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 on September 24, 2026.
Autauga County, Alabama, has about 61,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Autauga County Sheriff's Office and two city agencies. An arrest 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 Autauga County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Autauga County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Autauga County
The Autauga County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Autauga County. It reported 624 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Prattville, 40,139 residents: 1,942 arrests reported for 2025.
- Autaugaville, 815 residents: 7 arrests reported for 2022.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The Millbrook Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Autauga County, so its arrests are not broken out for Autauga County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Autauga County
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.
- Prattville: 1,942 for 2025, 1,578 for 2024, 1,300 for 2023 and 1,421 for 2022.
- Autauga County Sheriff's Office: 624 for 2025, 791 for 2024, 571 for 2023, 597 for 2022, 797 for 2021 and 694 for 2020.
- Autaugaville: 7 for 2022 and 5 for 2021.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,566 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,566 in 2025 against 2,369 in 2024, up 8.3 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,678 arrests, against 1,435 in the same months of 2025.
Autaugaville reported only part of 2025 (9 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Autauga County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Autauga County 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 2022 the jail held about 150 people, down from about 200 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2022 was 136 beds, and it ran at 112 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 Autauga County Sheriff's Office at autaugacountyal.org/inmate-search (page title: Autauga County Inmate Search), phone (334) 361-2600, 162 W 4th Street, Prattville, AL 36067, Monday to Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, 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 Autauga County
An arrest in Autauga County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Autauga County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Autauga County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at autauga.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 358-6800).
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 Autauga County
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 Autauga County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (334) 361-2600.
- An arrest in Prattville or Autaugaville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Autauga County Circuit Court, through the court records page at autauga.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 358-6800.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Autauga County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Autauga County: Prattville and Autaugaville. Billingsley has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Autauga County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Autauga County each year?
Prattville reported 1,942 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,566 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Autauga County?
Look on the custody page of the Autauga County Sheriff's Office at autaugacountyal.org/inmate-search, or call (334) 361-2600. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Autauga County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Autauga County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Autauga County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Autauga 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 Autauga County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Autauga County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Alabama Public Records Law the answer is due within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline.
Is this the official Autauga County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.