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.
Acadia Parish, Louisiana, has about 57,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office and three city agencies. An arrest 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 Acadia Parish. 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: Acadia Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Acadia Parish
The Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Acadia Parish. It reported 716 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists three cities in Acadia Parish with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Crowley, 11,216 residents: 355 arrests reported for 2025.
- Rayne, 6,983 residents: 78 arrests reported for 2024.
- Church Point, 4,032 residents: 36 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 Eunice Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Acadia Parish, so its arrests are not broken out for Acadia Parish here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Acadia Parish
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.
- Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office: 716 for 2025, 722 for 2024, 667 for 2023, 527 for 2022, 469 for 2021 and 751 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Crowley: 355 for 2025, 203 for 2024 and 623 for 2019; 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- Church Point: 36 for 2025, 62 for 2024, 89 for 2021 and 468 for 2019; 2020, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- Rayne: 78 for 2024, 105 for 2023, 68 for 2022, 68 for 2021 and 370 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,107 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,107 in 2025 against 987 in 2024, up 12 percent.
Through April 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 336 arrests, against 366 in the same months of 2025.
Rayne reported only part of 2025 (2 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Acadia Parish Are Held
The parish jail is where a person arrested in Acadia Parish 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 170 people, down from about 210 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2021 was 190 beds, and it ran at 89 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 Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office at acadia.lavns.org (page title: Acadia Parish Jail), phone 337.788.8700, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 Acadia Parish
For Acadia Parish the place to look is the case index of the District Court for Acadia Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at acadiaparishclerk.com, phone (337) 788-8881).
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 Acadia Parish
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 Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 337.788.8700.
- An arrest in Crowley, Rayne or Church Point: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Acadia Parish, through the court records page at acadiaparishclerk.com, phone (337) 788-8881.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Acadia Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the seven cities in Acadia Parish: Crowley, Rayne and Church Point. Iota, Estherwood, Morse and Mermentau have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the parish the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the parish jail and the case goes to the District Court for Acadia Parish.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Acadia Parish, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Crowley (11,216)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Acadia Parish each year?
The Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office reported 716 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,107 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Acadia Parish?
Ask the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office at 337.788.8700; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at acadia.lavns.org.
Where are people arrested in Acadia Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Acadia Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Acadia 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 Acadia Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. 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 Acadia Parish website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official parish, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.