Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 1, 2026.
Blount County, Alabama, has about 60,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Blount County depends on where the incident happened: the Blount County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Alabama Public Records Law requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Blount County public records, Blount County arrest records, Blount County warrants, Blount County criminal records, Blount County court records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Blount County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Blount County that is the Blount County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
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.
Reports from the Blount County Sheriff's Office
The Blount County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 111 violent and 384 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 901 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit.
Reports from the City Agencies in Blount County
The seven cities the FBI lists in Blount County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Oneonta: 9 violent and 198 property crimes reported for 2025; 341 arrests reported for 2025. The Oneonta police department's page is at oneontaalpd.gov, phone 205-625-4351 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Blountsville: 4 violent and 18 property crimes reported for 2025; 52 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hayden: 2 violent and 15 property crimes reported for 2025; 25 arrests reported for 2025.
- Cleveland: 3 violent and 17 property crimes reported for 2025; 9 arrests reported for 2025.
- Snead: 9 violent and 15 property crimes reported for 2025; 359 arrests reported for 2025.
- Susan Moore: 3 arrests reported for 2024.
- Highland Lake: 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.
How Many Reports: Blount County in 2025
The six agencies in Blount County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 138 violent and 647 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the six agencies in Blount County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,687 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Alabama Public Records Law Requires
The Alabama Public Records Law sets the rules: an answer within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline, at a charge of a reasonable fee for copies, from the agency that holds the report.
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 205-973-0507, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Blount County?
From the agency whose officer took it: 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.
How long does an agency in Blount County have to answer?
Under the Alabama Public Records Law, within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline. It may charge a reasonable fee for copies.
How do I get a report from the Blount County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. 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.