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). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Kitsap County is held at the county jail, run by the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Kitsap County public records, Kitsap County arrest records, Kitsap County warrants, Kitsap County criminal records, Kitsap County court records, Washington arrest records and Washington inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Kitsap County
The county jail, run by the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Kitsap County, from every agency.
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 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.
The Kitsap County Jail by the Numbers
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.
Kitsap County has about 281,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 11 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Kitsap County Jail
The Kitsap County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Bremerton, Bainbridge Island, Port Orchard and Poulsbo make the arrests that end in a booking in Kitsap County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Bremerton's 1,634 for 2025, the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office's 1,424 for 2025 and Port Orchard's 468 for 2025.
Together, the five agencies in Kitsap County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,849 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Kitsap County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Washington State Department of Corrections lists its inmates at doc.wa.gov/records/incarcerated-data-search/incarcerated-search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate 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.
How many people are in the Kitsap County jail?
About 320 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 486 beds.
What is the phone number for the Kitsap County jail?
877-846-3492, the number on the page of the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Kitsap County go?
To a facility of the Washington State Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.wa.gov.
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.