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 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
St. Paul, Minnesota, in Ramsey County, has about 307,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in St. Paul is held at the county jail, run by the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in St. Paul
The county jail, run by the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in St. Paul, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office at ramseycountymn.gov/your-government/leadership/sheriffs-office/sheri... (page title: Inmates In-Custody (Booking Reports) | Ramsey County, Minnesota), phone 651-266-9350, 425 Grove St. Saint Paul, MN 55101, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Ramsey County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 400 people, down from about 680 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,022 beds, and it ran at 66 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Ramsey County has about 542,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 7 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Ramsey County Jail
The Ramsey County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for St. Paul (filed by the FBI as St. Paul Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around St. Paul.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Ramsey County: the State Patrol at Oakdale (state police); the Capitol Security, St. Paul and the Minnesota State Fair Police (state agency).
The Spring Lake Park Police Department and the St. Anthony Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Ramsey County, so their arrests are not broken out for Ramsey County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were St. Paul's 4,758 for 2025, Roseville's 1,994 for 2025 and the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office's 1,321 for 2025.
Together, the eight agencies in Ramsey County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 9,915 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in St. Paul arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in St. Paul?
Look on the custody page of the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office at ramseycountymn.gov, or call 651-266-9350. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Ramsey County jail?
About 400 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1,022 beds.
What is the phone number for the Ramsey County jail?
651-266-9350, the number on the page of the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Is this the official St. Paul website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.