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.
Pike County, Alabama, has about 33,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Pike County Sheriff's Office, two 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 Pike 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: Pike County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Pike County
The Pike County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Pike County. It reported 373 arrests for 2025.
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:
- Troy, 17,734 residents: 1,318 arrests reported for 2025.
- Brundidge, 2,028 residents: 92 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 Pike County: Troy University (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Pike 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.
- Troy: 1,318 for 2025, 1,475 for 2024, 1,230 for 2023, 1,203 for 2022 and 1,690 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Pike County Sheriff's Office: 373 for 2025, 269 for 2024 and 232 for 2023.
- Brundidge: 92 for 2025, 91 for 2024 and 76 for 2023.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,783 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,783 in 2025 against 1,835 in 2024, down 2.8 percent.
Through August 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,261 arrests, against 1,185 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Pike County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pike 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 2023 the jail held about 75 people, up from about 71 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 63 beds, and it ran at 119 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Pike County Sheriff's Office at pikecountyalsheriff.com/inmateRoster (page title: Pike County Sheriff’s Office (AL)), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Pike County
An arrest in Pike County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Pike County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Pike County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at pike.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 566-5113).
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 Pike 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 Pike County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Troy or Brundidge: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by Troy University: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Pike County Circuit Court, through the court records page at pike.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 566-5113.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Pike County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the four cities in Pike County: Troy and Brundidge. Goshen and Banks 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 Pike County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Pike County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Troy (17,734)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Pike County each year?
Troy reported 1,318 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,783 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Pike County?
Look on the custody page of the Pike County Sheriff's Office at pikecountyalsheriff.com/inmateRoster. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Pike County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Pike County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Pike County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Pike 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 Pike County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Pike 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 Pike 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.