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 September 30, 2026.
Greene County, Arkansas, has about 47,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Greene County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and two state 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 Greene 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: Greene County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Greene County
The Greene County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Greene County. It reported 918 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two 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:
- Paragould, 30,680 residents: 3,110 arrests reported for 2025.
- Marmaduke, 1,244 residents: 162 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 Greene County: the State Park at Lake Frierson State Park and the State Park at Crowley's Ridge State Park (state agency).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Greene 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.
- Paragould: 3,110 for 2025, 2,762 for 2024, 2,985 for 2023, 3,387 for 2022, 3,468 for 2021 and 3,108 for 2020.
- Greene County Sheriff's Office: 918 for 2025, 756 for 2024, 439 for 2023 and 382 for 2022.
- Marmaduke: 162 for 2025, 118 for 2024, 125 for 2023, 166 for 2021, 166 for 2020 and 205 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,190 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 4,190 in 2025 against 3,636 in 2024, up 15 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Greene County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Greene 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 280 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 440 beds, and it ran at 64 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 Greene County Sheriff's Office at greenesoar.gov/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_time=desc/1 (page title: Inmate Roster | Greene County AR 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 Greene County
An arrest in Greene County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Greene County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Greene County Circuit Court, kept by the Circuit Clerk, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date; the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at greenecounty.arkansas.gov/prosecuting-attorney, phone 870-239-9598).
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at greenecounty.arkansas.gov/circuit-clerk (page title: Circuit Clerk | Greene County Courthouse), phone 870-239-6330, belongs to a lower court, not to the Greene County Circuit Court.
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 Greene 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 Greene County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Paragould or Marmaduke: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the State Park at Lake Frierson State Park or the State Park at Crowley's Ridge State Park: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 870-239-9598, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Greene County Circuit Court it is kept by the Circuit Clerk. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at greenecounty.arkansas.gov/circuit-clerk, phone 870-239-6330, is a lower court's.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau.
Cities in Greene County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the five cities in Greene County: Paragould and Marmaduke. Oak Grove Heights, Lafe and Delaplaine 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 Greene County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Greene County each year?
Paragould reported 3,110 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 4,190 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Greene County?
Look on the custody page of the Greene County Sheriff's Office at greenesoar.gov. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Greene County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Greene County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Greene 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 Greene County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Greene 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 Greene 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.