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.
Yell County, Arkansas, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Yell County Sheriff's Office, three city agencies 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 Yell 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: Yell County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Yell County
The Yell County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Yell County. It reported 153 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:
- Dardanelle, 4,531 residents: 151 arrests reported for 2025.
- Danville, 1,990 residents: 44 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ola, 927 residents: 8 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 Yell County: the State Park at Mount Nebo State Park (state agency).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Yell 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.
- Yell County Sheriff's Office: 153 for 2025, 164 for 2024, 196 for 2023, 179 for 2022, 130 for 2021 and 115 for 2020.
- Dardanelle: 151 for 2025, 256 for 2024, 158 for 2023, 113 for 2022, 129 for 2021 and 148 for 2020.
- Danville: 44 for 2025, 51 for 2024, 63 for 2023, 42 for 2022, 51 for 2021 and 34 for 2020.
- Ola: 8 for 2025, 25 for 2024, 41 for 2023, 47 for 2022, 31 for 2021 and 17 for 2020.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 356 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 356 in 2025 against 496 in 2024, down 28 percent.
Through June 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 81 arrests, against 114 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Yell County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Yell 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 45 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 81 beds, and it ran at 56 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Yell County Sheriff's Office at yellcountyar.gov/elected-county-offices-officials/sheriffs-office (page title: Sheriff’s Office | Yell County AR), phone (479) 495-4881, 201 E. 5th St., PO Box 99, Danville, AR 72833, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
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 Yell County
Whether someone was arrested in Yell County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Yell 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 yellcountyar.gov/elected-county-offices-officials/prosecuting-attor..., phone (479) 495-2649).
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 Yell 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 Yell County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (479) 495-4881.
- An arrest in Dardanelle, Danville or Ola: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the State Park at Mount Nebo State Park: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (479) 495-2649, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Yell 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 Yell County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the seven cities in Yell County: Dardanelle, Danville and Ola. Plainview, Belleville, Havana and Corinth 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 Yell County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Yell County each year?
The Yell County Sheriff's Office reported 153 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 356 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Yell County?
Ask the Yell County Sheriff's Office at (479) 495-4881; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at yellcountyar.gov.
Where are people arrested in Yell County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Yell County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Yell 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 Yell County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Yell 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 Yell 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.