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.
Vicksburg, Mississippi, in Warren County, has about 20,000 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 Warren 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: Vicksburg public records, Warren County arrest records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Vicksburg
The FBI lists Vicksburg with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Vicksburg Police Department. It reported 666 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 Warren County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 338 arrests for 2020.
How Many Arrests Vicksburg 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.
- Vicksburg: 666 for 2025, 794 for 2024, 731 for 2023, 506 for 2022, 694 for 2021 and 3,857 for 2020.
Vicksburg's 666 arrests in 2025 were down 16 percent from 794 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Vicksburg reported 229 arrests, against 384 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Vicksburg Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Vicksburg 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 94 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 120 beds, and it ran at 78 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 Warren County Sheriff's Office at co.warren.ms.us/elected-officials/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Warren County), phone (601) 636-1761, Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., 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 Vicksburg
Whether someone was arrested in Vicksburg, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Warren County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.ms.gov/mec/mec.php, phone 601-968-6628); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.warren.ms.us/elected-officials/district-attorney, phone (601) 636-5754).
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 Vicksburg
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 Vicksburg police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at vicksburg.org/police/page/obtaining-police-records-and-reports (page title: Obtaining Police Records and Reports | City of Vicksburg, Mississippi), phone (601) 636-2511, 1401 Walnut Street | Vicksburg, MS 39180, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Warren County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (601) 636-1761.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (601) 636-5754, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Warren County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.ms.gov/mec/mec.php, phone 601-968-6628.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Criminal Information Center.
The Warren County guide covers every agency in the county: Warren County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Vicksburg each year?
Vicksburg reported 666 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Vicksburg?
Ask the Warren County Sheriff's Office at (601) 636-1761; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.warren.ms.us/elected-officials/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Vicksburg booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Warren County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Vicksburg?
The court files of criminal cases in the Warren 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 Vicksburg?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Vicksburg police for its own arrests, the Warren 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 Vicksburg 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.