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 2020. 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 26, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
St. Gabriel, Louisiana, in Iberville Parish, has about 6,900 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 Iberville 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: St. Gabriel public records, Iberville Parish arrest records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in St. Gabriel
The FBI lists St. Gabriel with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as St. Gabriel Police Department. It reported 143 arrests for 2020, its latest complete year. 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 Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 507 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests St. Gabriel 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.
- St. Gabriel: 143 for 2020.
Across Iberville Parish, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,754 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in St. Gabriel Are Held
The parish jail is where a person arrested in St. Gabriel 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 2021 the jail held about 110 people, down from about 120 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 123 beds, and it ran at 98 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 Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office at ibervillesheriff.com (page title: Iberville Sheriff's Office), phone 225-687-5100, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections lists its inmates at doc.la.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in St. Gabriel
For St. Gabriel the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at 18thjda.org).
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 St. Gabriel
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 St. Gabriel police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at cityofstgabriel.us/police (page title: St. Gabriel Police Department | St. Gabriel, Louisiana), phone (225)642-5222, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 225-687-5100.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any parish record that is not posted: the parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at ibervilleparish.com/public-records-request (page title: Public Records Request Submission Form | Iberville Parish Government).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
The Iberville Parish guide covers every agency in the parish: Iberville Parish arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in St. Gabriel each year?
St. Gabriel reported 143 arrests to the FBI for 2020, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in St. Gabriel?
Ask the Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office at 225-687-5100; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at ibervillesheriff.com.
Where are people arrested in St. Gabriel booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in St. Gabriel?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Iberville 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 St. Gabriel?
From the agency that made the arrest: the St. Gabriel police for its own arrests, the Iberville 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; the parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at ibervilleparish.com/public-records-request.
Is this the official St. Gabriel 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.