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 on September 30, 2026.
Pontotoc County, Mississippi, has about 32,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc 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: Pontotoc County public records, Mississippi arrest records, Mississippi inmate search and Mississippi criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Pontotoc County
The Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Pontotoc County. It reported 6 arrests for 2025.
One city in Pontotoc County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Pontotoc, 6,046 residents: 343 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 Arrests Each Agency Reports in Pontotoc 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.
- Pontotoc: 343 for 2025, 309 for 2024, 372 for 2023 and 396 for 2022.
- Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office: 6 for 2025, 45 for 2024, 26 for 2023, 31 for 2022, 32 for 2021 and 63 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 349 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 349 in 2025 against 354 in 2024, down 1.4 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 168 arrests, against 210 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Pontotoc County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pontotoc 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 2019 the jail held about 72 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 66 beds, and it ran at 109 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Pontotoc County
For Pontotoc County the place to look is the case index of the Pontotoc County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at pontotocmscircuitclerk.com/contact.html, phone (662) 489-3908).
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 Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Pontotoc: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Pontotoc County Circuit Court, through the court records page at pontotocmscircuitclerk.com/contact.html, phone (662) 489-3908.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Criminal Information Center.
Cities in Pontotoc County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the six cities in Pontotoc County: Pontotoc. Ecru, Algoma, Thaxton, Sherman and Toccopola have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Pontotoc County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Pontotoc County each year?
Pontotoc reported 343 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 349 between them.
Where are people arrested in Pontotoc County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Pontotoc County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc 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.