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 2025. 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 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026.
Borger, Texas, in Hutchinson County, has about 12,000 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 Hutchinson County District Court. 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: Borger public records, Hutchinson County arrest records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Borger
The FBI lists Borger with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Borger Police Department. It reported 200 arrests for 2025. 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 Hutchinson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 54 arrests for 2023.
How Many Arrests Borger Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Borger: 200 for 2025, 269 for 2024, 301 for 2023, 334 for 2022, 319 for 2021 and 254 for 2020.
Borger's 200 arrests in 2025 were down 26 percent from 269 in 2024.
Across Hutchinson County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 355 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Borger Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Borger 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.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 37 people on an average day, down from about 50 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 70 beds, and it is running at 53 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice lists its inmates at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Borger
For Borger the place to look is the case index of the Hutchinson County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.hutchinson.tx.us/government/district-clerk, phone 806-878-4017).
Texas is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Conviction Database search lets anyone look up convictions and deferred adjudications by name, for $3 a search, through the Texas Department of Public Safety. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Borger
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Texas Public Information Act the agency must answer within 10 business days, and it may charge the copy rates set by the Attorney General, plus labor for large requests.
- An arrest by the Borger police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at borgertx.gov/FormCenter/Public-Records-6/Public-Records-Request-For... (page title: Form Center, Public Records Request Form), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Hutchinson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Hutchinson County District Court, through the court records page at co.hutchinson.tx.us/government/district-clerk, phone 806-878-4017.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The Hutchinson County guide covers every agency in the county: Hutchinson County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Borger each year?
Borger reported 200 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Borger booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Hutchinson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Borger?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Texas Department of Public Safety: the Conviction Database search lets anyone look up convictions and deferred adjudications by name, for $3. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Texas Public Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Borger?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Borger police for its own arrests, the Hutchinson County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Texas Public Information Act the answer is due within 10 business days.
Is this the official Borger 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.