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 2024. 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 October 9, 2026.
Monroeville, Alabama, in Monroe County, has about 5,700 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 Monroe 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: Monroeville public records, Monroe County arrest records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Monroeville
The FBI lists Monroeville with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Monroeville Police Department. It reported 44 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year. 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 Monroe County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 84 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Monroeville Reports
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.
- Monroeville: 44 for 2024, 229 for 2023 and 270 for 2022.
Monroeville's 44 arrests in 2024 were down 81 percent from 229 in 2023.
Across Monroe County, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 123 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Monroeville Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Monroeville 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 2019 the jail held about 45 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 150 beds, and it ran at 30 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 Monroe County Sheriff's Office at monroecosheriffga.us/offender-search (page title: Offender Search | mcso-html), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Monroeville
Whether someone was arrested in Monroeville, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Monroe County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at monroe.alacourt.gov, phone (251)743-2283); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at alabamaag.gov/victim-assistance-link/alabama-office-of-prosecution-..., phone (334) 242-4191).
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 Monroeville
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 Monroeville police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at monroevilleal.gov/home/departments/police-department (page title: Police Department | Monroeville), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (334) 242-4191, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Monroe County Circuit Court, through the court records page at monroe.alacourt.gov, phone (251)743-2283.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
The Monroe County guide covers every agency in the county: Monroe County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Monroeville each year?
Monroeville reported 44 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Monroeville?
Ask the Monroe County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at monroecosheriffga.us/offender-search.
Where are people arrested in Monroeville booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Monroeville?
The court files of criminal cases in the Monroe 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 Monroeville?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Monroeville police for its own arrests, the Monroe 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 Monroeville 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.