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 4, 2026.
Pike County, Arkansas, has about 10,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Pike 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 Pike 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: Pike County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Pike County
The Pike County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Pike County. It reported 31 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Pike County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Glenwood, 2,032 residents: 29 arrests reported for 2025.
- Murfreesboro, 1,458 residents: 23 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 Pike County: the State Park at Daisy State Park and the State Park at Crater of Diamonds State Park (state agency).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Pike 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.
- Pike County Sheriff's Office: 31 for 2025, 58 for 2024, 61 for 2023, 34 for 2022, 35 for 2021 and 87 for 2020.
- Glenwood: 29 for 2025, 16 for 2024, 12 for 2023, 46 for 2021 and 20 for 2019; 2020 and 2022 are missing months.
- Murfreesboro: 23 for 2025, 27 for 2024, 40 for 2023, 38 for 2022, 44 for 2021 and 37 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 83 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 83 in 2025 against 101 in 2024, down 18 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Pike County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pike 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 51 people. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Pike County Sheriff's Office at pikecso.com/inmateSearch (page title: Pike County Sheriff’s Office (AR)), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Pike County
Whether someone was arrested in Pike County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Pike County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; CourtConnect, the Arkansas Judiciary's free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed; 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).
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 Pike 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 Pike County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Glenwood or Murfreesboro: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the State Park at Daisy State Park or the State Park at Crater of Diamonds State Park: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 870-261-1747, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau.
Cities in Pike County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the five cities in Pike County: Glenwood and Murfreesboro. Delight, Antoine and Daisy 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 Pike County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Pike County each year?
The Pike County Sheriff's Office reported 31 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 83 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Pike County?
Look on the custody page of the Pike County Sheriff's Office at pikecso.com/inmateSearch. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Pike County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Pike County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Pike 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 Pike County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Pike 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 Pike 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.