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.
Pell City, Alabama, in St. Clair County, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pell City is held at the county jail, run by the St. Clair 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 Pell City
The county jail, run by the St. Clair County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Pell City, from every agency.
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 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.
The St. Clair County Jail by the Numbers
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.
St. Clair County has about 97,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 16 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the St. Clair County Jail
The St. Clair County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Pell City (filed by the FBI as Pell City Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Pell City.
The Trussville Police Department and the Leeds Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including St. Clair County, so their arrests are not broken out for St. Clair County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the St. Clair County Sheriff's Office's 1,999 for 2025, Pell City's 509 for 2024 and Moody's 497 for 2025.
Together, the eight agencies in St. Clair County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,853 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 Pell City arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Pell City?
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.
How many people are in the St. Clair County jail?
About 160 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 192 beds.
Is this the official Pell City 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.