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 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026.
Kitsap County, Washington, has about 281,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office and four city agencies. 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 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 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: Kitsap County public records, Washington arrest records, Washington inmate search and Washington criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Kitsap County
The Kitsap County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Kitsap County. It reported 1,424 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside four of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Bremerton, 45,291 residents: 1,634 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bainbridge Island, 24,618 residents: 61 arrests reported for 2025.
- Port Orchard, 19,122 residents: 468 arrests reported for 2025.
- Poulsbo, 12,562 residents: 262 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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Kitsap 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.
- 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.
- Kitsap County Sheriff's Office: 1,424 for 2025, 1,319 for 2024, 1,369 for 2023, 1,430 for 2022, 1,209 for 2021 and 1,349 for 2020.
- Port Orchard: 468 for 2025, 441 for 2024, 279 for 2023, 392 for 2022, 244 for 2021 and 291 for 2020.
- Poulsbo: 262 for 2025, 186 for 2024, 98 for 2022, 62 for 2021, 110 for 2020 and 188 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Bainbridge Island: 61 for 2025, 53 for 2024, 48 for 2023, 76 for 2022, 55 for 2021 and 101 for 2020.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,849 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,849 in 2025 against 3,327 in 2024, up 16 percent.
Through July 2026, the five agencies with every month so far on file reported 2,454 arrests, against 2,130 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Kitsap County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Kitsap County 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 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 Kitsap County
An arrest in Kitsap County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: 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 Kitsap 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 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 Kitsap County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 877-846-3492.
- An arrest in Bremerton, Bainbridge Island, Port Orchard or Poulsbo: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- 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.
Cities in Kitsap County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the four cities in Kitsap County: Bremerton, Bainbridge Island, Port Orchard and Poulsbo.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Kitsap County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Kitsap County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Bremerton (45,291)
- Bainbridge Island (24,618)
- Poulsbo (12,562)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Kitsap County each year?
Bremerton reported 1,634 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,849 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Kitsap County?
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 Kitsap County 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 Kitsap County?
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 Kitsap County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Public Records Act (RCW 42.56) the answer is due within 5 business days.
Is this the official Kitsap 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.