Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Mobile County, Alabama, has about 412,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Mobile County depends on where the incident happened: the Mobile County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Alabama Public Records Law requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Mobile County public records, Mobile County arrest records, Mobile County warrants, Mobile County inmate search, Mobile County criminal records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Mobile County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Mobile County that is the Mobile County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's agency list also places one other agency and three campus police departments in Mobile County, each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Mobile County Sheriff's Office
The Mobile County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 248 violent and 658 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 930 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at mobileso.com/jail-web-portal (page title: Jail Web Portal | Mobile County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Mobile County
The ten cities the FBI lists in Mobile County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Mobile: 1,506 violent and 3,781 property crimes reported for 2025; 3,776 arrests reported for 2025.
- Saraland: 11 violent and 186 property crimes reported for 2025; 982 arrests reported for 2025.
- Satsuma: 8 violent and 54 property crimes reported for 2025; 144 arrests reported for 2025.
- Chickasaw: 30 violent and 91 property crimes reported for 2025; 399 arrests reported for 2025.
- Semmes: 34 violent and 262 property crimes reported for 2025; 314 arrests reported for 2025. The Semmes police department's page is at cityofsemmesal.gov/departments/police-department, phone (251) 459-6062 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Citronelle: 3 violent and 20 property crimes reported for 2025; 78 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bayou La Batre: 10 violent and 110 property crimes reported for 2025; 89 arrests reported for 2025.
- Creola: 3 violent and 11 property crimes reported for 2025; 123 arrests reported for 2024.
- Dauphin Island: 3 violent and 17 property crimes reported for 2025; 172 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mount Vernon: 2 violent and 28 property crimes reported for 2025; 25 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 Reports: Mobile County in 2025
The 11 agencies in Mobile County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,858 violent and 5,218 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the ten agencies in Mobile County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,909 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Alabama Public Records Law Requires
Under the Alabama Public Records Law the agency must answer a request within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline, and it may charge a reasonable fee for copies. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at mobileal.justfoia.com/publicportal/home/newrequest (page title: Mobile, AL Public Portal | JustFOIA).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Mobile County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Mobile 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.
How long does an agency in Mobile County have to answer?
Under the Alabama Public Records Law, within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline. It may charge a reasonable fee for copies.
How do I get a report from the Mobile County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Alabama Public Records Law the answer is due within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline.
Is this the official Mobile 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.