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 24, 2026.
Tippah County, Mississippi, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Tippah 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 Tippah 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: Tippah County public records, Mississippi arrest records, Mississippi inmate search and Mississippi criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Tippah County
The Tippah County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Tippah County. It reported 1,152 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Tippah County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Ripley, 5,359 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Walnut, 687 residents: 23 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 Tippah 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.
- Ripley: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Tippah County Sheriff's Office: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Walnut: 23 for 2025, 50 for 2024, 47 for 2023, 48 for 2022 and 34 for 2021.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,327 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,327 in 2025 against 2,354 in 2024, down 1.1 percent.
Through April 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 715 arrests, against 775 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Tippah County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tippah 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 45 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 48 beds, and it ran at 94 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 Tippah County Sheriff's Office at co.tippah.ms.us/elected-officials/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Tippah County | Mississippi), phone 662-837-9336, 205 West Spring Street Ripley MS 38663, 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 Tippah County
For Tippah County the place to look is the case index of the Tippah County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.tippah.ms.us/elected-officials/courts, phone 662-837-7374).
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 Tippah 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 Tippah County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 662-837-9336.
- An arrest in Ripley or Walnut: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Tippah County Circuit Court, through the court records page at co.tippah.ms.us/elected-officials/courts, phone 662-837-7374.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Criminal Information Center.
Cities in Tippah County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the five cities in Tippah County: Ripley and Walnut. Blue Mountain, Dumas and Falkner 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 Tippah County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Tippah County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Ripley (5,359)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Tippah County each year?
Ripley reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,327 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Tippah County?
Ask the Tippah County Sheriff's Office at 662-837-9336; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.tippah.ms.us/elected-officials/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Tippah County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Tippah County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Tippah County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Tippah 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 Tippah County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Tippah 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 Tippah 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.