Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 September 26, 2026.
Ripley, Mississippi, in Tippah County, has about 5,400 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 Tippah County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Ripley public records, Tippah County arrest records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Ripley
The FBI lists Ripley with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Ripley Police Department. It reported 1,152 arrests for 2025. 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 Tippah County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 1,152 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Ripley Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Ripley: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
Through September 2026, Ripley reported 666 arrests, against 864 in the same months of 2025.
Across Tippah County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,327 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Ripley Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Ripley and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 45 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 48 beds, and it ran at 94 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 Tippah County Sheriff's Office at co.tippah.ms.us/elected-officials/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Tippah County | Mississippi), phone 662-837-9336, 205 West Spring Street Ripley MS 38663, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Mississippi Department of Corrections lists its inmates at mdoc.ms.gov/inmate_search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Ripley
For Ripley the place to look is the case index of the Tippah County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.tippah.ms.us/elected-officials/courts, phone 662-837-7374).
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 Ripley
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 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 Ripley police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at ripley.ms.gov/police-department (page title: Police Department | Ripley, Mississippi), phone 662-837-2215, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Tippah County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 662-837-9336.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Tippah County Circuit Court, through the court records page at co.tippah.ms.us/elected-officials/courts, phone 662-837-7374.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Criminal Information Center.
The Tippah County guide covers every agency in the county: Tippah County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Ripley each year?
Ripley reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Ripley?
Ask the Tippah County Sheriff's Office at 662-837-9336; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.tippah.ms.us/elected-officials/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Ripley booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Tippah County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Ripley?
The court files of criminal cases in the Tippah 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 Ripley?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Ripley police for its own arrests, the Tippah 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.
Is this the official Ripley 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.