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 9, 2026.
Walker County, Alabama, has about 65,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Walker County Sheriff's Office, six 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 Walker 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: Walker County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Walker County
The Walker County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Walker County. It reported 435 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
Arrests inside six 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:
- Jasper, 14,561 residents: 966 arrests reported for 2025.
- Sumiton, 2,511 residents: 129 arrests reported for 2025.
- Dora, 2,242 residents: 229 arrests reported for 2025.
- Carbon Hill, 1,723 residents: 86 arrests reported for 2025.
- Cordova, 1,680 residents: 192 arrests reported for 2025.
- Parrish, 976 residents: 47 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 Walker County: Bevill State Community College (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Walker 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.
- Jasper: 966 for 2025, 957 for 2024, 1,058 for 2023, 1,172 for 2022 and 1,288 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Dora: 229 for 2025, 330 for 2024, 452 for 2023, 658 for 2022, 782 for 2021 and 740 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Cordova: 192 for 2025, 268 for 2024, 331 for 2023 and 364 for 2022.
- Sumiton: 129 for 2025, 308 for 2023, 372 for 2022, 134 for 2021 and 45 for 2020; 2024 is missing months.
- Carbon Hill: 86 for 2025, 158 for 2024, 188 for 2023, 159 for 2022 and 153 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Parrish: 47 for 2025, 101 for 2024, 198 for 2023, 105 for 2022, 22 for 2021 and 24 for 2020.
- Walker County Sheriff's Office: 435 for 2024, 608 for 2023, 948 for 2022, 744 for 2021 and 713 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Together, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,649 arrests that year. The five of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,520 in 2025 against 1,814 in 2024, down 16 percent.
Through August 2026, the six agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,130 arrests, against 1,113 in the same months of 2025.
Walker County Sheriff's Office reported only part of 2025 (9 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Walker County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Walker 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 170 people, down from about 320 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 277 beds, and it ran at 61 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Walker County Sheriff's Office at walkercountysheriff.com/index.html (page title: Walker County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Nick Smith), phone 205-302-6464, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Walker County
An arrest in Walker County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Walker County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at walkercountyal.us/home/courts/circuit-courts, phone 205-384-7268); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at walkerda14.com, phone 205-384-7272).
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 Walker 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 Walker County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 205-302-6464.
- An arrest in Jasper, Sumiton, Dora, Carbon Hill, Cordova or Parrish: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Bevill State Community College: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 205-384-7272, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Walker County Circuit Court, through the court records page at walkercountyal.us/home/courts/circuit-courts, phone 205-384-7268.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
The other Walker County guides go further: warrants, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets, DUI, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Walker County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for six of the 11 cities in Walker County: Jasper, Sumiton, Dora, Carbon Hill, Cordova and Parrish. Oakman, Sipsey, Nauvoo, Kansas and Eldridge 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 Walker County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Walker County each year?
Jasper reported 966 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the six agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,649 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Walker County?
Ask the Walker County Sheriff's Office at 205-302-6464; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at walkercountysheriff.com/index.html.
Where are people arrested in Walker County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Walker County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Walker County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Walker 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 Walker County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Walker 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 Walker 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.