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 September 30, 2026.
Neshoba County, Mississippi, has about 29,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and one city 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 Neshoba 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: Neshoba County public records, Mississippi arrest records, Mississippi inmate search and Mississippi criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Neshoba County
The Neshoba County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Neshoba County. It reported 339 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Neshoba County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Philadelphia, 6,938 residents: 424 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 Union Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Neshoba County, so its arrests are not broken out for Neshoba County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Neshoba County
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.
- Philadelphia: 424 for 2025, 479 for 2024, 454 for 2023, 514 for 2022 and 551 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
- Neshoba County Sheriff's Office: 339 for 2025, 455 for 2024, 521 for 2023, 642 for 2022 and 204 for 2021.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 763 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 763 in 2025 against 934 in 2024, down 18 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 366 arrests, against 429 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Neshoba County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Neshoba County 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 58 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 72 beds, and it ran at 81 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 Neshoba County Sheriff's Office at neshobacounty.net/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Neshoba County Board of Supervisors), phone 601-656-1414, 920 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, MS 39350, 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 Neshoba County
An arrest in Neshoba County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Neshoba County Circuit Court, kept by the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date; the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at neshobacounty.net/district-attorney, phone 601-656-1991).
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at neshobacounty.net/justice-court (page title: Justice Court | Neshoba County Board of Supervisors), phone 601-656-4053, belongs to a lower court, not to the Neshoba County Circuit Court.
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 Neshoba County
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 Neshoba County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 601-656-1414.
- An arrest in Philadelphia: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 601-656-1991, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Neshoba County Circuit Court it is kept by the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at neshobacounty.net/justice-court, phone 601-656-4053, is a lower court's.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Criminal Information Center.
Cities in Neshoba County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Philadelphia, the one city in Neshoba County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Neshoba County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Neshoba County each year?
Philadelphia reported 424 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 763 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Neshoba County?
Ask the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office at 601-656-1414; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at neshobacounty.net/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Neshoba County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Neshoba County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Neshoba 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 Neshoba County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Neshoba 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 Neshoba 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.