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. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
St. Francois County, Missouri, has about 68,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in St. Francois County is held at the county jail, run by the St. Francois 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, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: St. Francois County public records, St. Francois County arrest records, St. Francois County warrants, St. Francois County criminal records, St. Francois County court records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in St. Francois County
The county jail, run by the St. Francois County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in St. Francois County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the St. Francois County Sheriff's Office at sfcgov.org/sheriff/mobile-patrol-app (page title: Mobile Patrol App | Saint Francois County), phone (573)756-1955, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at (573)756-1955.
The St. Francois County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 160 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 185 beds, and it ran at 89 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
St. Francois County has about 68,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 24 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the St. Francois County Jail
The St. Francois County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Farmington, Park Hills, Bonne Terre, Desloge, Bismarck, Leadwood and two more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in St. Francois County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in St. Francois County: Mineral Area College (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Farmington's 511 for 2025, Park Hills's 265 for 2024 and the St. Francois County Sheriff's Office's 257 for 2024.
Together, the five agencies in St. Francois County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 722 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 St. Francois County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in St. Francois County serves the sentence in a facility of the Missouri Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at web.mo.gov/doc/offSearchWeb.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in St. Francois County?
Ask the St. Francois County Sheriff's Office at (573)756-1955; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sfcgov.org/sheriff/mobile-patrol-app.
How many people are in the St. Francois County jail?
About 160 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 185 beds.
What is the phone number for the St. Francois County jail?
(573)756-1955, the number on the page of the St. Francois County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in St. Francois 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 St. Francois 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.