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.
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, has about 104,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 Terrebonne 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: Terrebonne Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Terrebonne Parish
The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Terrebonne Parish. It reported 2,197 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Terrebonne Parish with a reporting agency of its own:
- Houma, 31,671 residents: 1,445 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 Terrebonne 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.
- Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office: 2,197 for 2025, 2,699 for 2024, 2,383 for 2023, 2,219 for 2022, 2,042 for 2021 and 3,337 for 2020.
- Houma: 1,445 for 2025, 1,718 for 2024, 1,856 for 2023, 1,755 for 2022, 1,765 for 2021 and 2,020 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,642 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,642 in 2025 against 4,417 in 2024, down 18 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 2,064 arrests, against 2,113 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Terrebonne Parish Are Held
The parish jail is where a person arrested in Terrebonne 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 550 people, up from about 540 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 612 beds, and it ran at 89 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 Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office at tpso.net/inmateservices (page title: Inmate Services | Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office | Gray), phone 866-232-1899, MON-FRI FROM 1PM-3PM, 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 Terrebonne Parish
An arrest in Terrebonne Parish can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the District Court for Terrebonne Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at search.terrebonneclerk.org/External/User/Login.aspx); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at ncourt.com/x-press/x-onlinepayments.aspx).
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 Terrebonne 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 Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 866-232-1899.
- An arrest in Houma: 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 Terrebonne Parish, through the court records page at search.terrebonneclerk.org.
- Any parish record that is not posted: the parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at tpso.net/records (page title: Records Request | TPSO).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Terrebonne Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Houma, the one city in Terrebonne Parish.
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 Terrebonne Parish.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Terrebonne Parish each year?
The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office reported 2,197 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,642 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Terrebonne Parish?
Ask the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office at 866-232-1899; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at tpso.net/inmateservices.
Where are people arrested in Terrebonne Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Terrebonne Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Terrebonne 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 Terrebonne Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Terrebonne 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 tpso.net/records.
Is this the official Terrebonne 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.