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 1, 2026.
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in Jefferson County, has about 39,000 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 Jefferson 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: Pine Bluff public records, Jefferson County arrest records, Arkansas arrest records and Arkansas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Pine Bluff
The FBI lists Pine Bluff with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Pine Bluff Police Department. It reported 1,368 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 Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 231 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Jefferson County: Southeast Arkansas College and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (campus police).
How Many Arrests Pine Bluff 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.
- Pine Bluff: 1,368 for 2025, 1,377 for 2024, 851 for 2023, 1,084 for 2022, 1,099 for 2021 and 1,474 for 2020.
Pine Bluff's 1,368 arrests in 2025 were down 0.7 percent from 1,377 in 2024.
Through April 2026, Pine Bluff reported 533 arrests, against 370 in the same months of 2025.
Across Jefferson County, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,049 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Pine Bluff Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pine Bluff 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 2021 the jail held about 170 people, down from about 280 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 316 beds, and it ran at 87 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office at jeffcoso.org/roster.php (page title: Inmate Roster | Current Inmates Booking Date Descending | Jefferson County Sheriff AR), phone 870-541-5351, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Pine Bluff
Whether someone was arrested in Pine Bluff, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Jefferson 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 jeffersoncountyar.gov/government/prosecuting-attorney, phone 870-541-5387).
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 Pine Bluff
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 Pine Bluff police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at cityofpinebluff-ar.gov/police-department (page title: Pine Bluff Police Department | City Of Pine Bluff), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 870-541-5351.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 870-541-5387, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Jefferson 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 Jefferson County guide covers every agency in the county: Jefferson County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Pine Bluff each year?
Pine Bluff reported 1,368 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Pine Bluff?
Look on the custody page of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office at jeffcoso.org/roster.php, or call 870-541-5351. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Pine Bluff booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Pine Bluff?
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 Pine Bluff?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Pine Bluff police for its own arrests, the Jefferson 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 Pine Bluff 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.