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 26, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Pea Ridge, Arkansas, in Benton 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 Benton 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: Pea Ridge public records, Benton County arrest records, Arkansas arrest records and Arkansas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Pea Ridge
The FBI lists Pea Ridge with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Pea Ridge Police Department. It reported 383 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 Benton County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 746 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Benton County: the State Park at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area (state agency); Northwest Arkansas Community College (campus police); Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (other).
How Many Arrests Pea Ridge 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.
- Pea Ridge: 383 for 2025, 274 for 2024, 245 for 2023, 230 for 2022, 245 for 2021 and 304 for 2020.
Pea Ridge's 383 arrests in 2025 were up 40 percent from 274 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Pea Ridge reported 156 arrests, against 206 in the same months of 2025.
Across Benton County, the 14 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 12,275 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Pea Ridge Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pea Ridge 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 2020 the jail held about 480 people, down from about 680 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 669 beds, and it ran at 102 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 Benton County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.bentoncountyar.gov/jail-dashboard (page title: Jail Dashboard | Benton County Sheriff's Office), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Pea Ridge
For Pea Ridge the place to look is CourtConnect, the Arkansas Judiciary's free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed.
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 Pea Ridge
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 Pea Ridge police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at cityofpearidgear.gov/police (page title: Police | Welcome to Pea Ridge, Arkansas), phone (479) 451-8220, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Benton County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau.
The Benton County guide covers every agency in the county: Benton County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Pea Ridge each year?
Pea Ridge reported 383 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Pea Ridge booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Benton County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Pea Ridge?
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 Pea Ridge?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Pea Ridge police for its own arrests, the Benton 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 Pea Ridge 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.