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.
Drew County, Arkansas, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Drew County Sheriff's Office, one city agency 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 Drew 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: Drew County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Drew County
The Drew County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Drew County. It reported 70 arrests for 2025.
One city in Drew County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Monticello, 8,185 residents: 214 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 Drew County: the University of Arkansas at Monticello (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Drew 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.
- Monticello: 214 for 2025, 225 for 2024, 203 for 2023, 219 for 2022, 435 for 2021 and 301 for 2020.
- Drew County Sheriff's Office: 70 for 2025, 72 for 2024, 64 for 2023, 62 for 2022, 50 for 2021 and 41 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 284 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 284 in 2025 against 297 in 2024, down 4.4 percent.
Through June 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 123 arrests, against 136 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Drew County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Drew 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 41 people, down from about 42 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 43 beds, and it ran at 98 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 Drew County Sheriff's Office at drewcountysheriff.com/jail (page title: Drew County Sheriff’s Office AR), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 Drew County
Whether someone was arrested in Drew County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Drew 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); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at arcourts.gov/circuit/?q=prosecuting-attorney, phone 870-261-1747).
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 Drew 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 Drew County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Monticello: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by the University of Arkansas at Monticello: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 870-261-1747, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Drew 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 Drew County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the four cities in Drew County: Monticello. Wilmar, Tillar and Winchester 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 Drew County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Drew County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Monticello (8,185)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Drew County each year?
Monticello reported 214 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 284 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Drew County?
Ask the Drew County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at drewcountysheriff.com/jail.
Where are people arrested in Drew County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Drew County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Drew 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 Drew County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Drew 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 Drew 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.