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.
Crittenden County, Arkansas, has about 47,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Crittenden County Sheriff's Office and five 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 Crittenden 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: Crittenden County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Crittenden County
The Crittenden County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Crittenden County. It reported 581 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside five 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:
- West Memphis, 23,538 residents: 1,685 arrests reported for 2025.
- Marion, 13,524 residents: 914 arrests reported for 2025.
- Earle, 1,741 residents: 157 arrests reported for 2023.
- Turrell, 492 residents: 17 arrests reported for 2022.
- Jericho, 98 residents: 5 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 Crittenden 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.
- West Memphis: 1,685 for 2025, 1,783 for 2024, 1,723 for 2023, 1,803 for 2022, 1,963 for 2021 and 2,293 for 2020.
- Marion: 914 for 2025, 965 for 2024, 636 for 2023, 663 for 2022, 592 for 2021 and 632 for 2020.
- Crittenden County Sheriff's Office: 581 for 2025, 543 for 2024, 499 for 2023, 551 for 2022, 450 for 2021 and 490 for 2020.
- Jericho: 5 for 2025, 2 for 2024, 5 for 2023, 3 for 2022, 3 for 2020 and 6 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Earle: 157 for 2023, 118 for 2022, 139 for 2020 and 145 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Turrell: 17 for 2022 and 14 for 2021.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,185 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,185 in 2025 against 3,293 in 2024, down 3.3 percent.
Earle reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Crittenden County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Crittenden 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 120 people, down from about 220 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 338 beds, and it ran at 66 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 Crittenden County Sheriff's Office at crittcoso.com/jail-roster-app (page title: Jail Roster App | Crittenden County Sheriff’s Department), phone 870-702-2000, 350 Afco Road West Memphis, AR 72301, 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 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 Crittenden County
An arrest in Crittenden County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Crittenden County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Crittenden County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at arcourts.gov/directories/circuit-clerks, phone 870-659-2098).
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 Crittenden 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 Crittenden County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 870-702-2000.
- An arrest in West Memphis, Marion, Earle, Turrell or Jericho: 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 Crittenden County Circuit Court, through the court records page at arcourts.gov/directories/circuit-clerks, phone 870-659-2098.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau.
Cities in Crittenden County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the 13 cities in Crittenden County: West Memphis, Marion, Earle, Turrell and Jericho. Crawfordsville, Clarkedale, Horseshoe Lake, Edmondson, Gilmore, Sunset, Anthonyville and Jennette 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 Crittenden County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Crittenden County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- West Memphis (23,538)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Crittenden County each year?
West Memphis reported 1,685 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,185 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Crittenden County?
Look on the custody page of the Crittenden County Sheriff's Office at crittcoso.com/jail-roster-app, or call 870-702-2000. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Crittenden County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Crittenden County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Crittenden 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 Crittenden County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Crittenden 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 Crittenden 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.