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 on September 24, 2026.
Carroll County, Arkansas, has about 29,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Carroll 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 Carroll 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: Carroll County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Carroll County
The Carroll County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Carroll County. It reported 284 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists three cities in Carroll County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Berryville, 5,763 residents: 137 arrests reported for 2025.
- Green Forest, 3,198 residents: 105 arrests reported for 2025.
- Eureka Springs, 2,188 residents: 254 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 Carroll 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.
- Carroll County Sheriff's Office: 284 for 2025, 243 for 2024, 588 for 2023, 661 for 2022, 804 for 2021 and 512 for 2020.
- Eureka Springs: 254 for 2025, 207 for 2024, 244 for 2022, 229 for 2020 and 289 for 2019; 2021 and 2023 are missing months.
- Berryville: 137 for 2025, 240 for 2024, 312 for 2023, 265 for 2022, 186 for 2021 and 269 for 2020.
- Green Forest: 105 for 2025, 163 for 2024, 127 for 2023, 152 for 2022, 130 for 2021 and 132 for 2020.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 780 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 780 in 2025 against 853 in 2024, down 8.6 percent.
Through June 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 446 arrests, against 374 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Carroll County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Carroll 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 100 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 121 beds, and it ran at 84 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 Carroll County Sheriff's Office at carrollcountysheriffar.gov/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_ti... (page title: Inmate Roster | Carroll County Sheriff's Office | Sort Booking Time | Descending | Page 1), phone 870-423-2901, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 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 Carroll County
An arrest in Carroll County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Carroll County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Carroll 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).
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 Carroll 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 Carroll County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 870-423-2901.
- An arrest in Berryville, Green Forest or Eureka Springs: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Carroll 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.
Cities in Carroll County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the seven cities in Carroll County: Berryville, Green Forest and Eureka Springs. Holiday Island, Oak Grove, Beaver and Blue Eye 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 Carroll County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Carroll County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Berryville (5,763)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Carroll County each year?
The Carroll County Sheriff's Office reported 284 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 780 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Carroll County?
Look on the custody page of the Carroll County Sheriff's Office at carrollcountysheriffar.gov, or call 870-423-2901. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Carroll County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Carroll 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 Carroll County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Carroll 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 Carroll 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.