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 4, 2026.
Simpson County, Mississippi, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Simpson County Sheriff's Office and two city agencies. 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 Simpson 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: Simpson County public records, Mississippi arrest records, Mississippi inmate search and Mississippi criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Simpson County
The Simpson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Simpson County. It reported 224 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Simpson County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Magee, 3,924 residents: 195 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mendenhall, 2,130 residents: 48 arrests reported for 2024.
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 Simpson 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.
- Simpson County Sheriff's Office: 224 for 2025 and 388 for 2024.
- Magee: 195 for 2025 and 264 for 2024.
- Mendenhall: 48 for 2024, 27 for 2023, 60 for 2022, 95 for 2021 and 117 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 419 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 419 in 2025 against 652 in 2024, down 36 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 216 arrests, against 210 in the same months of 2025.
Mendenhall reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Simpson County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Simpson 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 110 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 163 beds, and it ran at 67 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 Simpson County Sheriff's Office at simpsoncountyms.com/sheriffs-office (page title: Simpson County), phone 601-847-2155, 111 West Pine Ave, Ste. 2, Mendenhall, MS 39114, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Simpson County
An arrest in Simpson County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Simpson 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); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at simpsoncountyms.com/district-attorney, phone 601-847-1342).
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 Simpson 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 Simpson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 601-847-2155.
- An arrest in Magee or Mendenhall: 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, 601-847-1342, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Simpson County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.ms.gov.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Criminal Information Center.
Cities in Simpson County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the four cities in Simpson County: Magee and Mendenhall. D'Lo and Braxton 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 Simpson County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Simpson County each year?
The Simpson County Sheriff's Office reported 224 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 419 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Simpson County?
Ask the Simpson County Sheriff's Office at 601-847-2155; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at simpsoncountyms.com/sheriffs-office.
Where are people arrested in Simpson County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Simpson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Simpson County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Simpson 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 Simpson County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Simpson 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 Simpson 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.