In the year 2017, there were a total of 21,380 recorded incidents of motor vehicle thefts in the county. ALEA (Law Enforcement Agency of Alabama) collects the most recent crime statistics for all counties in the state.
During the same time frame, Mobile County experienced a decrease in the number of robberies (13.7%), burglaries (9.3%), and larcenies (0.9%). However, there was an increase in homicide (60%), rape (5.3%), aggravated assault (6.1%), and motor vehicle theft (54.2%) rates between 2013 and 2017. The incidents of property crimes included 4,476 burglaries, 12,455 larcenies, and 1,89homicide. Reported cases of violent crimes in Mobile County in 2017 comprised 64 homicides, 178 rapes, 568 robberies, and 1,747 aggravated assaults. The latest five-year crime trend for the county shows a slight 0.7% rise in the overall crime rate compared to the total for 2013.
Criminal Records
Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.M. To 5:00 p.M. (CST), contact ALEA at (866) 740-4762 or (334) 353-4340 to acquire additional details regarding this facility. Institutions are required to subscribe to this facility and access the platform in order to utilize ALEA’s tools for investigating backgrounds. The ABC System, an internet-dependent platform, enables employers to request background checks for both prospective and existing employees. ALEA oversees the Alabama Criminal Background Check (ABC) System and offers criminal history reports upon request.
For the address, you can either go to 301 S. Ripley Street, Montgomery, AL 36104 (Adams Ave side) or send the documents and fee by mail. In order to request a criminal history report in Alabama, you will need to download and complete an Application to Review Alabama Criminal History Record Information (CHRI). Additionally, please bring a fingerprint card with rolled fingerprints, a copy of a valid photo ID, and a money order or cashier’s check to cover the cost of the criminal history report. If you are a member of the public, you can request a fingerprint-based criminal record check from ALEA either by mail or in person.
P.O. Box 1511 Montgomery, Alabama 36102-1511.
Call (334) 353-4340 for more information and any additional inquiries. Each additional copy of the same record ordered costs $5, while the fee for the first criminal history record request remains $25.
Each additional page costs 50 cents, and the first three pages of police reports obtained from the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office cost 5 dollars. You can send a written request to Yvonne Calhoun, the Supervisor of the Records Section, at P.O. Box 113, Mobile, AL 36601, either by regular mail or by email at yrcalhoun@mobileso.Com. You can also obtain copies of these reports by visiting the Records Section of the Sheriff’s Office, located at 510 South Royal Street, Mobile, AL 36603. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office provides public access to incident/offense reports written by its deputies.
Visit the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office website to search for sex offenders. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office Mobile County Sheriff’s Office provides a local resource for searching for registered sex offenders living in the county. You can also find individual offenders using the search function by name. Use this resource to search for registered sex offenders living in Mobile County, including cities, street addresses, and zip codes. ALEA provides public access to a statewide database of registered sex offenders living in Alabama.
Mobile County’s correctional facility, the Metro Jail, is situated at 450 St. Emmanuel Street, Mobile. The contact number of the facility is (251) 574-6412. To discover individuals confined in this facility, please visit the Who’s in Jail webpage on the Sheriff’s website.
When sending mail in this manner, please be aware that there is a restriction of $50 on money orders that are sent to incarcerated individuals. Friends and relatives have the ability to support inmates by sending money orders to add funds to their accounts.
Prisoner Name (no aliases); Date of Birth: 01/01/90 Mobile County Metropolitan Jail P.O. Box 104 Mobile, AL 36601.
You can also finance an inmate’s account through JailATM.
Court Records
Located within the 13th Judicial Circuit, Mobile County Family Court is also included in it. The Domestic Relations courtroom can be found on the 2nd floor, whereas the District Court is situated on the 4th floor. Mobile County Circuit Court is housed on the 6th and 8th floors of the building. The Government Plaza, positioned at 205 Government Street, Mobile, Alabama 36644, serves as the location for the 13th Judicial Circuit Court, which serves as the main trial court in Mobile County.
The Strickland Youth Facility, which houses the Family Court of Mobile County, can be contacted at (251) 574-1450. It is situated on Costarides Street in Mobile, Alabama.
This portal provides on-demand access to the records of the State of Alabama’s Trial Courts, including traffic records, domestic relations, small claims, criminal, and civil documents. The records of the Circuit and County Courts in Mobile are available on this one-stop platform. Additional pages for court records cost $5 for the first 50 pages and $20 for each subsequent page. To monitor a case throughout its run in court, it costs $29.99 for a Circuit Court case and $19.99 for a District Court case. Searching for a case number or name incurs a charge of $9.99 per search, and there is a subscription service available at a fee.
To obtain additional details regarding the retrieval and acquisition of records from Mobile County District and Circuit Court, please get in touch with the Circuit Court Clerk via phone at (251) 574-8806 or through fax at (251) 574-8796. The Clerk’s Office, located at Suite 913 of the Government Plaza Building, is also accessible to the public from Monday to Friday, from 8:00 a.M. To 5:00 p.M.
Alongside these courts, Mobile County also has a Probate Court and 11 Municipal Courts. Below are the addresses and contact information for each of them:
AL 36601 is the address for the Mobile County Government Probate Court, located at Box P.O. St, Government Annex Center 151.
The Municipal Court of Bayou La Batre, situated at 13785 S Wintzell Ave, Bayou La Batre, AL 36509, can be reached at (251) 824-1825 and can be faxed at (251) 824-7434.
The Chickasaw Municipal Court, situated at 224 N Craft Hwy, P.O. Box 11307, Chickasaw, AL 36671, is reachable at (251) 452-6450 or by fax at (251) 452-6468.
The Municipal Court of Citronelle, located at 19135 S Main St, Citronelle, AL 36522, can be reached at (251) 866-0221.
The Creola Municipal Court, situated at 9615 Old Hwy 43 and P.O. Box 490, is a facility in Creola, Alabama, with the phone number (251) 675-8148.
Dauphin Island Municipal Court, located at 1011 Bienville Blvd in Dauphin Island, Alabama 36528, can be reached at (251) 861-5525.
The Municipal Court of Mobile, located at 205 Government St, P.O. Box 2446, Mobile, AL 36652, can be reached at (251) 208-7055.
The Mount Vernon Municipal Court, situated at Mount Vernon Town Hall on 1565 Boyles Ave, P.O. Box 309, Mount Vernon, AL 36560, can be contacted at (251) 829-6633.
The fax number is (251) 452-7924 and the phone number is (251) 452-7927. The address is P.O. Box P, Prichard, AL 36610. The municipal court is located at 216 Cooper J A Court in Prichard’s E Complex.
The Saraland Municipal Court, located at 937 Hwy 43 S, Saraland, AL 36571, can be reached at (251) 675-5393.
Satsuma Municipal Court, located at 5464 Old Hwy 43, P.O. Box 517, Satsuma, AL 36572, can be reached at (251) 662-5306.
You can access the court records at the Records Division courthouse through computer terminals. The Probate Court serves as the custodian of marriage licenses, deeds, tax and property records, liens, and citations in Mobile County.
To obtain copies of court records, please visit the Municipal Court Payment Window on the ground floor of the Government Plaza located at 205 Government Street, Mobile, Alabama 36644. You can also search for case information and court dockets through the City Mobile Portal for Municipal Court. Please refrain from contacting or visiting the municipal courts directly.
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Vital Records
You can contact Deputy Clerk Tachonda Smith at (251) 574-8441 or gov.Alacourt@smith.Tachonda to request copies of your divorce decree. To obtain the records of your divorce case in Mobile County, you can visit Room 909 C at the Government Plaza and reach out to the Domestic Relations Division of the Clerk’s Office.
To acquire a divorce certificate, you may alternatively submit a request via mail to the Downtown Health Center of the Mobile County Health Department situated at 251 North Bayou Street, Mobile, Alabama 36603. This establishment distributes essential documents from 7:30 a.M. To 5:00 p.M., Monday through Friday. The Alabama Center for Health Statistics is responsible for granting divorce certificates for divorces legally concluded in the state from 1950 onwards. Simply fill out a mail-in application (also accessible in Spanish) and deliver it to the Downtown Health Center.
Alabama Vital Records P.O. Box 5625 Montgomery, AL 36103-5625.
An additional fee of $15 is required for each copy of the same certificate ordered at the same time. Payment should be made in the form of a money order or check, payable to the State Health Board. In addition, please include a completed application form.
Use the same form and follow the same procedures to request Alabama vital records for birth, marriage, or death certificates. These vital records also incur the same fees.