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. 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 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026.
Bainbridge Island, Washington, in Kitsap County, has about 25,000 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 the county jail, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Kitsap County Superior Court. 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: Bainbridge Island public records, Kitsap County arrest records, Washington arrest records and Washington inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Bainbridge Island
The FBI lists Bainbridge Island with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Bainbridge Island Police Department. It reported 61 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.
Outside the city, the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 1,424 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Bainbridge Island Reports
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.
- Bainbridge Island: 61 for 2025, 53 for 2024, 48 for 2023, 76 for 2022, 55 for 2021 and 101 for 2020.
Bainbridge Island's 61 arrests in 2025 were up 15 percent from 53 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Bainbridge Island reported 27 arrests, against 29 in the same months of 2025.
Across Kitsap County, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,849 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Bainbridge Island Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Bainbridge Island 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 2023 the jail held about 320 people, down from about 400 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 486 beds, and it ran at 65 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office at incustody.kitsap.gov (page title: Web Jail Viewer), phone 877-846-3492, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Washington State Department of Corrections lists its inmates at doc.wa.gov/records/incarcerated-data-search/incarcerated-search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Bainbridge Island
Whether someone was arrested in Bainbridge Island, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Kitsap County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at dw.courts.wa.gov); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at kitsap.gov/pros/Pages/default.aspx, phone (360)337-7174).
Statewide, Washington Courts Search Case Records is the Administrative Office of the Courts' free statewide case search.
Washington is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: WATCH lets anyone search conviction records by name online, for $12 a search, through the Washington State Patrol. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Bainbridge Island
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Public Records Act (RCW 42.56) the agency must answer within 5 business days, and it may charge for copies at 15 cents a page, and set fees for electronic records.
- An arrest by the Bainbridge Island police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at bainbridgewa.gov/m/faq?cat=23#question-163 (page title: FAQs | CivicPlus.CMS.FAQ), phone 360-308-5400, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 877-846-3492.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (360)337-7174, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Kitsap County Superior Court, through the court records page at dw.courts.wa.gov.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Kitsap County guide covers every agency in the county: Kitsap County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Bainbridge Island each year?
Bainbridge Island reported 61 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Bainbridge Island?
Look on the custody page of the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office at incustody.kitsap.gov, or call 877-846-3492. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Bainbridge Island booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Bainbridge Island?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Washington State Patrol: WATCH lets anyone search conviction records by name online, for $12. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Public Records Act (RCW 42.56).
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Bainbridge Island?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Bainbridge Island police for its own arrests, the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Public Records Act (RCW 42.56) the answer is due within 5 business days.
Is this the official Bainbridge Island 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.