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.
Bullock County, Alabama, has about 9,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Bullock County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 Bullock 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: Bullock County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Bullock County
The Bullock County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Bullock County. It reported 26 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Bullock County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Union Springs, 3,157 residents: 25 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 Bullock 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.
- Bullock County Sheriff's Office: 26 for 2025, 21 for 2024, 12 for 2023 and 6 for 2022.
- Union Springs: 25 for 2025, 24 for 2024, 27 for 2023, 72 for 2022, 73 for 2021 and 173 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 51 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 51 in 2025 against 45 in 2024, up 13 percent.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 16 arrests, against 42 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Bullock County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bullock 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 2019 the jail held about 16 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 16 beds, and it ran at 100 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 Bullock County
For Bullock County the place to look is the case index of the Bullock County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at bullock.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 738-2280).
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 Bullock 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 Bullock County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Union Springs: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Bullock County Circuit Court, through the court records page at bullock.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 738-2280.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Bullock County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Bullock County: Union Springs. Midway 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 Bullock County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Bullock County each year?
The Bullock County Sheriff's Office reported 26 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 51 between them.
Where are people arrested in Bullock County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Bullock County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Bullock County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Bullock 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 Bullock County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Bullock 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 Bullock 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.