Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 24, 2026.
Sebastian County, Arkansas, has about 130,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Sebastian County depends on where the incident happened: the Sebastian County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Sebastian County public records, Sebastian County arrest records, Sebastian County warrants, Sebastian County inmate search, Sebastian County criminal records, Arkansas arrest records and Arkansas inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Sebastian County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Sebastian County that is the Sebastian County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's list also carries Fort Smith Public Schools (other agency), with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Sebastian County Sheriff's Office
The Sebastian County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 34 violent and 52 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 252 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 479.783.4988. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at sebastiancountyar.gov/Sheriff/Inmate-Inquiry (page title: Sebastian County Government > Sheriff > Inmate Inquiry), phone 479.783.4988, 901 South B St. Fort Smith, AR Greenwood Courthouse 11 Town Square Greenwood, AR 72936, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Sebastian County
The ten cities the FBI lists in Sebastian County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Fort Smith: 720 violent and 3,070 property crimes reported for 2025; 3,999 arrests reported for 2025. The Fort Smith police department's page is at fortsmithar.gov/government/departments/police-department/how-do-i (verified September 26, 2026).
- Greenwood: 17 violent and 21 property crimes reported for 2025; 89 arrests reported for 2025.
- Barling: 17 violent and 71 property crimes reported for 2025; 122 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lavaca: 5 violent and 10 property crimes reported for 2025; 20 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mansfield: 5 violent and 11 property crimes reported for 2025; 17 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hackett: 3 violent and 9 property crimes reported for 2025; 20 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bonanza: 0 violent and 1 property crimes reported for 2025; 15 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hartford: 1 violent and 10 property crimes reported for 2025; 15 arrests reported for 2025.
- Huntington: 2 violent and 2 property crimes reported for 2025; 10 arrests reported for 2025.
- Central City: 0 violent and 1 property crimes reported for 2025; 1 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 Reports: Sebastian County in 2025
The 11 agencies in Sebastian County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 804 violent and 3,258 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 11 agencies in Sebastian County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,560 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act Requires
Under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer a request within 3 working days when the record is not immediately available, and it may charge the actual cost of copying. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at sebastiancountyar.nextrequest.com (page title: Public Records RequestsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 479-783-8976, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Sebastian County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Sebastian 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.
How long does an agency in Sebastian County have to answer?
Under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, within 3 working days when the record is not immediately available. It may charge the actual cost of copying.
How do I get a report from the Sebastian County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 479.783.4988. 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 Sebastian 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.