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 2, 2026.
Conway County, Arkansas, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Conway County Sheriff's Office, three city agencies and two campus, state or other 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 Conway 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: Conway County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Conway County
The Conway County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Conway County. It reported 174 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists three cities in Conway County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Morrilton, 7,185 residents: 450 arrests reported for 2025.
- Plumerville, 749 residents: 4 arrests reported for 2025.
- Menifee, 313 residents: 1 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 these agencies in Conway County: the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton (campus police); the State Park at Petit Jean State Park (state agency).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Conway 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.
- Morrilton: 450 for 2025, 423 for 2024, 386 for 2023, 419 for 2022, 522 for 2021 and 442 for 2020.
- Conway County Sheriff's Office: 174 for 2025, 199 for 2024, 280 for 2023, 236 for 2022, 194 for 2021 and 175 for 2020.
- Plumerville: 4 for 2025, 11 for 2024, 4 for 2023, 13 for 2022, 5 for 2021 and 19 for 2020.
- Menifee: 1 for 2025, 6 for 2024, 3 for 2022, 7 for 2021, 1 for 2020 and 11 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 629 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 629 in 2025 against 639 in 2024, down 1.6 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Conway County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Conway County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 62 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 77 beds, and it ran at 81 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 Conway County Sheriff's Office at conwaycountyar.com/home/county-sheriff (page title: County Sheriff | Conway County, Arkansas), phone (501) 354-2411, 30 Southern Valley Dr. Morrilton, AR 72110, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Arkansas Division of Correction lists its inmates at doc.arkansas.gov/correction/online-services.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Conway County
An arrest in Conway County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Conway County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at arcourts.gov/administration/acap/courtconnect, phone (501) 410-1900); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at conwaycountyar.com/home/prosecuting-attorney, phone (479) 495-7992).
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 Conway 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 Conway County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (501) 354-2411.
- An arrest in Morrilton, Plumerville or Menifee: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton or the State Park at Petit Jean State Park: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (479) 495-7992, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Conway County Circuit Court, through the court records page at arcourts.gov/administration/acap/courtconnect, phone (501) 410-1900.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at conwayarkansas.justfoia.com/publicportal (page title: Conway, AR Public Portal | JustFOIA).
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau.
Cities in Conway County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the four cities in Conway County: Morrilton, Plumerville and Menifee. Oppelo has 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 Conway County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Conway County each year?
Morrilton reported 450 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 629 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Conway County?
Ask the Conway County Sheriff's Office at (501) 354-2411; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at conwaycountyar.com/home/county-sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Conway County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Conway County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Conway 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 Conway County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Conway 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 conwayarkansas.justfoia.com/publicportal.
Is this the official Conway 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.