Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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.
Louisburg, Kansas, in Miami County, has about 5,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the County Attorney files charges, a case in the Miami County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Louisburg public records, Miami County arrest records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Louisburg
The FBI lists Louisburg with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Louisburg Police Department. It reported 34 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Miami County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 111 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Louisburg Reports
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.
- Louisburg: 34 for 2025, 58 for 2024, 57 for 2023, 48 for 2022, 67 for 2021 and 46 for 2020.
Louisburg's 34 arrests in 2025 were down 41 percent from 58 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Louisburg reported 33 arrests, against 19 in the same months of 2025.
Across Miami County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 304 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Louisburg Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Louisburg 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 87 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 96 beds, and it ran at 91 percent of it that year. 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 Kansas Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov/@@search?SearchableText=inmate+search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Louisburg
An arrest in Louisburg can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: Kansas District Court Public Access Portal, the Kansas courts' statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed; the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at miamicountyks.gov/163/County-Attorney, phone (913) 294-3181).
Kansas is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: anyone can order a name-based criminal history record check online, through the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. 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 Louisburg
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Kansas Open Records Act the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge staff time and copying.
- An arrest by the Louisburg police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at louisburgkansas.gov/135/Police (page title: Police | Louisburg, KS), phone 913-837-2300, 209 S. Metcalf Road Louisburg, KS 66053, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Miami County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, (913) 294-3181, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at miamicountyks.gov/261/Request-a-Record (page title: Request a Record | Miami County, KS).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Miami County guide covers every agency in the county: Miami County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Louisburg each year?
Louisburg reported 34 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Louisburg booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Miami County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Louisburg?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation: anyone can order a name-based criminal history record check online. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Kansas Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Louisburg?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Louisburg police for its own arrests, the Miami County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Kansas Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at miamicountyks.gov/261/Request-a-Record.
Is this the official Louisburg website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.