Reviewed and updated October 11, 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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 11, 2026.
New Madrid County, Missouri, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in New Madrid County is held at the county jail, run by the New Madrid 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, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: New Madrid County public records, New Madrid County arrest records, New Madrid County warrants, New Madrid County criminal records, New Madrid County court records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in New Madrid County
The county jail, run by the New Madrid County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in New Madrid County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the New Madrid County Sheriff's Office at newmadridcountymo.gov/sheriff (page title: New Madrid County | Sheriff Department), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 11, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
Who Books People Into the New Madrid County Jail
The New Madrid County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Portageville, New Madrid, Lilbourn, Gideon, Morehouse, Matthews and three more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in New Madrid County.
The Sikeston Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including New Madrid County, so its arrests are not broken out for New Madrid County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the New Madrid County Sheriff's Office's 125 for 2025, Portageville's 77 for 2025 and New Madrid's 69 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in New Madrid County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 280 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 New Madrid County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Missouri Department of Corrections lists its inmates at web.mo.gov/doc/offSearchWeb.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in New Madrid County?
Ask the New Madrid County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at newmadridcountymo.gov/sheriff.
Where do people sentenced to prison in New Madrid County go?
To a facility of the Missouri Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at web.mo.gov/doc/offSearchWeb.
Is this the official New Madrid 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.