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. Helena Parish, Louisiana, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the St. Helena Parish Sheriff's Office and two 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 St. Helena 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: St. Helena Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in St. Helena Parish
The St. Helena Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for St. Helena Parish. It reported 289 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two 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:
- Greensburg, 624 residents: 7 arrests reported for 2020.
- Montpelier, 196 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2023.
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 St. Helena 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.
- St. Helena Parish Sheriff's Office: 289 for 2025, 352 for 2024, 383 for 2023, 279 for 2022, 308 for 2021 and 271 for 2020.
- Montpelier: 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022 and 0 for 2021.
- Greensburg: 7 for 2020 and 24 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 383 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2023 and 2022 complete reported 383 in 2023 against 279 in 2022, up 37 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in St. Helena Parish Are Held
The parish jail is where a person arrested in St. Helena 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 42 people, down from about 50 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 49 beds, and it ran at 102 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 St. Helena Parish Sheriff's Office at sthelena.lavns.org (page title: St. Helena Parish Jail), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
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. Helena Parish
An arrest in St. Helena Parish can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the District Court for St. Helena Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at sthelenaparish.la.gov/apps/pages/index.jsp); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at sthelenaparish.la.gov/apps/pages/index.jsp).
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. Helena 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. Helena Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Greensburg or Montpelier: 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 handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for St. Helena Parish, through the court records page at sthelenaparish.la.gov/apps/pages/index.jsp.
- Any parish record that is not posted: the parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at sthelenaparish.la.gov/apps/pages/index.jsp (page title: Public Record Request | Government | Departments | St. Helena Parish Police Jury).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in St. Helena Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in St. Helena Parish: Greensburg and Montpelier.
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 St. Helena Parish.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in St. Helena Parish each year?
The St. Helena Parish Sheriff's Office reported 289 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2023, the latest year most of the agencies in St. Helena Parish sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 383 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in St. Helena Parish?
Ask the St. Helena Parish Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sthelena.lavns.org.
Where are people arrested in St. Helena Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the St. Helena Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in St. Helena Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for St. Helena 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. Helena Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the St. Helena 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 sthelenaparish.la.gov/apps/pages/index.jsp.
Is this the official St. Helena 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.