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.
Searcy County, Arkansas, has about 7,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Searcy County Sheriff's Office and one city 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 Searcy 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: Searcy County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Searcy County
The Searcy County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Searcy County. It reported 131 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Searcy County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Marshall, 1,320 residents: 108 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 Searcy 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.
- Searcy County Sheriff's Office: 131 for 2025, 101 for 2024, 133 for 2023, 110 for 2022, 144 for 2021 and 95 for 2020.
- Marshall: 108 for 2025, 119 for 2024, 110 for 2023, 98 for 2022, 92 for 2021 and 195 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 239 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 239 in 2025 against 220 in 2024, up 8.6 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Searcy County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Searcy 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 19 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 34 beds, and it ran at 56 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Searcy County
An arrest in Searcy County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Searcy 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 Searcy 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 Searcy County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Marshall: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- 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 Searcy 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 Searcy County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the five cities in Searcy County: Marshall. Leslie, St. Joe, Pindall and Gilbert 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 Searcy County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Searcy County each year?
The Searcy County Sheriff's Office reported 131 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 239 between them.
Where are people arrested in Searcy County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Searcy County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Searcy 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 Searcy County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Searcy 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 Searcy 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.