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.
Blount County, Alabama, has about 60,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Blount County Sheriff's Office and seven 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 Blount 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: Blount County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Blount County
The Blount County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Blount County. It reported 901 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside seven 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:
- Oneonta, 7,039 residents: 341 arrests reported for 2025.
- Blountsville, 1,820 residents: 52 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hayden, 1,355 residents: 25 arrests reported for 2025.
- Cleveland, 1,263 residents: 9 arrests reported for 2025.
- Snead, 1,046 residents: 359 arrests reported for 2025.
- Susan Moore, 808 residents: 3 arrests reported for 2024.
- Highland Lake, 430 residents: 2 arrests reported for 2024.
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 Altoona Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Blount County, so its arrests are not broken out for Blount County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Blount 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.
- Blount County Sheriff's Office: 901 for 2025, 903 for 2023, 873 for 2022 and 1,038 for 2019; 2020, 2021 and 2024 are missing months.
- Snead: 359 for 2025, 100 for 2023, 80 for 2022 and 268 for 2019; 2020, 2021 and 2024 are missing months.
- Oneonta: 341 for 2025, 437 for 2024, 561 for 2023, 630 for 2022, 589 for 2021 and 813 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Blountsville: 52 for 2025, 5 for 2024, 101 for 2023, 59 for 2022, 55 for 2021 and 91 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Hayden: 25 for 2025, 24 for 2024, 22 for 2023, 17 for 2022, 49 for 2021 and 49 for 2020.
- Cleveland: 9 for 2025, 10 for 2023, 9 for 2022 and 38 for 2021; 2024 is missing months.
- Susan Moore: 3 for 2024.
- Highland Lake: 2 for 2024.
Together, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,687 arrests that year. The three of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 418 in 2025 against 466 in 2024, down 10 percent.
Through August 2026, the five agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,098 arrests, against 1,172 in the same months of 2025.
Susan Moore and Highland Lake reported only part of 2025 (4 months and 11 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Blount County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Blount 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 2021 the jail held about 150 people, down from about 180 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 101 beds, and it ran at 174 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 Blount County
Whether someone was arrested in Blount County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Blount County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at blount.alacourt.gov, phone (205) 973-0499); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at blountcountyal.gov/facility-directory/district-attorney, phone 205-973-0507).
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 Blount County
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 Blount County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Oneonta, Blountsville, Hayden, Cleveland, Snead, Susan Moore or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 205-973-0507, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Blount County Circuit Court, through the court records page at blount.alacourt.gov, phone (205) 973-0499.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Blount County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for seven of the 12 cities in Blount County: Oneonta, Blountsville, Hayden, Cleveland, Snead, Susan Moore and Highland Lake. Locust Fork, Allgood, Nectar, Rosa and County Line have 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 Blount County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Blount County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Oneonta (7,039)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Blount County each year?
The Blount County Sheriff's Office reported 901 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the six agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,687 between them.
Where are people arrested in Blount County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Blount County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Blount County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Blount 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 Blount County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Blount 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 Blount 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.