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.
Chilton County, Alabama, has about 47,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Chilton County Sheriff's Office and four 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 Chilton 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: Chilton County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Chilton County
The Chilton County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Chilton County. It reported 1,055 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists four cities in Chilton County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Clanton, 9,228 residents: 718 arrests reported for 2025.
- Jemison, 2,999 residents: 174 arrests reported for 2025.
- Thorsby, 2,190 residents: 61 arrests reported for 2025.
- Maplesville, 660 residents: 22 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.
The Calera Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Chilton County, so its arrests are not broken out for Chilton County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Chilton 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.
- Chilton County Sheriff's Office: 1,055 for 2025, 1,069 for 2024, 1,229 for 2023 and 1,331 for 2022.
- Clanton: 718 for 2025, 721 for 2024, 800 for 2023 and 773 for 2022.
- Jemison: 174 for 2025, 218 for 2024, 201 for 2023 and 306 for 2022.
- Thorsby: 61 for 2025, 48 for 2024, 82 for 2023, 104 for 2022, 70 for 2021 and 20 for 2020.
- Maplesville: 22 for 2025, 32 for 2023, 32 for 2022, 22 for 2021, 64 for 2020 and 78 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,030 arrests that year. The four of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,008 in 2025 against 2,056 in 2024, down 2.3 percent.
Through August 2026, the five agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,220 arrests, against 1,332 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Chilton County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Chilton 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 230 people, down from about 250 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 232 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 Chilton County
For Chilton County the place to look is the case index of the Chilton County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at chilton.alacourt.gov, phone (205) 755-1551).
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 Chilton 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 Chilton County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Clanton, Jemison, Thorsby or Maplesville: 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 Chilton County Circuit Court, through the court records page at chilton.alacourt.gov, phone (205) 755-1551.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Chilton County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the four cities in Chilton County: Clanton, Jemison, Thorsby and Maplesville.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Chilton County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Chilton County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Clanton (9,228)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Chilton County each year?
The Chilton County Sheriff's Office reported 1,055 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,030 between them.
Where are people arrested in Chilton County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Chilton County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Chilton County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Chilton 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 Chilton County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Chilton 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 Chilton 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.