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 between September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Fayette County, Alabama, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Fayette County Sheriff's Office and two 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 Fayette 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: Fayette County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Fayette County
The Fayette County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Fayette County. It reported 60 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Fayette County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Fayette, 4,080 residents: 246 arrests reported for 2025.
- Berry, 1,182 residents: 5 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 Winfield Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Fayette County, so its arrests are not broken out for Fayette County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Fayette 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.
- Fayette: 246 for 2025, 209 for 2024, 246 for 2023, 226 for 2022, 254 for 2021 and 271 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Fayette County Sheriff's Office: 60 for 2025, 87 for 2024, 80 for 2023, 101 for 2022, 67 for 2021 and 114 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Berry: 5 for 2025, 6 for 2024, 42 for 2023 and 38 for 2022.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 311 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 311 in 2025 against 302 in 2024, up 3 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Fayette County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Fayette 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 2020 the jail held about 68 people, up from about 63 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 50 beds, and it ran at 126 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Fayette County Sheriff's Office at fayetteso.com/roster.php (page title: Inmate Roster | Current Inmates Booking Date Descending | Fayette County AL Sheriff's Office), phone 205-932-3205, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Fayette County
An arrest in Fayette County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Fayette County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Fayette County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at fayette.alacourt.gov, phone (205) 932-4617).
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 Fayette 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 Fayette County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 205-932-3205.
- An arrest in Fayette or Berry: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Fayette County Circuit Court, through the court records page at fayette.alacourt.gov, phone (205) 932-4617.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Fayette County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the four cities in Fayette County: Fayette and Berry. Glen Allen and Belk 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 Fayette County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Fayette County each year?
Fayette reported 246 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 311 between them.
Where are people arrested in Fayette County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Fayette County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Fayette County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Fayette 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 Fayette County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Fayette 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 Fayette 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.