Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. 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 2, 2026.
Madison County, Mississippi, has about 114,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Madison County Sheriff's Office, five city agencies and one campus agency. An arrest 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 Madison County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Madison County public records, Mississippi arrest records, Mississippi inmate search and Mississippi criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Madison County
The Madison County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Madison County. It reported 2,200 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside five of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Madison, 28,210 residents: 406 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ridgeland, 24,576 residents: 1,743 arrests reported for 2024.
- Canton, 10,777 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Gluckstadt, 3,394 residents.
- Flora, 1,648 residents: 1,152 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.
The Jackson Police Department is listed by the FBI across three counties including Madison County, so its arrests are not broken out for Madison County here.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Madison County: Holmes Community College at Ridgeland (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Madison County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Madison County Sheriff's Office: 2,200 for 2025, 2,219 for 2024, 2,000 for 2022, 1,857 for 2021, 1,277 for 2020 and 1,797 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Canton: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Flora: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Madison: 406 for 2025, 696 for 2024, 870 for 2023, 990 for 2022, 1,050 for 2021 and 2,013 for 2020.
- Ridgeland: 1,743 for 2024, 2,647 for 2023, 2,894 for 2022, 2,537 for 2021, 2,160 for 2020 and 2,947 for 2019.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,910 arrests that year. The three of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 4,504 in 2025 against 4,523 in 2024, down 0.4 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 2,492 arrests, against 2,670 in the same months of 2025.
Gluckstadt and Ridgeland reported only part of 2025 (7 months and 1 month) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Madison County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Madison County 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 2023 the jail held about 270 people, down from about 430 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 528 beds, and it ran at 51 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 Madison County Sheriff's Office at sheriffrandytucker.com/madison-county-detention-center (page title: Madison County Detention Center | Madison County Sheriff's Department), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 Madison County
Whether someone was arrested in Madison County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Madison County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at madison-co.com/court-systems); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at madison-co.com/elected-offices/district-attorney/contact-us, phone (601) 859-7838).
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 Madison County
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 Madison County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Madison, Ridgeland, Canton, Gluckstadt or Flora: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by Holmes Community College at Ridgeland: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (601) 859-7838, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Madison County Circuit Court, through the court records page at madison-co.com/court-systems.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Criminal Information Center.
Cities in Madison County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the five cities in Madison County: Madison, Ridgeland, Canton, Gluckstadt and Flora.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Madison County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Madison County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Ridgeland (24,576)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Madison County each year?
The Madison County Sheriff's Office reported 2,200 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 4,910 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Madison County?
Ask the Madison County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheriffrandytucker.com.
Where are people arrested in Madison County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Madison County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Madison County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Madison 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 Madison County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Madison 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.
Is this the official Madison 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.