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 October 4, 2026.
Farmington, Arkansas, in Washington County, has about 10,000 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 Washington 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: Farmington public records, Washington County arrest records, Arkansas arrest records and Arkansas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Farmington
The FBI lists Farmington with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Farmington Police Department. It reported 630 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 Washington County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 625 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Washington County: the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (campus police); the State Park at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park and the State Park at Devil's Den State Park (state agency).
How Many Arrests Farmington Reports
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.
- Farmington: 630 for 2025, 651 for 2024, 682 for 2023, 633 for 2022, 743 for 2021 and 603 for 2020.
Farmington's 630 arrests in 2025 were down 3.2 percent from 651 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Farmington reported 418 arrests, against 381 in the same months of 2025.
Across Washington County, the 12 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,948 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Farmington Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Farmington and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 780 people, up from about 690 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 568 beds, and it ran at 137 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 Washington County Sheriff's Office at washingtoncountyar.gov/government/departments-f-z/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Washington County, AR), phone (479) 444-5700, 1155 W. Clydesdale Drive Fayetteville, AR 72701, Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Farmington
An arrest in Farmington can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Washington County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at caseinfo.arcourts.gov/opad); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at washingtoncountyar.gov/government/departments-f-z/prosecuting-attorney, phone (479) 444-1570).
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 Farmington
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 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 Farmington police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at cityoffarmington-ar.gov/frequently-asked-questions (page title: Frequently Asked Questions | City of Farmington, AR), phone 479-267-3805, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Washington County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (479) 444-5700.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (479) 444-1570, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Washington County Circuit Court, through the court records page at caseinfo.arcourts.gov/opad.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau.
The Washington County guide covers every agency in the county: Washington County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Farmington each year?
Farmington reported 630 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Farmington?
Ask the Washington County Sheriff's Office at (479) 444-5700; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at washingtoncountyar.gov.
Where are people arrested in Farmington booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Washington County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Farmington?
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 Farmington?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Farmington police for its own arrests, the Washington 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.
Is this the official Farmington 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.