Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2024. 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 9, 2026.
Alamogordo, New Mexico, in Otero County, has about 32,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city 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 District Court for Otero County. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Alamogordo public records, Otero County arrest records, New Mexico arrest records and New Mexico inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Alamogordo
The FBI lists Alamogordo with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Alamogordo Police Department. It reported 2,378 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Otero County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 742 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Alamogordo 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.
- Alamogordo: 2,378 for 2024, 1,328 for 2023, 1,194 for 2022, 1,132 for 2021 and 3,315 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Alamogordo's 2,378 arrests in 2024 were up 79 percent from 1,328 in 2023.
Across Otero County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2022 on file reported 1,201 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Alamogordo Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Alamogordo 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 2023 the jail held about 210 people, up from about 190 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 208 beds, and it ran at 90 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 Otero County Sheriff's Office at co.otero.nm.us/300/Information-for-Inmates (page title: Information for Inmates | Otero County, NM), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the New Mexico Corrections Department, whose inmate locator is at cd.nm.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Alamogordo
Whether someone was arrested in Alamogordo, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the District Court for Otero County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at occlerk.co.otero.nm.us/CTWeb/login.aspx); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at nmdas.com/judicial-districts/twelfth-judicial-district, phone (575) 437-3640).
Statewide, New Mexico Courts Case Lookup is the New Mexico Judiciary's free statewide case search.
New Mexico does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the New Mexico Department of Public Safety 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 Alamogordo
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Inspection of Public Records Act the agency must answer within 15 calendar days, after acknowledging the request within 3 business days, and it may charge copying at no more than $1 a page.
- An arrest by the Alamogordo police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at ci.alamogordo.nm.us/588/Public-Records-Request (page title: Request to Inspect Public Records | Alamogordo, NM), phone 575-439-4100, 1376 East Ninth Street, Alamogordo, NM 88310, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Otero County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (575) 437-3640, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Otero County, through the court records page at occlerk.co.otero.nm.us/CTWeb/login.aspx.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.otero.nm.us/268/Public-Records-Request (page title: Public Records Request | Otero County, NM).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The Otero County guide covers every agency in the county: Otero County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Alamogordo each year?
Alamogordo reported 2,378 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Alamogordo?
Ask the Otero County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.otero.nm.us/300/Information-for-Inmates.
Where are people arrested in Alamogordo booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Otero County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Alamogordo?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Otero County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the New Mexico Department of Public Safety is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Inspection of Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Alamogordo?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Alamogordo police for its own arrests, the Otero County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Inspection of Public Records Act the answer is due within 15 calendar days, after acknowledging the request within 3 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.otero.nm.us/268/Public-Records-Request.
Is this the official Alamogordo website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.