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 October 2, 2026.
Barbour County, Alabama, has about 24,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Barbour County Sheriff's Office and five 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 Barbour 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: Barbour County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Barbour County
The Barbour County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Barbour County. It reported 24 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
Arrests inside five 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:
- Eufaula, 12,363 residents: 606 arrests reported for 2025.
- Clayton, 2,192 residents: 22 arrests reported for 2025.
- Clio, 1,190 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2024.
- Louisville, 386 residents: 5 arrests reported for 2024.
- Bakerhill, 204 residents: 3 arrests reported for 2025.
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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Barbour County
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.
- Eufaula: 606 for 2025, 512 for 2024, 578 for 2023, 564 for 2022, 533 for 2021 and 641 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Barbour County Sheriff's Office: 24 for 2024, 40 for 2023, 111 for 2022 and 105 for 2021.
- Clayton: 22 for 2025, 13 for 2024, 16 for 2023, 8 for 2022 and 13 for 2021.
- Louisville: 5 for 2024 and 3 for 2023.
- Clio: 0 for 2024.
- Bakerhill: 3 for 2025.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 554 arrests that year. The four of them with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 554 in 2024 against 637 in 2023, down 13 percent.
Bakerhill reported only part of 2024 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Barbour County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Barbour County 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 6 people, down from about 71 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 21 beds, and it ran at 29 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Barbour County
For Barbour County the place to look is the case index of the Barbour County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at barbour.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 775-8366).
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 Barbour 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 Barbour County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Eufaula, Clayton, Clio, Louisville or Bakerhill: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Barbour County Circuit Court, through the court records page at barbour.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 775-8366.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at barbourcountyal.gov (page title: Page 1 of 2 BARBOUR COUNTY COMMISSION PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Barbour County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the six cities in Barbour County: Eufaula, Clayton, Clio, Louisville and Bakerhill. Blue Springs 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 Barbour County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Barbour County each year?
Eufaula reported 606 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in Barbour County sent in full, the five with every month on file reported 554 between them.
Where are people arrested in Barbour County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Barbour County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Barbour County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Barbour 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 Barbour County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Barbour 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at barbourcountyal.gov.
Is this the official Barbour 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.