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 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Atmore, Alabama, in Escambia County, has about 8,300 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 District Attorney files charges, a case in the Escambia County Circuit 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: Atmore public records, Escambia County arrest records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Atmore
The FBI lists Atmore with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Atmore Police Department. It reported 898 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 Escambia County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 33 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Atmore 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.
- Atmore: 898 for 2025, 696 for 2024, 571 for 2023, 553 for 2022 and 559 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
Atmore's 898 arrests in 2025 were up 29 percent from 696 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Atmore reported 727 arrests, against 593 in the same months of 2025.
Across Escambia County, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,458 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Atmore Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Atmore 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 260 people, down from about 300 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 132 beds, and it ran at 200 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 Escambia County Sheriff's Office at escambiacountysheriffal.org/roster.php (page title: Inmate Roster | Current Inmates Booking Date Descending | Escambia County Sheriff, AL), phone 251-809-0741, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Atmore
An arrest in Atmore can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Escambia County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Escambia County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at escambia.alacourt.gov, phone (251) 867-0305).
Statewide, Alacourt is the statewide online index of Alabama trial court cases, sold by subscription.
Alabama does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Atmore
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 Alabama Public Records Law the agency must answer within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline, and it may charge a reasonable fee for copies.
- An arrest by the Atmore police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at cityofatmore.gov/m/directory/department?did=19 (page title: Staff Directory, Police Department), phone 251-368-9141, 201 East Louisville Avenue Atmore City Hall Complex Atmore, AL 36502, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Escambia County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 251-809-0741.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Escambia County Circuit Court, through the court records page at escambia.alacourt.gov, phone (251) 867-0305.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
The Escambia County guide covers every agency in the county: Escambia County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Atmore each year?
Atmore reported 898 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Atmore?
Look on the custody page of the Escambia County Sheriff's Office at escambiacountysheriffal.org/roster.php, or call 251-809-0741. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Atmore booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Escambia County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Atmore?
The court files of criminal cases in the Escambia County Circuit Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Alabama Public Records Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Atmore?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Atmore police for its own arrests, the Escambia County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Alabama Public Records Law the answer is due within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline.
Is this the official Atmore 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.