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.
Bremerton, Washington, in Kitsap County, has about 45,000 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: Bremerton public records, Kitsap County arrest records, Washington arrest records and Washington inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Bremerton
The FBI lists Bremerton with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Bremerton Police Department. It reported 1,634 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 Bremerton 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.
- Bremerton: 1,634 for 2025, 1,328 for 2024, 998 for 2023, 1,097 for 2022, 1,087 for 2021 and 1,516 for 2020.
Bremerton's 1,634 arrests in 2025 were up 23 percent from 1,328 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Bremerton reported 1,119 arrests, against 810 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 Bremerton Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bremerton 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 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 person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Washington State Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.wa.gov/records/incarcerated-data-search/incarcerated-search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Bremerton
Whether someone was arrested in Bremerton, 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 Bremerton
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 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 Bremerton police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at bremertonwa.gov/335/Police-Department (page title: Police Department | Bremerton, WA), phone 360-473-5220, 1025 Burwell St. Bremerton, WA 98337, Monday through Thursday, from 9 AM to 4 PM., 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 Bremerton each year?
Bremerton reported 1,634 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Bremerton?
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 Bremerton 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 Bremerton?
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 Bremerton?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Bremerton 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 Bremerton 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.