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.
Lauderdale County, Alabama, has about 98,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office, five city agencies and one campus agency. 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 Lauderdale 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: Lauderdale County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Lauderdale County
The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Lauderdale County. It reported 2,017 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside five 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:
- Florence, 42,716 residents: 2,631 arrests reported for 2025.
- Rogersville, 1,414 residents: 75 arrests reported for 2025.
- Killen, 1,040 residents: 2 arrests reported for 2024.
- Lexington, 737 residents: 5 arrests reported for 2024.
- St. Florian, 717 residents: 29 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 FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Lauderdale County: the University of North Alabama (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Lauderdale 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.
- Florence: 2,631 for 2025, 2,970 for 2024, 3,363 for 2023, 3,483 for 2022, 3,153 for 2021 and 3,426 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office: 2,017 for 2025, 2,018 for 2024, 2,375 for 2023, 2,681 for 2022 and 2,484 for 2021.
- Rogersville: 75 for 2025, 71 for 2024, 117 for 2022, 121 for 2021, 179 for 2020 and 152 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- St. Florian: 29 for 2025, 37 for 2024, 32 for 2023, 57 for 2022, 71 for 2021 and 81 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Lexington: 5 for 2024, 18 for 2023 and 17 for 2021; 2022 is missing months.
- Killen: 2 for 2024, 15 for 2023, 31 for 2022, 11 for 2021 and 115 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,752 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 4,752 in 2025 against 5,096 in 2024, down 6.8 percent.
Through August 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 2,942 arrests, against 3,187 in the same months of 2025.
Lexington and Killen reported only part of 2025 (10 months and 9 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lauderdale County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lauderdale 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 340 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 376 beds, and it ran at 91 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 Lauderdale County
For Lauderdale County the place to look is the case index of the Lauderdale County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at lauderdale.alacourt.gov, phone (256) 760-5728).
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 Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Florence, Rogersville, Killen, Lexington or St. Florian: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the University of North Alabama: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Lauderdale County Circuit Court, through the court records page at lauderdale.alacourt.gov, phone (256) 760-5728.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Lauderdale County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the seven cities in Lauderdale County: Florence, Rogersville, Killen, Lexington and St. Florian. Anderson and Waterloo 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 Lauderdale County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Lauderdale County each year?
Florence reported 2,631 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 4,752 between them.
Where are people arrested in Lauderdale County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lauderdale County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale 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.