SearchSystems Editorial

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.

About this guide

Snohomish County, Washington, has about 864,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office, 19 city agencies and one other agency. 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 Snohomish 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: Snohomish County public records, Washington arrest records, Washington inmate search and Washington criminal records.

Who Makes Arrests in Snohomish County

The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Snohomish County. It reported 3,397 arrests for 2025.

Arrests inside 19 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, the largest twelve first; the rest are named in the cities section below:

  • Everett, 113,011 residents: 4,755 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Marysville, 76,209 residents: 2,262 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Edmonds, 42,871 residents: 1,049 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Lynnwood, 41,597 residents: 2,767 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Lake Stevens, 41,350 residents: 595 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Mountlake Terrace, 25,198 residents: 618 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Arlington, 21,959 residents: 874 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Mukilteo, 21,299 residents: 231 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Mill Creek, 20,993 residents: 378 arrests reported for 2024.
  • Monroe, 19,927 residents: 514 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Snohomish, 10,534 residents: 257 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Stanwood, 8,943 residents: 129 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 Bothell Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Snohomish County, so its arrests are not broken out for Snohomish County here.

The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Snohomish County: Snohomish County Auto Theft Task Force (other).

How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Snohomish County

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.

  • Everett: 4,755 for 2025, 5,692 for 2024, 5,017 for 2023, 3,897 for 2022, 3,408 for 2021 and 3,605 for 2020.
  • Snohomish County Sheriff's Office: 3,397 for 2025, 3,601 for 2024, 3,801 for 2023, 3,697 for 2021, 4,325 for 2020 and 4,663 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
  • Lynnwood: 2,767 for 2025, 2,743 for 2024, 2,419 for 2023, 2,041 for 2022, 1,359 for 2021 and 1,809 for 2020.
  • Marysville: 2,262 for 2025, 2,605 for 2024, 2,263 for 2023, 1,916 for 2022, 1,836 for 2021 and 1,941 for 2020.
  • Edmonds: 1,049 for 2025, 1,045 for 2024, 786 for 2023, 817 for 2022, 683 for 2021 and 1,033 for 2020.
  • Arlington: 874 for 2025, 1,053 for 2024, 786 for 2023, 664 for 2022, 595 for 2021 and 968 for 2020.
  • Mountlake Terrace: 618 for 2025, 589 for 2024, 534 for 2023, 468 for 2022, 461 for 2021 and 332 for 2020.
  • Lake Stevens: 595 for 2025, 505 for 2023, 487 for 2022, 434 for 2021, 596 for 2020 and 479 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
  • Monroe: 514 for 2025, 537 for 2024, 583 for 2023, 591 for 2022, 444 for 2021 and 654 for 2020.
  • Snohomish: 257 for 2025, 245 for 2024, 257 for 2023, 251 for 2021 and 384 for 2020; 2022 is missing months.
  • Mukilteo: 231 for 2025, 334 for 2024, 288 for 2023, 326 for 2022, 293 for 2021 and 277 for 2020.
  • Stanwood: 129 for 2025, 150 for 2024, 140 for 2023, 109 for 2022, 109 for 2021 and 127 for 2020.

Together, the 16 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 17,726 arrests that year. The 15 of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 17,131 in 2025 against 18,830 in 2024, down 9 percent.

Through May 2026, the 13 agencies with every month so far on file reported 5,307 arrests, against 5,778 in the same months of 2025.

Brier, Darrington, Index and Mill Creek reported only part of 2025 (10 months, 11 months, 11 months and 10 months) and are left out of the totals.

Booking: Where People Arrested in Snohomish County Are Held

A person kept in custody after an arrest in Snohomish County 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 520 people, down from about 1,010 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 1,244 beds, and it ran at 42 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.

SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office at snohomishcountywa.gov/3310/Requesting-Jail-Records (page title: Requesting Jail Records | Snohomish County, WA), phone 425-388-3526, 3000 Rockefeller Ave., M/S 509 Everett, WA 98201, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.

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 Snohomish County

Whether someone was arrested in Snohomish County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Snohomish County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at snohomishcountywa.gov/5508/Access-Court-Records, phone 425-388-3466); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at snohomishcountywa.gov/202/Prosecutor, phone 425-388-3333).

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 Snohomish 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 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 Snohomish County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 425-388-3526.
  • An arrest in Everett, Marysville, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Lake Stevens, Mountlake Terrace or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
  • An arrest by Snohomish County Auto Theft Task Force: the records office of the agency involved.
  • A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 425-388-3333, handles discovery for pending cases.
  • The court file of a case that was filed: the Snohomish County Superior Court, through the court records page at snohomishcountywa.gov, phone 425-388-3466.
  • Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.

Cities in Snohomish County: Who Reports the Arrests

The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the 19 cities in Snohomish County: the twelve named above and Sultan, Brier, Granite Falls, Gold Bar, Darrington, Woodway and Index.

Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Snohomish County Superior Court.

SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Snohomish County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:

Frequently Asked Questions

How many arrests are made in Snohomish County each year?

Everett reported 4,755 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 16 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 17,726 between them.

How do I find out if someone is in jail in Snohomish County?

Ask the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office at 425-388-3526; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at snohomishcountywa.gov.

Where are people arrested in Snohomish County booked?

Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.

Are arrest records public in Snohomish 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 Snohomish County?

From the agency that made the arrest: the Snohomish 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 Snohomish 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.