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 on September 23, 2026.
Lafayette County, Missouri, has about 34,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Lafayette County depends on where the incident happened: the Lafayette 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: Lafayette County public records, Lafayette County arrest records, Lafayette County warrants, Lafayette County inmate search, Lafayette County criminal records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Lafayette 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 Lafayette County that is the Lafayette 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 Emma Police Department and the Oak Grove Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Lafayette County, so their arrests are not broken out for Lafayette County here.
Reports from the Lafayette County Sheriff's Office
The Lafayette County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 49 violent and 54 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 53 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at lcsheriff.com/detention (page title: Detention | Lafayette County Sheriff Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Lafayette County
The 11 cities the FBI lists in Lafayette County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Odessa: 0 violent and 2 property crimes reported for 2025; 27 arrests reported for 2025.
- Higginsville: 1 violent and 39 property crimes reported for 2025; 71 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lexington: 14 violent and 42 property crimes reported for 2025; 226 arrests reported for 2023.
- Concordia: 1 violent and 8 property crimes reported for 2025; 3 arrests reported for 2025.
- Waverly: 0 violent and 15 property crimes reported for 2025; 3 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wellington.
- Corder: 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025; 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Alma: 0 violent and 1 property crimes reported for 2025; 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lake Lafayette: 1 arrests reported for 2023.
- Bates City: 1 violent and 6 property crimes reported for 2025; 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Napoleon: 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025; 0 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 Reports: Lafayette County in 2025
The ten agencies in Lafayette County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 66 violent and 167 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the nine agencies in Lafayette County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 157 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 lafayettecountymo.gov/how_do_i/open_records_request.php (page title: Missouri Sunshine Law and Public Record Requests).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 660-259-6181, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Lafayette County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Lafayette 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Missouri Sunshine Law the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official Lafayette 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.