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.
Odenville, Alabama, in St. Clair 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 St. Clair 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: Odenville public records, St. Clair County arrest records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Odenville
The FBI lists Odenville with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Odenville Police Department. It reported 55 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 St. Clair County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 1,999 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Odenville 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.
- Odenville: 55 for 2025, 174 for 2023, 194 for 2022 and 292 for 2019; 2020, 2021 and 2024 are missing months.
Through August 2026, Odenville reported 41 arrests, against 35 in the same months of 2025.
Across St. Clair County, the eight agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,853 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Odenville Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Odenville 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 160 people, down from about 220 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 192 beds, and it ran at 81 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 St. Clair County Sheriff's Office at stclairsheriff.org/inmate-roster (page title: Inmate Roster | St. Clair County Sheriff's Office | Sort Booking Time | Descending | Page 1), 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 Odenville
Whether someone was arrested in Odenville, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the St. Clair County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the St. Clair County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at stclair.alacourt.gov, phone (205) 594-2184); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at stclairco.com/160/District-Attorney, phone 205-338-9429).
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 Odenville
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Odenville police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at cityofodenville.net/police (page title: Police Department | City of Odenville), phone 205.629.0811, 12600 US Hwy 411 Odenville, AL 35120, Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the St. Clair County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 205-338-9429, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the St. Clair County Circuit Court, through the court records page at stclair.alacourt.gov, phone (205) 594-2184.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at stclairsheriff.org/public-records-request (page title: Public Records Request | St. Clair County Sheriff's Office).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
The St. Clair County guide covers every agency in the county: St. Clair County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Odenville each year?
Odenville reported 55 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Odenville?
Look on the custody page of the St. Clair County Sheriff's Office at stclairsheriff.org/inmate-roster. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Odenville booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the St. Clair County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Odenville?
The court files of criminal cases in the St. Clair 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 Odenville?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Odenville police for its own arrests, the St. Clair 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at stclairsheriff.org/public-records-request.
Is this the official Odenville 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.