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 October 9, 2026.
Clark County, Arkansas, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Clark County Sheriff's Office, four city agencies and one campus agency. 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 Clark 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: Clark County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Clark County
The Clark County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Clark County. It reported 53 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists four cities in Clark County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Arkadelphia, 9,894 residents: 137 arrests reported for 2025.
- Gurdon, 1,824 residents: 5 arrests reported for 2025.
- Amity, 677 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Caddo Valley, 590 residents: 67 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.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Clark County: Henderson State University (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Clark 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.
- Arkadelphia: 137 for 2025, 181 for 2024, 214 for 2023, 139 for 2022, 142 for 2021 and 194 for 2020.
- Caddo Valley: 67 for 2025, 119 for 2024, 70 for 2022, 93 for 2021, 80 for 2020 and 81 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Clark County Sheriff's Office: 53 for 2025, 32 for 2024, 40 for 2023, 70 for 2022, 77 for 2021 and 75 for 2020.
- Gurdon: 5 for 2025, 6 for 2024, 12 for 2023, 14 for 2022, 8 for 2021 and 13 for 2020.
- Amity: 0 for 2025, 5 for 2024, 9 for 2023, 3 for 2022, 13 for 2021 and 3 for 2020.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 262 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 262 in 2025 against 343 in 2024, down 24 percent.
Through May 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 119 arrests, against 126 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Clark County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Clark 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 55 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 49 beds, and it ran at 112 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 Clark County Sheriff's Office at clarkcountyar.gov/sheriff (page title: Clark County Sheriff | Clark County Arkansas), phone (870) 246-2222, 401 Clay Street, Arkadelphia, AR 71923, Mon-Fri 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 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 Clark County
Whether someone was arrested in Clark County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Clark County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at clarkcountyar.gov/circuit-clerk, phone (870) 246-4281); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at clarkcountyprosecutor.com, phone (870) 246-9868).
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 Clark 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 Clark County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (870) 246-2222.
- An arrest in Arkadelphia, Gurdon, Amity or Caddo Valley: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Henderson State University: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (870) 246-9868, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Clark County Circuit Court, through the court records page at clarkcountyar.gov/circuit-clerk, phone (870) 246-4281.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau.
The other Clark County guides go further: warrants, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets, DUI, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Clark County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the seven cities in Clark County: Arkadelphia, Gurdon, Amity and Caddo Valley. Okolona, Gum Springs and Whelen Springs 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 Clark County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Clark County each year?
Arkadelphia reported 137 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 262 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Clark County?
Ask the Clark County Sheriff's Office at (870) 246-2222; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at clarkcountyar.gov/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Clark County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Clark County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Clark 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 Clark County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Clark 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 Clark 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.