Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 September 30, 2026.
Conway, Arkansas, in Faulkner County, has about 71,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Faulkner County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Conway public records, Faulkner County arrest records, Arkansas arrest records and Arkansas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Conway
The FBI lists Conway with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Conway Police Department. It reported 4,183 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Faulkner County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 625 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Faulkner County: the University of Central Arkansas (campus police); the State Park at Woolly Hollow State Park (state agency).
How Many Arrests Conway Reports
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.
- Conway: 4,183 for 2025, 3,862 for 2024, 4,037 for 2023, 3,968 for 2022, 3,128 for 2021 and 2,594 for 2020.
Conway's 4,183 arrests in 2025 were up 8.3 percent from 3,862 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Conway reported 2,819 arrests, against 2,275 in the same months of 2025.
Across Faulkner County, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,290 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Conway Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Conway 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 500 people, up from about 410 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 440 beds, and it ran at 113 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 Faulkner County Sheriff's Office at faulknercountyar.gov/government/departments-2/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Faulkner County GOV), phone 501-450-4914, 801 Locust Ave. 801 Locust Ave. Conway, AR 72034, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Arkansas Division of Correction lists its inmates at doc.arkansas.gov/correction/online-services.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Conway
Whether someone was arrested in Conway, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Faulkner County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at arcourts.gov/taxonomy/term/101); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at faulknercountyar.gov/government/departments-2/prosecuting-attorney, phone 501-450-4927).
Statewide, CourtConnect is the Arkansas Judiciary's free statewide case search.
Arkansas is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the state runs an online name-based background check open to the public, through the Arkansas State Police. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Conway
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 3 working days when the record is not immediately available, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Conway police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at conwayarkansas.gov/police (page title: Conway Police Department | City of Conway, Arkansas), phone 501-450-6120, 1105 Prairie St, Conway, AR 72032, Monday - Friday 7:00am - 5:00pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Faulkner County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 501-450-4914.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 501-450-4927, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Faulkner County Circuit Court, through the court records page at arcourts.gov/taxonomy/term/101.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at faulknercountyar.nextrequest.com (page title: Freedom of Information RequestsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau.
The Faulkner County guide covers every agency in the county: Faulkner County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Conway each year?
Conway reported 4,183 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Conway?
Ask the Faulkner County Sheriff's Office at 501-450-4914; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at faulknercountyar.gov.
Where are people arrested in Conway booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Faulkner County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Conway?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Arkansas State Police: the state runs an online name-based background check open to the public. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Conway?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Conway police for its own arrests, the Faulkner County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 3 working days when the record is not immediately available; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at faulknercountyar.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Conway website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.