Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Boone County, Missouri, has about 192,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Boone County depends on where the incident happened: the Boone County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Missouri Sunshine Law requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Boone County public records, Boone County arrest records, Boone County warrants, Boone County inmate search, Boone County criminal records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Boone County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Boone County that is the Boone County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's list also carries the University of Missouri at Columbia (campus police) and the 13th Judicial Court Marshal (other agency), each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Boone County Sheriff's Office
The Boone County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it reported 896 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at (573) 875-1111. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at report.boonemo.gov/mrcjava/servlet/RMS01_MP.I00030s (page title: Current Detainees of Boone County Jail), phone (573) 875-1111, 2121 County Dr. Columbia, MO 65202, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Boone County
The four cities the FBI lists in Boone County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Columbia: 474 violent and 2,498 property crimes reported for 2025; 3,126 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ashland: 1 violent and 18 property crimes reported for 2025; 61 arrests reported for 2025.
- Centralia: 2 violent and 30 property crimes reported for 2025; 60 arrests reported for 2023.
- Hallsville: 24 arrests reported for 2022.
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 Reports: Boone County in 2025
The three agencies in Boone County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 477 violent and 2,546 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the three agencies in Boone County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,083 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Missouri Sunshine Law Requires
The Missouri Sunshine Law sets the rules: an answer within 3 business days, at a charge of research time and copying, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at boonemo.gov/resource-management/records-requests.asp (page title: Records Requests | Resource Management).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (573) 886-4100, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Boone County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Boone County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Missouri Sunshine Law the answer is due within 3 business days.
How long does an agency in Boone County have to answer?
Under the Missouri Sunshine Law, within 3 business days. It may charge research time and copying.
How do I get a report from the Boone County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at (573) 875-1111. Under the Missouri Sunshine Law the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official Boone 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.