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.
Scottsboro, Alabama, in Jackson County, has about 16,000 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 Jackson 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: Scottsboro public records, Jackson County arrest records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Scottsboro
The FBI lists Scottsboro with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Scottsboro Police Department. It reported 626 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 Jackson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 336 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Scottsboro 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.
- Scottsboro: 626 for 2025 and 1,016 for 2019; 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
Through August 2026, Scottsboro reported 389 arrests, against 438 in the same months of 2025.
Across Jackson County, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,139 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Scottsboro Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Scottsboro 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 2023 the jail held about 180 people, down from about 250 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 243 beds, and it ran at 103 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 Jackson County Sheriff's Office at jacksoncountyso.com/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Jackson County Sheriff's Office), phone 877-654-8463, 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 Scottsboro
An arrest in Scottsboro can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Jackson County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at jackson.alacourt.gov, phone (256) 574-9320).
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 Scottsboro
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 Scottsboro police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at scottsboropd.org (page title: Scottsboro Police), phone 256-574-3333, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Jackson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 877-654-8463.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Jackson County Circuit Court, through the court records page at jackson.alacourt.gov, phone (256) 574-9320.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at jacksoncountyal.gov (page title: PUBLIC DOCUMENT REQUEST FORM).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
The Jackson County guide covers every agency in the county: Jackson County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Scottsboro each year?
Scottsboro reported 626 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Scottsboro?
Look on the custody page of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office at jacksoncountyso.com/inmate-search, or call 877-654-8463. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Scottsboro booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Jackson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Scottsboro?
The court files of criminal cases in the Jackson 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 Scottsboro?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Scottsboro police for its own arrests, the Jackson 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 jacksoncountyal.gov.
Is this the official Scottsboro 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.