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 4, 2026.
Hale County, Alabama, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Hale 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 Hale 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: Hale County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Hale County
The Hale County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Hale County.
Arrests inside two 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:
- Moundville, 3,614 residents: 125 arrests reported for 2025.
- Greensboro, 2,187 residents: 0 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 Hale 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.
- Moundville: 125 for 2025.
- Greensboro: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2022 and 12 for 2021; 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 125 arrests that year.
Through June 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 81 arrests, against 44 in the same months of 2025.
Hale County Sheriff's Office reported only part of 2025 (6 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Hale County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Hale 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 2018 the jail held about 2 people. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Hale County Sheriff's Office at halecountyal.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Hale County, AL), phone 334-624-3081, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Hale County
Whether someone was arrested in Hale County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Hale County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at hale.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 624-4257); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at halecountyal.gov/district-attorney, phone 334-624-1569).
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 Hale 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 Hale County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 334-624-3081.
- An arrest in Moundville or Greensboro: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 334-624-1569, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Hale County Circuit Court, through the court records page at hale.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 624-4257.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Hale County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the four cities in Hale County: Moundville and Greensboro. Akron and Newbern 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 Hale County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Hale County each year?
Moundville reported 125 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 125 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Hale County?
Ask the Hale County Sheriff's Office at 334-624-3081; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at halecountyal.gov/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Hale County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Hale County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Hale County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Hale 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 Hale County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Hale 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 Hale 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.