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.
Randolph County, Arkansas, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Randolph County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and one state 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 Randolph 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: Randolph County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Randolph County
The Randolph County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Randolph County. It reported 167 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists one city in Randolph County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Pocahontas, 7,703 residents: 138 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 Randolph County: the State Park at Davidsonville Historic State Park (state agency).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Randolph 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.
- Randolph County Sheriff's Office: 167 for 2024, 147 for 2023, 122 for 2022, 159 for 2021, 197 for 2020 and 125 for 2019.
- Pocahontas: 138 for 2025, 145 for 2024, 127 for 2023, 142 for 2022, 123 for 2021 and 162 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 312 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 312 in 2024 against 274 in 2023, up 14 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Randolph County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Randolph 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 51 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 32 beds, and it ran at 159 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 Randolph County Sheriff's Office at randolphcountysheriff.org/roster.php (page title: Inmate Roster | Current Inmates Booking Date Descending | Randolph County Sheriff AR), phone 870-892-8888, 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 Randolph County
Whether someone was arrested in Randolph County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Randolph County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Randolph 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 Randolph 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 Randolph County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 870-892-8888.
- An arrest in Pocahontas: 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 State Park at Davidsonville Historic 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.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Randolph 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 Randolph County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the six cities in Randolph County: Pocahontas. Reyno, Maynard, Biggers, O'Kean and Ravenden Springs 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 Randolph County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Randolph County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Pocahontas (7,703)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Randolph County each year?
The Randolph County Sheriff's Office reported 167 arrests to the FBI for 2024, and the two agencies with every month of 2024 on file reported 312 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Randolph County?
Look on the custody page of the Randolph County Sheriff's Office at randolphcountysheriff.org/roster.php, or call 870-892-8888. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Randolph County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Randolph County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Randolph 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 Randolph County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Randolph 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 Randolph 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.