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 September 28, 2026.
Ashley County, Arkansas, has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Ashley County Sheriff's Office and two city agencies. 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 Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Ashley 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: Ashley County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Ashley County
The Ashley County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Ashley County. It reported 70 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two 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:
- Crossett, 4,506 residents: 113 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hamburg, 2,384 residents: 4 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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Ashley County
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.
- Crossett: 113 for 2025, 94 for 2024, 108 for 2023, 96 for 2022, 98 for 2021 and 98 for 2020.
- Ashley County Sheriff's Office: 70 for 2025, 131 for 2024, 150 for 2023, 206 for 2022, 172 for 2021 and 136 for 2020.
- Hamburg: 4 for 2025, 3 for 2024, 5 for 2023, 18 for 2022, 9 for 2021 and 6 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 187 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 187 in 2025 against 228 in 2024, down 18 percent.
Through April 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 75 arrests, against 49 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Ashley County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Ashley 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 2019 the jail held about 45 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 120 beds, and it ran at 38 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 Ashley County Sheriff's Office at ashleycountysheriff.com/acso_004.htm (page title: Contact Us), phone (870) 853-2040, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Arkansas Division of Correction, whose inmate locator is at doc.arkansas.gov/correction/online-services.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Ashley County
Whether someone was arrested in Ashley County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Ashley 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 arcourts.gov/circuit/?q=prosecuting-attorney, phone 870-261-1747).
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 Ashley 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 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 Ashley County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (870) 853-2040.
- An arrest in Crossett or Hamburg: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 870-261-1747, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Ashley County Circuit Court, through the court records page at caseinfo.arcourts.gov/opad.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at arkansasag.gov (page title: Arkansas Freedom of Information Act | Arkansas Attorney General).
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau.
Cities in Ashley County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the seven cities in Ashley County: Crossett and Hamburg. Wilmot, Portland, Montrose, Parkdale and Fountain Hill 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 Ashley County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Ashley County each year?
Crossett reported 113 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 187 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Ashley County?
Ask the Ashley County Sheriff's Office at (870) 853-2040; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at ashleycountysheriff.com/acso_004.htm.
Where are people arrested in Ashley County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Ashley County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Ashley County?
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 Ashley County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Ashley County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. 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 arkansasag.gov.
Is this the official Ashley 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.