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.
Wilkinson County, Mississippi, has about 7,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office. 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 Wilkinson 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: Wilkinson County public records, Mississippi arrest records, Mississippi inmate search and Mississippi criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Wilkinson County
The Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Wilkinson County. It reported 1,152 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Wilkinson 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.
Through September 2026, Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office reported 666 arrests, against 864 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Wilkinson County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Wilkinson 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 26 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 40 beds, and it ran at 65 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 Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office at wilkinson.co.ms.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Wilkinson County | Mississippi), phone 601-888-3511, 1389 U.S. Highway 61 South P.O. Box 980 Woodville, MS 39669, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Wilkinson County
For Wilkinson County the place to look is the case index of the Wilkinson County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at wilkinson.co.ms.gov/courts, phone 601-430-1913).
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 Wilkinson 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 Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 601-888-3511.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Wilkinson County Circuit Court, through the court records page at wilkinson.co.ms.gov/courts, phone 601-430-1913.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Criminal Information Center.
Cities in Wilkinson County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Wilkinson County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Wilkinson County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Wilkinson County each year?
The Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Wilkinson County?
Ask the Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office at 601-888-3511; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at wilkinson.co.ms.gov/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Wilkinson County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Wilkinson County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Wilkinson 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 Wilkinson County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Wilkinson 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 Wilkinson 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.