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 September 30, 2026.
St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, has about 50,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office. 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 St. Charles 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 and common questions.
Related guides: St. Charles Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in St. Charles Parish
The St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for St. Charles Parish. It reported 1,784 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The St. Charles 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.
- St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office: 1,784 for 2025, 1,653 for 2024, 1,934 for 2023, 1,950 for 2022, 2,216 for 2021 and 2,630 for 2020.
The St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office's 1,784 arrests in 2025 were up 7.9 percent from 1,653 in 2024.
Through August 2026, St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office reported 1,031 arrests, against 1,225 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in St. Charles Parish Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in St. Charles 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 400 people, down from about 480 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 608 beds, and it ran at 79 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 St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office at stcharlessheriff.org/216/Jail-Roster (page title: Jail Roster | St. Charles Sheriff, LA), phone (985) 783-6237, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 St. Charles Parish
Whether someone was arrested in St. Charles Parish, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the custody page of the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the parish jail; the case index of the District Court for St. Charles Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at voterportal.sos.la.gov/clerk, 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 St. Charles 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 St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (985) 783-6237.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for St. Charles Parish, through the court records page at voterportal.sos.la.gov/clerk, phone (337) 788-8881.
- Any parish record that is not posted: the parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at stcharlesparish.gov (page title: Public Records Request | St. Charles Parish, LA).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in St. Charles Parish each year?
The St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office reported 1,784 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in St. Charles Parish?
Look on the custody page of the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office at stcharlessheriff.org/216/Jail-Roster, or call (985) 783-6237. It covers people booked into the parish jail.
Where are people arrested in St. Charles Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in St. Charles Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for St. Charles 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. Charles Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the St. Charles 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 stcharlesparish.gov.
Is this the official St. Charles 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.