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.
Henry County, Alabama, has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Henry 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 Henry 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: Henry County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Henry County
The Henry County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Henry County. It reported 353 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists three cities in Henry County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Headland, 5,429 residents: 133 arrests reported for 2025.
- Abbeville, 2,370 residents: 175 arrests reported for 2025.
- Newville, 566 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2024.
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 Dothan Police Department is listed by the FBI across three counties including Henry County, so its arrests are not broken out for Henry County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Henry 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.
- Henry County Sheriff's Office: 353 for 2025, 219 for 2024, 474 for 2023, 310 for 2022, 140 for 2021 and 273 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Abbeville: 175 for 2025, 192 for 2024, 163 for 2023, 159 for 2022 and 235 for 2021.
- Headland: 133 for 2025, 260 for 2024, 255 for 2023, 333 for 2022 and 227 for 2021.
- Newville: 0 for 2024 and 0 for 2023.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 661 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 661 in 2025 against 671 in 2024, down 1.5 percent.
Through March 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 248 arrests, against 153 in the same months of 2025.
Newville reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Henry County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Henry 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 52 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 117 beds, and it ran at 44 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 Henry County
For Henry County the place to look is the case index of the Henry County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at henry.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 585-2753).
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 Henry 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 Henry County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Headland, Abbeville or Newville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Henry County Circuit Court, through the court records page at henry.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 585-2753.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Henry County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the four cities in Henry County: Headland, Abbeville and Newville. Haleburg 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 Henry County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Henry County each year?
The Henry County Sheriff's Office reported 353 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 661 between them.
Where are people arrested in Henry County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Henry County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Henry County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Henry 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 Henry County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Henry 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 Henry 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.