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 between September 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Allen Parish, Louisiana, has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Allen 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 Allen 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: Allen Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Allen Parish
The Allen Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Allen Parish. It reported 100 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists three cities in Allen Parish with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Oakdale, 6,490 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Kinder, 2,092 residents: 367 arrests reported for 2019.
- Oberlin, 1,287 residents: 1,152 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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Allen 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.
- Oakdale: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Oberlin: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Allen Parish Sheriff's Office: 100 for 2025, 106 for 2024, 90 for 2023 and 114 for 2022.
- Kinder: 367 for 2019.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,404 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,404 in 2025 against 2,410 in 2024, down 0.2 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,257 arrests, against 1,396 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Allen Parish Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Allen Parish 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 2021 the jail held about 65 people, down from about 100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 158 beds, and it ran at 64 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Allen Parish Sheriff's Office at allenparishso.org/roster.php?released=1 (page title: Allen Parish Sheriff’s Office LA), phone 337-639-4353, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Allen Parish
Whether someone was arrested in Allen Parish, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Allen Parish Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the parish jail; the case index of the District Court for Allen Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at allenparishclerk.org); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at da33jdc.com/index.html, phone (337) 639-2641).
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 Allen Parish
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Allen Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 337-639-4353.
- An arrest in Oakdale, Kinder or Oberlin: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (337) 639-2641, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Allen Parish, through the court records page at allenparishclerk.org.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
The other Allen Parish guides go further: warrants, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets, DUI, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Allen Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the five cities in Allen Parish: Oakdale, Kinder and Oberlin. Elizabeth and Reeves 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 Allen Parish.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Allen Parish each year?
Oakdale reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,404 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Allen Parish?
Look on the custody page of the Allen Parish Sheriff's Office at allenparishso.org/roster.php?released=1, or call 337-639-4353. It covers people booked into the parish jail.
Where are people arrested in Allen Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Allen Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Allen Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Allen 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 Allen Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Allen 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 Allen 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.