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 2, 2026.
Woodruff County, Arkansas, has about 5,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Woodruff County Sheriff's Office and three 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 Woodruff 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: Woodruff County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Woodruff County
The Woodruff County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Woodruff County. It reported 12 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Augusta, 1,848 residents: 25 arrests reported for 2025.
- McCrory, 1,460 residents: 26 arrests reported for 2025.
- Patterson, 285 residents: 0 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 Woodruff 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.
- McCrory: 26 for 2025, 35 for 2024, 18 for 2023, 21 for 2022, 19 for 2021 and 28 for 2020.
- Augusta: 25 for 2025, 16 for 2024, 27 for 2023, 12 for 2022, 7 for 2021 and 12 for 2020.
- Woodruff County Sheriff's Office: 12 for 2025, 6 for 2024, 24 for 2023, 0 for 2022 and 40 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Patterson: 0 for 2025, 2 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 1 for 2022 and 48 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 63 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 63 in 2025 against 59 in 2024, up 6.8 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Woodruff County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Woodruff 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 14 people. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Woodruff County Sheriff's Office at woodruffcounty.arkansas.gov/services/detail/sheriff-services (page title: Woodruff | Arkansas.gov), phone 870-347-5206, 500 North 3rd Street Augusta, AR 72006, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Woodruff County
An arrest in Woodruff County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Woodruff 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=attorneys, phone 870-238-1212).
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 Woodruff 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 Woodruff County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 870-347-5206.
- An arrest in Augusta, McCrory or Patterson: 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, 870-238-1212, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Woodruff 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 Woodruff County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the five cities in Woodruff County: Augusta, McCrory and Patterson. Cotton Plant and Hunter 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 Woodruff County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Woodruff County each year?
McCrory reported 26 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 63 between them.
Where are people arrested in Woodruff County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Woodruff County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Woodruff 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 Woodruff County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Woodruff 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 Woodruff 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.