Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Grant County, New Mexico, has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Grant County depends on where the incident happened: the Grant County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Inspection of Public Records Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Grant County public records, Grant County arrest records, Grant County warrants, Grant County inmate search, Grant County property records, New Mexico arrest records and New Mexico inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Grant County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Grant County that is the Grant County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's list also carries Western New Mexico University (campus police), with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Grant County Sheriff's Office
The Grant County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it reported 491 arrests for 2019.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at grantcountynm.gov/166/Corrections (page title: Corrections | Grant County, NM), 320 South Ridge Road Silver City, NM 88061, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Grant County
The four cities the FBI lists in Grant County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Silver City.
- Bayard: 15 violent and 48 property crimes reported for 2025; 107 arrests reported for 2025.
- Santa Clara: 4 violent and 10 property crimes reported for 2025; 11 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hurley: 1 violent and 14 property crimes reported for 2025; 18 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 Reports: Grant County in 2025
The three agencies in Grant County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 20 violent and 72 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the three agencies in Grant County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 136 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Inspection of Public Records Act Requires
The Inspection of Public Records Act sets the rules: an answer within 15 calendar days, after acknowledging the request within 3 business days, at a charge of copying at no more than $1 a page, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at grantcountynm.nextrequest.com (page title: Inspection of Public RecordsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (575) 388-1941, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Grant County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Grant County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Inspection of Public Records Act the answer is due within 15 calendar days, after acknowledging the request within 3 business days.
How long does an agency in Grant County have to answer?
Under the Inspection of Public Records Act, within 15 calendar days, after acknowledging the request within 3 business days. It may charge copying at no more than $1 a page.
How do I get a report from the Grant County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. 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 Grant 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.