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.
Sharp County, Arkansas, has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Sharp County Sheriff's Office and six city 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 Sharp 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: Sharp County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Sharp County
The Sharp County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Sharp County. It reported 76 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists six cities in Sharp County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Cherokee Village, 4,979 residents: 86 arrests reported for 2025.
- Cave City, 2,007 residents: 40 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ash Flat, 1,172 residents: 71 arrests reported for 2025.
- Highland, 1,047 residents: 30 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hardy, 773 residents: 21 arrests reported for 2025.
- Evening Shade, 436 residents.
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 Sharp 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.
- Cherokee Village: 86 for 2025, 56 for 2024, 84 for 2023, 92 for 2022, 81 for 2021 and 119 for 2020.
- Sharp County Sheriff's Office: 76 for 2025 and 126 for 2024.
- Ash Flat: 71 for 2025, 31 for 2024, 45 for 2023, 32 for 2022, 36 for 2021 and 66 for 2020.
- Cave City: 40 for 2025 and 43 for 2024.
- Highland: 30 for 2025, 23 for 2024, 31 for 2023, 21 for 2022, 28 for 2021 and 27 for 2020.
- Hardy: 21 for 2025, 17 for 2024, 12 for 2023, 23 for 2021 and 129 for 2019; 2020 and 2022 are missing months.
Together, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 324 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 324 in 2025 against 296 in 2024, up 9.5 percent.
Evening Shade reported only part of 2025 (1 month) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Sharp County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sharp 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.
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 Sharp County
For Sharp County the place to look is the case index of the Sharp County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at arcourts.gov/taxonomy/term/146, phone 870-994-7361).
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 Sharp County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Sharp County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Cherokee Village, Cave City, Ash Flat, Highland, Hardy or Evening Shade: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Sharp County Circuit Court, through the court records page at arcourts.gov/taxonomy/term/146, phone 870-994-7361.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau.
Cities in Sharp County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for six of the eight cities in Sharp County: Cherokee Village, Cave City, Ash Flat, Highland, Hardy and Evening Shade. Sidney and Williford 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 Sharp County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Sharp County each year?
Cherokee Village reported 86 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the six agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 324 between them.
Where are people arrested in Sharp County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Sharp County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Sharp 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 Sharp County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Sharp 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 Sharp 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.