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 2019. 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 26, 2026.
Deming, New Mexico, in Luna County, has about 15,000 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 Luna 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: Deming public records, Luna County arrest records, New Mexico arrest records and New Mexico inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Deming
The FBI lists Deming with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Deming Police Department. It reported 1,500 arrests for 2019, 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 Luna County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 16 arrests for 2019.
How Many Arrests Deming 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.
- Deming: 1,500 for 2019.
Across Luna County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2019 on file reported 1,516 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Deming Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Deming 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 380 people, up from about 320 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 610 beds, and it ran at 62 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 Luna County Sheriff's Office at lunacounty.gov/departments/sheriff_s_department/index.php (page title: Luna County, NM), phone 575-546-2655, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the New Mexico Corrections Department lists its inmates at cd.nm.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Deming
For Deming the place to look is New Mexico Courts Case Lookup, the New Mexico Judiciary's free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed.
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 Deming
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 Deming police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at cityofdeming.org/government/department/police/index.php (page title: Welcome to City of Deming, NM), phone (575)546-3011, 700 E. Pine St. Deming NM 88030, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Luna County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 575-546-2655.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The Luna County guide covers every agency in the county: Luna County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Deming each year?
Deming reported 1,500 arrests to the FBI for 2019, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Deming?
Ask the Luna County Sheriff's Office at 575-546-2655; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at lunacounty.gov.
Where are people arrested in Deming booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Luna County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Deming?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Luna 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 Deming?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Deming police for its own arrests, the Luna 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.
Is this the official Deming 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.