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 2, 2026.
New Madrid County, Missouri, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from New Madrid County depends on where the incident happened: the New Madrid 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: 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.
Which Agency Holds a Report from New Madrid County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In New Madrid County that is the New Madrid 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 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.
Reports from the New Madrid County Sheriff's Office
The New Madrid County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 30 violent and 147 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 125 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit.
Reports from the City Agencies in New Madrid County
The nine cities the FBI lists in New Madrid County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Portageville: 5 violent and 23 property crimes reported for 2025; 77 arrests reported for 2025.
- New Madrid: 21 violent and 39 property crimes reported for 2025; 69 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lilbourn: 0 arrests reported for 2019.
- Gideon: 0 violent and 5 property crimes reported for 2025; 9 arrests reported for 2025.
- Morehouse: 6 arrests reported for 2020.
- Matthews: 13 arrests reported for 2024.
- Marston.
- Howardville: 0 arrests reported for 2020.
- Canalou: 0 arrests reported for 2020.
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: New Madrid County in 2025
The four agencies in New Madrid County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 56 violent and 214 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the four agencies in New Madrid County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 280 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.
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in New Madrid County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the New Madrid 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 New Madrid 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 New Madrid 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 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.