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.
Boone County, Arkansas, has about 39,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Boone County Sheriff's Office and three 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 Boone 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: Boone County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Boone County
The Boone County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Boone County. It reported 350 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three 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:
- Harrison, 13,723 residents: 609 arrests reported for 2025.
- Diamond City, 836 residents: 3 arrests reported for 2024.
- Lead Hill, 281 residents: 2 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 Boone County
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.
- Harrison: 609 for 2025, 711 for 2024, 644 for 2023, 537 for 2022, 576 for 2021 and 589 for 2020.
- Boone County Sheriff's Office: 350 for 2025, 350 for 2024, 344 for 2023, 253 for 2022, 401 for 2021 and 432 for 2020.
- Lead Hill: 2 for 2025, 1 for 2024, 1 for 2023 and 9 for 2020; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Diamond City: 3 for 2024, 11 for 2023, 6 for 2022, 6 for 2021 and 2 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 961 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 961 in 2025 against 1,062 in 2024, down 9.5 percent.
Diamond City reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Boone County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Boone 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 2021 the jail held about 90 people, down from about 96 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 96 beds, and it ran at 100 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Boone County
For Boone County 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 Boone County
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 Boone County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Harrison, Diamond City or Lead Hill: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau.
Cities in Boone County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the 11 cities in Boone County: Harrison, Diamond City and Lead Hill. Bergman, Bellefonte, Alpena, Valley Springs, Omaha, Everton, Zinc and South Lead 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 Boone County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Boone County each year?
Harrison reported 609 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 961 between them.
Where are people arrested in Boone County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Boone County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Boone 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 Boone County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Boone 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.
Is this the official Boone 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.