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 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Fairhope, Alabama, in Baldwin County, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Fairhope is held at the county jail, run by the Baldwin 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 and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Fairhope
The county jail, run by the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Fairhope, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.baldwincountyal.gov/home/arrest-search (page title: Arrest Search), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Baldwin County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 480 people, down from about 740 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 654 beds, and it ran at 73 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Baldwin County has about 262,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 18 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Baldwin County Jail
The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Fairhope (filed by the FBI as Fairhope Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Fairhope.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Baldwin County: Coastal Alabama Community College (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office's 1,686 for 2025, Daphne's 1,550 for 2025 and Foley's 1,378 for 2025.
Together, the 13 agencies in Baldwin County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 9,663 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 Fairhope arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Fairhope?
Ask the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheriff.baldwincountyal.gov.
How many people are in the Baldwin County jail?
About 480 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 654 beds.
Is this the official Fairhope 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.