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 September 30, 2026.
Alexandria, Louisiana, in Rapides Parish, has about 43,000 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 parish jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the District Court for Rapides Parish. 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: Alexandria public records, Rapides Parish arrest records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Alexandria
The FBI lists Alexandria with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Alexandria Police Department. It reported 1,538 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 Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 1,491 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Alexandria Reports
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.
- Alexandria: 1,538 for 2025, 1,598 for 2024, 1,507 for 2023, 1,629 for 2022, 1,660 for 2021 and 4,534 for 2020.
Alexandria's 1,538 arrests in 2025 were down 3.8 percent from 1,598 in 2024.
Across Rapides Parish, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,333 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Alexandria Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Alexandria is held at the parish 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 2023 the jail held about 990 people, down from about 1,040 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 1,225 beds, and it ran at 80 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 Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office at t4c.nicic.gov/rapides-parish-sheriffs-office (page title: Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office | Thinking for a Change), phone 318-473-6700, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.la.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Alexandria
Whether someone was arrested in Alexandria, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the District Court for Rapides Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at rapidesclerk.org/rapid-e-search-online-access); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at rapidesda.org, phone 318.473.6650).
Louisiana does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Alexandria
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Louisiana Public Records Law the agency must answer within 3 business days when the record is not immediately available, and it may charge a reasonable fee for copies.
- An arrest by the Alexandria police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at alexandrialapolice.org/public-resources/records (page title: Records | Alexandria, Louisiana Police Department), phone (318) 441-6412, Monday through Friday from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 318-473-6700.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 318.473.6650, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Rapides Parish, through the court records page at rapidesclerk.org/rapid-e-search-online-access.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
The Rapides Parish guide covers every agency in the parish: Rapides Parish arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Alexandria each year?
Alexandria reported 1,538 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Alexandria?
Ask the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office at 318-473-6700; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at t4c.nicic.gov/rapides-parish-sheriffs-office.
Where are people arrested in Alexandria booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Alexandria?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Rapides Parish are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Louisiana Public Records Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Alexandria?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Alexandria police for its own arrests, the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Louisiana Public Records Law the answer is due within 3 business days when the record is not immediately available.
Is this the official Alexandria website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, parish, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.