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.
Butler County, Alabama, has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Butler County Sheriff's Office and three 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 Butler 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: Butler County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Butler County
The Butler County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Butler County. It reported 178 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three 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:
- Greenville, 6,983 residents: 351 arrests reported for 2025.
- Georgiana, 1,267 residents: 12 arrests reported for 2025.
- McKenzie, 492 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2023.
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 Butler 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.
- Greenville: 351 for 2025, 416 for 2024, 413 for 2023 and 364 for 2022.
- Butler County Sheriff's Office: 178 for 2025, 215 for 2024, 201 for 2023 and 196 for 2022.
- Georgiana: 12 for 2025, 30 for 2024, 18 for 2023, 54 for 2022 and 22 for 2021.
- McKenzie: 0 for 2023.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 541 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 541 in 2025 against 661 in 2024, down 18 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 347 arrests, against 330 in the same months of 2025.
McKenzie reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Butler County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Butler 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 2019 the jail held about 85 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 96 beds, and it ran at 89 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Butler County Sheriff's Office at butlersheriff.org/jail-facilities (page title: Jail Facilities | Butler County Sheriff’s Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Butler County
For Butler County the place to look is the case index of the Butler County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at butler.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 382-3521).
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 Butler 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 Butler County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Greenville, Georgiana or McKenzie: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Butler County Circuit Court, through the court records page at butler.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 382-3521.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Butler County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the three cities in Butler County: Greenville, Georgiana and McKenzie.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Butler County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Butler County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Greenville (6,983)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Butler County each year?
Greenville reported 351 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 541 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Butler County?
Ask the Butler County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at butlersheriff.org/jail-facilities.
Where are people arrested in Butler County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Butler County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Butler County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Butler 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 Butler County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Butler 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 Butler 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.