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.
Cleburne County, Arkansas, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Cleburne 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 Cleburne 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: Cleburne County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Cleburne County
The Cleburne County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Cleburne County. It reported 99 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:
- Heber Springs, 7,313 residents: 239 arrests reported for 2025.
- Greers Ferry, 847 residents: 9 arrests reported for 2025.
- Quitman, 701 residents: 51 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 Fairfield Bay Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Cleburne County, so its arrests are not broken out for Cleburne County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Cleburne 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.
- Heber Springs: 239 for 2025, 396 for 2024, 453 for 2023, 310 for 2022, 314 for 2021 and 279 for 2020.
- Cleburne County Sheriff's Office: 99 for 2025, 148 for 2024, 175 for 2023, 172 for 2022, 189 for 2021 and 155 for 2020.
- Quitman: 51 for 2025, 17 for 2024, 12 for 2023, 19 for 2022, 33 for 2021 and 17 for 2020.
- Greers Ferry: 9 for 2025, 9 for 2024, 1 for 2023, 4 for 2022 and 10 for 2021.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 398 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 398 in 2025 against 570 in 2024, down 30 percent.
Through May 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 105 arrests, against 61 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Cleburne County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cleburne 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 2023 the jail held about 47 people, down from about 68 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 70 beds, and it ran at 67 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 Cleburne County Sheriff's Office at cleburnearso.gov/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_time=desc/1 (page title: Inmate Roster | Cleburne County Sheriff's Office | Sort Booking Time | Descending | Page 1), 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 Cleburne County
An arrest in Cleburne County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Cleburne County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at cleburnecountyar.com/circuit-clerk, phone (501) 362-8149).
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 Cleburne 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 Cleburne County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Heber Springs, Greers Ferry or Quitman: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Cleburne County Circuit Court, through the court records page at cleburnecountyar.com/circuit-clerk, phone (501) 362-8149.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau.
Cities in Cleburne County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the five cities in Cleburne County: Heber Springs, Greers Ferry and Quitman. Concord and Higden 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 Cleburne County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Cleburne County each year?
Heber Springs reported 239 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 398 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Cleburne County?
Look on the custody page of the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office at cleburnearso.gov. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Cleburne County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Cleburne 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 Cleburne County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Cleburne 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 Cleburne 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.