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.
Hidalgo County, New Mexico, has about 4,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 District Court for Hidalgo County. 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: Hidalgo County public records, New Mexico arrest records, New Mexico inmate search and New Mexico criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Hidalgo County
The Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Hidalgo County. It reported 34 arrests for 2025.
One city in Hidalgo County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Lordsburg, 2,203 residents: 190 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 Hidalgo 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.
- Lordsburg: 190 for 2025, 205 for 2024, 215 for 2023, 169 for 2022 and 146 for 2021.
- Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office: 34 for 2025, 32 for 2024, 39 for 2023, 45 for 2022 and 115 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 224 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 224 in 2025 against 237 in 2024, down 5.5 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 164 arrests, against 128 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Hidalgo County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Hidalgo County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 79 people, down from about 110 in 2019. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office at hidalgocounty.org/county-sheriff (page title: Sheriff’s Department | Hidalgo County NM), phone (575) 542-3833, 3143 Address 720 E. 2nd Street Lordsburg, NM 88045, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Hidalgo County
For Hidalgo County the place to look is the case index of the District Court for Hidalgo County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at sixthdistrict.nmcourts.gov/services-programs/contact-us, phone 575-538-3250).
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 Hidalgo 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 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 Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (575) 542-3833.
- An arrest in Lordsburg: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Hidalgo County, through the court records page at sixthdistrict.nmcourts.gov, phone 575-538-3250.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Hidalgo County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Hidalgo County: Lordsburg. Virden has 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 District Court for Hidalgo County.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Hidalgo County each year?
Lordsburg reported 190 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 224 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Hidalgo County?
Ask the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office at (575) 542-3833; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at hidalgocounty.org/county-sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Hidalgo County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Hidalgo County?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Hidalgo 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 Hidalgo County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Hidalgo 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.
Is this the official Hidalgo 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.