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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Ralls County, Missouri, has about 10,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Ralls County Sheriff's Office and three city 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 Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Ralls County Circuit 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: Ralls County public records, Missouri arrest records, Missouri inmate search and Missouri criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Ralls County
The Ralls County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Ralls County. It reported 26 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists three cities in Ralls County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- New London, 977 residents: 33 arrests reported for 2020.
- Perry, 684 residents: 1 arrests reported for 2024.
- Center, 539 residents: 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.
The Hannibal Police Department and the Monroe City Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Ralls County, so their arrests are not broken out for Ralls County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Ralls County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Ralls County Sheriff's Office: 26 for 2025, 29 for 2024, 33 for 2023, 29 for 2022, 130 for 2020 and 300 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Perry: 1 for 2024, 1 for 2022, 2 for 2020 and 10 for 2019; 2021 and 2023 are missing months.
- Center: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024 and 0 for 2023.
- New London: 33 for 2020 and 45 for 2019.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 30 arrests that year. The two of them with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 29 in 2024 against 33 in 2023.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Ralls County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Ralls County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Ralls County Sheriff's Office at rallscountymo.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Ralls County Missouri), phone 573-985-5611, 209 E. 4th Street New London, MO 63459, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Missouri Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at web.mo.gov/doc/offSearchWeb.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Ralls County
Whether someone was arrested in Ralls County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: Case.net, the Missouri courts' free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed; the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at rallscountymo.gov/prosecuting-attorney, phone 573-985-5681).
Missouri is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the open record search on the MACHS site lets anyone check convictions by name, through the Missouri State Highway Patrol Criminal Justice Information Services Division. 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 Ralls County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Missouri Sunshine Law the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge research time and copying.
- An arrest by the Ralls County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 573-985-5611.
- An arrest in New London, Perry or Center: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 573-985-5681, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at rallscountymo.gov/sunshine-request (page title: Sunshine Request | Ralls County Missouri).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Ralls County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the four cities in Ralls County: New London, Perry and Center. Rensselaer has 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 Ralls County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Ralls County each year?
The Ralls County Sheriff's Office reported 26 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in Ralls County sent in full, the three with every month on file reported 30 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Ralls County?
Ask the Ralls County Sheriff's Office at 573-985-5611; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at rallscountymo.gov/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Ralls County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Ralls County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Ralls County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Missouri State Highway Patrol Criminal Justice Information Services Division: the open record search on the MACHS site lets anyone check convictions by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Missouri Sunshine Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Ralls County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Ralls 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at rallscountymo.gov/sunshine-request.
Is this the official Ralls 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.