Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. 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 between September 24, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
McComb, Mississippi, in Pike County, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Pike County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, arrest counts, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: McComb public records, Pike County arrest records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in McComb
The FBI lists McComb with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as McComb Police Department. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Pike County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 116 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Pike County: Southwest Mississippi Community College (campus police).
Arrest Counts on File for McComb
The FBI publishes monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. For McComb the counts on file are partial: McComb has sent some months but no full year since 2019, so no annual total is given here.
Across Pike County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,268 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in McComb Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in McComb 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.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 150 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 141 beds, and it ran at 106 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Pike County Sheriff's Office at co.pike.ms.us/departments/sheriffs-office (page title: Pike County Sheriff’s Department | Pike County), phone (601) 783-2323, 1201 B North Clark St. Magnolia, MS 39652, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at mdoc.ms.gov/inmate_search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in McComb
Whether someone was arrested in McComb, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Pike County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.pike.ms.us/view-circuit-court-case-info); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.pike.ms.us/district-attorney, phone 601-783-6677).
Mississippi does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Criminal Information Center goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in McComb
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Mississippi Public Records Act the agency must answer within 7 working days, or up to 14 where local rules allow, and it may charge the actual cost of search, review and copying.
- An arrest by the McComb police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at mccomb-ms.gov/departments/police_department/contact_us.php (page title: City of McComb MS), phone 601-684-3213, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Pike County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (601) 783-2323.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 601-783-6677, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Pike County Circuit Court, through the court records page at co.pike.ms.us/view-circuit-court-case-info.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.pike.ms.us (page title: Public Records Request Information | Pike County).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Criminal Information Center.
The Pike County guide covers every agency in the county: Pike County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in jail in McComb?
Ask the Pike County Sheriff's Office at (601) 783-2323; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.pike.ms.us/departments/sheriffs-office.
Where are people arrested in McComb booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Pike County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in McComb?
The court files of criminal cases in the Pike County Circuit Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Criminal Information Center is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Mississippi Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in McComb?
From the agency that made the arrest: the McComb police for its own arrests, the Pike County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Mississippi Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 working days, or up to 14 where local rules allow; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.pike.ms.us.
Is this the official McComb website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.