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.
St. Louis City, Missouri, has about 280,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Missouri the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Circuit Clerk; the statewide criminal history kept by the Missouri State Highway Patrol Criminal Justice Information Services Division is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from St. Louis City is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: St. Louis City public records, St. Louis City arrest records, St. Louis City warrants, St. Louis City inmate search, St. Louis City court records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the St. Louis City County Circuit Court
A criminal case from St. Louis City is filed in the St. Louis City County Circuit Court, and the court file, kept by the Circuit Clerk, is the record of it that the public may see.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the city is at stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/municipal-courts/city-court-v... (page title: Search for a Municipal Court Case), phone (314) 622-3231, 1520 Market St., Suite #1120 St. Louis, MO 63103, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, not to the St. Louis City County Circuit Court.
Statewide, Case.net is the Missouri courts' free statewide case search.
The Missouri Criminal History and Your Own Copy
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. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one city's court index but can lag it.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in St. Louis City
St. Louis reported 9,082 arrests to the FBI for 2025; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in St. Louis City arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: St. Louis City in 2025
The one agency in St. Louis City with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,380 violent and 13,874 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 17,254 crimes in 2025 against 19,877 in 2024. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the St. Louis City public records guide.
The Prosecuting Attorney for St. Louis City
The Prosecuting Attorney decides which arrests in St. Louis City become charges and files them in the St. Louis City County Circuit Court; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/circuit-attorney/index.cfm (page title: Office of the Circuit Attorney), phone (314) 622-4941, 1200 Market Street Saint Louis, MO 63103, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for St. Louis City
Registered sex offenders living in St. Louis City are listed on the Missouri Sex Offender Registry, run by the Missouri State Highway Patrol at mshp.dps.missouri.gov/CJ38/searchRegistry.jsp. The registry is public and can be searched online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in St. Louis City for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Missouri Sunshine Law a city office must answer a request within 3 business days, and it may charge research time and copying. The city records request page SearchSystems verified is at stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/counselor/sunshine-requests.cfm (page title: Sunshine Law Requests).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in St. Louis City?
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.
Can I search St. Louis City criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the city is at stlouis-mo.gov (page title: Search for a Municipal Court Case); it belongs to a lower court, not to the St. Louis City County Circuit Court. Statewide, Case.net is the Missouri courts' free statewide case search.
How do I get my own Missouri criminal history?
Through the same name-based search, run on yourself.
Who prosecutes crimes in St. Louis City?
The Prosecuting Attorney, reached at (314) 622-4941, which files its cases in the St. Louis City County Circuit Court.
Is this the official St. Louis City website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.