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 2, 2026.
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, has about 241,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Tuscaloosa County depends on where the incident happened: the Tuscaloosa 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: Tuscaloosa County public records, Tuscaloosa County arrest records, Tuscaloosa County warrants, Tuscaloosa County inmate search, Tuscaloosa County criminal records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa County that is the Tuscaloosa 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 list also carries the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa and Shelton State Community College (campus police) and Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility (state agency), each with a records office of its own.
The Woodstock Police Department and the Moundville Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Tuscaloosa County, so their arrests are not broken out for Tuscaloosa County here.
Reports from the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office
The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 132 violent and 419 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 587 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 205-752-0616. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at tcsoal.org (page title: Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office), phone 205-752-0616, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Tuscaloosa County
The six cities the FBI lists in Tuscaloosa County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Tuscaloosa: 559 violent and 2,771 property crimes reported for 2025; 5,518 arrests reported for 2025.
- Northport: 122 violent and 406 property crimes reported for 2025; 523 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lake View: 7 arrests reported for 2024.
- Brookwood: 9 violent and 30 property crimes reported for 2025; 51 arrests reported for 2025.
- Vance: 3 violent and 25 property crimes reported for 2025; 87 arrests reported for 2025.
- Coaling: 4 violent and 18 property crimes reported for 2025; 5 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: Tuscaloosa County in 2025
The six agencies in Tuscaloosa County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 829 violent and 3,669 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the six agencies in Tuscaloosa County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,771 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.
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 205-349-1252, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Tuscaloosa County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 205-752-0616. Under the Alabama Public Records Law the answer is due within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline.
Is this the official Tuscaloosa 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.