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 on September 24, 2026.
St. Clair County, Alabama, has about 97,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from St. Clair County depends on where the incident happened: the St. Clair 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: St. Clair County public records, St. Clair County arrest records, St. Clair County warrants, St. Clair County inmate search, St. Clair County criminal records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from St. Clair 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 St. Clair County that is the St. Clair 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 Trussville Police Department and the Leeds Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including St. Clair County, so their arrests are not broken out for St. Clair County here.
Reports from the St. Clair County Sheriff's Office
The St. Clair County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 84 violent and 339 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 1,999 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at stclairsheriff.org/inmate-roster (page title: Inmate Roster | St. Clair County Sheriff's Office | Sort Booking Time | Descending | Page 1), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in St. Clair County
The ten cities the FBI lists in St. Clair County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Pell City: 509 arrests reported for 2024. The Pell City police department's page is at pellcity.gov/policedepartment (verified September 26, 2026).
- Moody: 20 violent and 77 property crimes reported for 2025; 497 arrests reported for 2025. The Moody police department's page is at moodyalabama.gov/departments/police-department, phone (205) 640-0339 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Margaret: 7 violent and 14 property crimes reported for 2025; 100 arrests reported for 2022.
- Odenville: 16 violent and 22 property crimes reported for 2025; 55 arrests reported for 2025. The Odenville police department's page is at cityofodenville.net/police, phone 205.629.0811 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Springville: 10 violent and 64 property crimes reported for 2025; 118 arrests reported for 2025. The Springville police department's page is at cityofspringville.com/police, phone 205-467-2701 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Argo: 3 violent and 13 property crimes reported for 2025; 82 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ashville: 2 violent and 15 property crimes reported for 2025; 122 arrests reported for 2022.
- Riverside: 3 violent and 13 property crimes reported for 2025; 56 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ragland: 5 violent and 25 property crimes reported for 2025; 17 arrests reported for 2025.
- Steele: 2 violent and 4 property crimes reported for 2025; 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.
How Many Reports: St. Clair County in 2025
The ten agencies in St. Clair County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 152 violent and 586 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the eight agencies in St. Clair County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,853 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Alabama Public Records Law Requires
The Alabama Public Records Law sets the rules: an answer within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline, at a charge of a reasonable fee for copies, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at stclairsheriff.org/public-records-request (page title: Public Records Request | St. Clair County Sheriff's Office).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 205-338-9429, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in St. Clair County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the St. Clair 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 St. Clair 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 St. Clair 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 St. Clair 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.