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 October 1, 2026.
Sylacauga, Alabama, in Talladega County, has about 12,000 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 Talladega 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: Sylacauga public records, Talladega County arrest records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Sylacauga
The FBI lists Sylacauga with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Sylacauga Police Department. It reported 927 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 Talladega County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 365 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Sylacauga 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.
- Sylacauga: 927 for 2025, 838 for 2024, 429 for 2023, 464 for 2022 and 1,198 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
Sylacauga's 927 arrests in 2025 were up 11 percent from 838 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Sylacauga reported 459 arrests, against 680 in the same months of 2025.
Across Talladega County, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,451 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Sylacauga Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Sylacauga 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 2021 the jail held about 330 people, up from about 300 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 485 beds, and it ran at 62 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 Talladega County Sheriff's Office at talladegasheriff.com (page title: Talladega County Sheriff), phone (256) 362-2748, 148 East Street N, 1st Floor, Talladega, AL 35160, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 2026.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Sylacauga
For Sylacauga the place to look is the case index of the Talladega County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at talladega.alacourt.gov, phone (256) 761-2102).
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 Sylacauga
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 Sylacauga police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at cityofsylacauga.net/records-office.html (page title: Records Office), phone 256-391-4381, 301 N. Broadway Ave., P.O. Box 390, Sylacauga, AL 35150, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Talladega County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (256) 362-2748.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Talladega County Circuit Court, through the court records page at talladega.alacourt.gov, phone (256) 761-2102.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
The Talladega County guide covers every agency in the county: Talladega County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Sylacauga each year?
Sylacauga reported 927 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Sylacauga?
Ask the Talladega County Sheriff's Office at (256) 362-2748; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at talladegasheriff.com.
Where are people arrested in Sylacauga booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Talladega County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Sylacauga?
The court files of criminal cases in the Talladega 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 Sylacauga?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Sylacauga police for its own arrests, the Talladega 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 Sylacauga 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.