 arrests, against 1,712 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Kent County Are Held
In Rhode Island the jails belong to the state. Anyone held after an arrest in Kent County is booked into a facility of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, and the inmate lookup is the state's.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Rhode Island Department of Corrections lists its inmates at doc.ri.gov/family-visitors/incarceration-search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Kent County
Whether someone was arrested in Kent County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the Rhode Island Department of Corrections's inmate locator, for anyone held; the case index of the Rhode Island Superior Court, Kent County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.ri.gov/courts/superiorcourt/Pages/default.aspx, phone (401) 222-3250).
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 Kent County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 in Warwick: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by T.F. Green International Airport: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Rhode Island Superior Court, Kent County, through the court records page at courts.ri.gov, phone (401) 222-3250.
- Your own statewide record: a request in person to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Kent County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Warwick, the one city in Kent County. The FBI's list also carries the Coventry Police Department, the East Greenwich Police Department, the West Warwick Police Department and one more as city agencies in Kent County; Coventry, East Greenwich, West Warwick and one more are not among the cities above.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Kent County each year?
Warwick reported 1,955 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,603 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Kent County?
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 Kent County booked?
In a facility of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, which runs every jail in Rhode Island.
Are arrest records public in Kent County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Rhode Island Superior Court, Kent 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 Kent County?
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 Kent 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.