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.
Ramsey County, Minnesota, has about 542,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office, seven city agencies and three campus, state or other agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the County Attorney files charges, a case in the Ramsey County District Court. 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: Ramsey County public records, Minnesota arrest records, Minnesota inmate search and Minnesota criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Ramsey County
The Ramsey County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Ramsey County. It reported 1,321 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside seven of the county'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:
- St. Paul, 307,465 residents: 4,758 arrests reported for 2025.
- Maplewood, 40,142 residents: 1,006 arrests reported for 2025.
- Roseville, 35,637 residents: 1,994 arrests reported for 2025.
- White Bear Lake, 23,479 residents: 241 arrests reported for 2025.
- New Brighton, 22,374 residents: 289 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mounds View, 12,841 residents: 205 arrests reported for 2025.
- North St. Paul, 12,644 residents: 101 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.
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 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).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Ramsey County
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. Paul: 4,758 for 2025, 4,845 for 2024, 4,325 for 2023, 4,157 for 2022, 4,221 for 2021 and 10,052 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Roseville: 1,994 for 2025, 1,887 for 2024, 1,280 for 2023, 1,167 for 2022, 799 for 2021 and 722 for 2020.
- Ramsey County Sheriff's Office: 1,321 for 2025, 1,012 for 2024, 1,245 for 2023, 1,194 for 2022, 914 for 2021 and 751 for 2020.
- Maplewood: 1,006 for 2025, 984 for 2024, 1,065 for 2023, 898 for 2022, 768 for 2021 and 946 for 2020.
- New Brighton: 289 for 2025, 272 for 2024, 334 for 2023, 398 for 2022, 342 for 2021 and 366 for 2020.
- White Bear Lake: 241 for 2025, 187 for 2024, 201 for 2023, 300 for 2022, 364 for 2021 and 604 for 2020.
- Mounds View: 205 for 2025, 201 for 2024, 175 for 2023, 172 for 2022, 242 for 2021 and 188 for 2020.
- North St. Paul: 101 for 2025, 86 for 2024, 164 for 2023, 172 for 2022, 193 for 2021 and 213 for 2020.
Together, the eight agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 9,915 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 9,915 in 2025 against 9,474 in 2024, up 4.7 percent.
Through August 2026, the seven agencies with every month so far on file reported 6,084 arrests, against 6,473 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Ramsey County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Ramsey County 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 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.
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.
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.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Ramsey County
Whether someone was arrested in Ramsey County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; Minnesota Court Records Online, the Minnesota Judicial Branch's free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed; the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at ramseycountymn.gov/your-government/leadership/county-attorneys-office).
Minnesota is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the public criminal history search online is free and shows 15 years of convictions, through the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Ramsey County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act the agency must answer promptly, within a reasonable time, and it may charge copying, and staff time for requests over 100 pages.
- An arrest by the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 651-266-9350.
- An arrest in St. Paul, Maplewood, Roseville, White Bear Lake, New Brighton, Mounds View or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by the State Patrol at Oakdale, the Capitol Security, St. Paul or the Minnesota State Fair Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Cities in Ramsey County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for seven of the 15 cities in Ramsey County: St. Paul, Maplewood, Roseville, White Bear Lake, New Brighton, Mounds View and North St. Paul. Shoreview, Vadnais Heights, Little Canada, Arden Hills, North Oaks, Falcon Heights, Lauderdale and Gem Lake have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Ramsey County District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Ramsey County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- St. Paul (307,465)
- Maplewood (40,142)
- Shoreview (26,939)
- New Brighton (22,374)
- Mounds View (12,841)
- Falcon Heights (5,002)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Ramsey County each year?
St. Paul reported 4,758 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the eight agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 9,915 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Ramsey County?
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.
Where are people arrested in Ramsey County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Ramsey County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension: the public criminal history search online is free and shows 15 years of convictions. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Ramsey County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable time.
Is this the official Ramsey County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.