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.
West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the West Baton Rouge 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 West 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: West Baton Rouge Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in West Baton Rouge Parish
The West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for West Baton Rouge Parish. It reported 417 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists three cities in West Baton Rouge Parish with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Addis, 7,538 residents: 37 arrests reported for 2025.
- Port Allen, 4,991 residents: 129 arrests reported for 2025.
- Brusly, 2,591 residents: 11 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 West Baton Rouge Parish
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office: 417 for 2025, 568 for 2024, 403 for 2023, 356 for 2022, 308 for 2021 and 705 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Port Allen: 129 for 2025, 126 for 2024, 124 for 2023, 89 for 2022, 84 for 2021 and 199 for 2020.
- Addis: 37 for 2025, 21 for 2024, 23 for 2023, 60 for 2022 and 0 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Brusly: 11 for 2025, 12 for 2023, 18 for 2022, 10 for 2021, 0 for 2020 and 2 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 594 arrests that year. The three of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 583 in 2025 against 715 in 2024, down 18 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in West Baton Rouge Parish Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in West Baton Rouge 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 100 people, down from about 590 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 633 beds, and it ran at 93 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 West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office at wfpso.org/Detention/Jail-Bookings (page title: West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office > Detention > Jail Bookings), phone 225-784-3158, 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 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 West Baton Rouge Parish
Whether someone was arrested in West Baton Rouge Parish, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the custody page of the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the parish jail; 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 West Baton Rouge 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 West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 225-784-3158.
- An arrest in Addis, Port Allen or Brusly: 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, 225-389-3400, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in West Baton Rouge Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the three cities in West Baton Rouge Parish: Addis, Port Allen and Brusly.
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 West Baton Rouge Parish.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in West Baton Rouge Parish each year?
The West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office reported 417 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 594 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in West Baton Rouge Parish?
Look on the custody page of the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office at wfpso.org/Detention/Jail-Bookings, or call 225-784-3158. It covers people booked into the parish jail.
Where are people arrested in West Baton Rouge Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in West Baton Rouge Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for West 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 West Baton Rouge Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the West 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 West 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.