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.
Pickens County, Alabama, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Pickens County Sheriff's Office, five city agencies and two other 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 Pickens 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: Pickens County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Pickens County
The Pickens County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Pickens County. It reported 130 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists five cities in Pickens County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Aliceville, 2,038 residents: 14 arrests reported for 2025.
- Gordo, 1,559 residents: 24 arrests reported for 2022.
- Reform, 1,437 residents: 22 arrests reported for 2024.
- Carrollton, 968 residents: 19 arrests reported for 2024.
- Pickensville, 543 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 FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Pickens County: 24th Judicial Circuit Drug and Violent Crime Task Force and District Attorney at 24th Circuit (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Pickens 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.
- Pickens County Sheriff's Office: 130 for 2024, 327 for 2023, 268 for 2022 and 106 for 2021.
- Aliceville: 14 for 2025, 27 for 2024, 33 for 2023, 9 for 2022, 18 for 2021 and 45 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Reform: 22 for 2024, 31 for 2022, 60 for 2021, 48 for 2020 and 57 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Carrollton: 19 for 2024, 26 for 2023, 37 for 2021 and 43 for 2019; 2020 and 2022 are missing months.
- Pickensville: 0 for 2024 and 0 for 2022; 2023 is missing months.
- Gordo: 24 for 2022 and 4 for 2021.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 198 arrests that year. The three of them with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 176 in 2024 against 386 in 2023, down 54 percent.
Gordo reported only part of 2024 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Pickens County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Pickens 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 2021 the jail held about 100 people, up from about 90 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 204 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 Pickens County
For Pickens County the place to look is the case index of the Pickens County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at pickens.alacourt.gov, phone (205) 367-2050).
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 Pickens 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 Pickens County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Aliceville, Gordo, Reform, Carrollton or Pickensville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by 24th Judicial Circuit Drug and Violent Crime Task Force or District Attorney at 24th Circuit: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Pickens County Circuit Court, through the court records page at pickens.alacourt.gov, phone (205) 367-2050.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Pickens County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the eight cities in Pickens County: Aliceville, Gordo, Reform, Carrollton and Pickensville. Ethelsville, McMullen and Memphis 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 Pickens County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Pickens County each year?
The Pickens County Sheriff's Office reported 130 arrests to the FBI for 2024, and the five agencies with every month of 2024 on file reported 198 between them.
Where are people arrested in Pickens County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Pickens County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Pickens County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Pickens 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 Pickens County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Pickens 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 Pickens 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.