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 24, 2026.
Hinds County, Mississippi, has about 212,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Hinds County depends on where the incident happened: the Hinds County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Mississippi Public Records Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Hinds County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Hinds County that is the Hinds County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's agency list also places two state agencies and three campus police departments in Hinds County, each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Hinds County Sheriff's Office
The Hinds County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 40 violent and 191 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 1,727 arrests for 2020.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at co.hinds.ms.us/pgs/apps/inmate/inmate_query.asp (page title: Hinds County Inmate Query), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Hinds County
The eight cities the FBI lists in Hinds County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Jackson: 555 violent and 2,083 property crimes reported for 2025; 8,585 arrests reported for 2019.
- Clinton: 25 violent and 244 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,486 arrests reported for 2025. The Clinton police department's page is at clintonms.org/police-department, phone 601-924-5252 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Byram: 10 violent and 107 property crimes reported for 2025; 446 arrests reported for 2023.
- Terry: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Raymond: 0 violent and 10 property crimes reported for 2025; 16 arrests reported for 2025.
- Edwards: 1 violent and 8 property crimes reported for 2025; 5 arrests reported for 2025.
- Utica.
- Bolton: 0 violent and 1 property crimes reported for 2025; 1 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Reports: Hinds County in 2025
The seven agencies in Hinds County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 631 violent and 2,644 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the five agencies in Hinds County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,660 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Mississippi Public Records Act Requires
The Mississippi Public Records Act sets the rules: an answer within 7 working days, or up to 14 where local rules allow, at a charge of the actual cost of search, review and copying, from the agency that holds the report.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Hinds County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Hinds County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Mississippi Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 working days, or up to 14 where local rules allow.
How long does an agency in Hinds County have to answer?
Under the Mississippi Public Records Act, within 7 working days, or up to 14 where local rules allow. It may charge the actual cost of search, review and copying.
How do I get a report from the Hinds County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. 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 Hinds 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.