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 30, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, has about 453,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, four city agencies and three campus, state or other 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 East Baton Rouge 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: East Baton Rouge Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in East Baton Rouge Parish
The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for East Baton Rouge Parish. It reported 3,041 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists four cities in East Baton Rouge Parish with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Baton Rouge, 220,907 residents: 6,569 arrests reported for 2023.
- Central, 30,161 residents: 52 arrests reported for 2025.
- Zachary, 20,370 residents: 475 arrests reported for 2025.
- Baker, 12,147 residents: 161 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 FBI's agency list also places these agencies in East Baton Rouge Parish: Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge and Southern University and A&M College at Baton Rouge (campus police); the Department of Public Safety State Capitol Detail (state agency).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in East Baton Rouge 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.
- East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office: 3,041 for 2025, 3,597 for 2023, 3,805 for 2022, 3,306 for 2021, 9,243 for 2020 and 11,862 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
- Zachary: 475 for 2025, 490 for 2024, 408 for 2023, 464 for 2022, 551 for 2021 and 848 for 2020.
- Baker: 161 for 2025, 109 for 2024, 141 for 2023, 199 for 2022, 153 for 2021 and 420 for 2020.
- Central: 52 for 2025.
- Baton Rouge: 6,569 for 2023, 6,139 for 2022, 4,081 for 2021, 12,956 for 2020 and 15,711 for 2019.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,729 arrests that year. The two of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 636 in 2025 against 599 in 2024, up 6.2 percent.
Through June 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 272 arrests, against 352 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in East Baton Rouge Parish Are Held
The parish jail is where a person arrested in East Baton Rouge 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 2023 the jail held about 960 people, down from about 1,580 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 1,420 beds, and it ran at 67 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 East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office at ebrso.org/resources/prison-inmate-list-disclaimer (page title: Prison Inmate List Disclaimer), phone 225-308-3400, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 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 East Baton Rouge Parish
An arrest in East Baton Rouge Parish can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the parish jail; the case index of the District Court for East Baton Rouge Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at ebrclerk.com); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at brla.gov/m/directory/department?did=15, phone 225-389-3400).
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 East Baton Rouge 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 East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 225-308-3400.
- An arrest in Baton Rouge, Central, Zachary or Baker: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, Southern University and A&M College at Baton Rouge or the Department of Public Safety State Capitol Detail: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 225-389-3400, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for East Baton Rouge Parish, through the court records page at ebrclerk.com.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in East Baton Rouge Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the four cities in East Baton Rouge Parish: Baton Rouge, Central, Zachary and Baker.
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 East Baton Rouge Parish.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in East Baton Rouge Parish each year?
The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office reported 3,041 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,729 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in East Baton Rouge Parish?
Look on the custody page of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office at ebrso.org, or call 225-308-3400. It covers people booked into the parish jail.
Where are people arrested in East Baton Rouge Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in East Baton Rouge Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for East Baton Rouge 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 East Baton Rouge Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the East Baton Rouge 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 East Baton Rouge 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.