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 2, 2026.
Livingston Parish, Louisiana, has about 153,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Livingston 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 Livingston 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: Livingston Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Livingston Parish
The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Livingston Parish. It reported 3,208 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three of the parish's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Denham Springs, 9,321 residents.
- Walker, 6,402 residents: 328 arrests reported for 2024.
- Livingston, 1,980 residents: 70 arrests reported for 2022.
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 The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office 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.
- Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office: 3,208 for 2025, 2,402 for 2024, 3,372 for 2023, 3,225 for 2022, 1,724 for 2021 and 5,677 for 2020.
- Walker: 328 for 2024, 392 for 2023, 282 for 2022, 411 for 2020 and 876 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Livingston: 70 for 2022.
The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office's 3,208 arrests in 2025 were up 34 percent from 2,402 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office reported 2,206 arrests, against 2,069 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Livingston Parish Are Held
The parish jail is where a person arrested in Livingston 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 640 people, up from about 570 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 673 beds, and it ran at 95 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 Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office at livingston.lavns.org (page title: Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office), 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 Livingston Parish
For Livingston Parish the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at 21jdda.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 Livingston 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 Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Denham Springs, Walker or Livingston: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- 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 livingstonparishla.gov (page title: Public Records Request Form | Livingston Parish Government (LA)).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Livingston Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the eight cities in Livingston Parish: Denham Springs, Walker and Livingston. Killian, Albany, French Settlement, Port Vincent and Springfield 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 Livingston Parish.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Livingston Parish, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Denham Springs (9,321)
- Walker (6,402)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Livingston Parish each year?
The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office reported 3,208 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Livingston Parish?
Ask the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at livingston.lavns.org.
Where are people arrested in Livingston Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Livingston Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Livingston 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 Livingston Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Livingston 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; the parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at livingstonparishla.gov.
Is this the official Livingston 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.