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.
Corpus Christi, Texas, in Nueces County, has about 317,000 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 Nueces 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: Corpus Christi public records, Nueces County arrest records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Corpus Christi
The FBI lists Corpus Christi with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Corpus Christi Police Department. It reported 10,100 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 Nueces County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 228 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Nueces County: the Calallen Independent School District, the Corpus Christi Independent School District and the Robstown Independent School District (other); Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi (campus police).
How Many Arrests Corpus Christi 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.
- Corpus Christi: 10,100 for 2025, 10,109 for 2024, 10,294 for 2023, 10,521 for 2022, 9,961 for 2021 and 8,654 for 2020.
Corpus Christi's 10,100 arrests in 2025 were down 0.1 percent from 10,109 in 2024.
Across Nueces County, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 11,154 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Corpus Christi Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Corpus Christi 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 880 people on an average day, down from about 910 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 1,164 beds, and it is running at 76 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Nueces County Sheriff's Office at nuecesco.com/law-enforcement/sheriff/compliments-complaints-or-conc... (page title: Compliments, Concerns or Complaints | Nueces County, TX), phone (361) 888-0111, 901 Leopard St. Corpus Christi, TX 78401, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, whose inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Corpus Christi
An arrest in Corpus Christi can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Nueces County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at nuecesco.com/courts/district-clerk/case-search, phone (361) 888-0450); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at nuecesco.com/courts/county-attorney/description-of-office, phone (361) 888-0410).
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 Corpus Christi
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 Corpus Christi police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at corpuschristitx.gov/department-directory/police-department/police-r... (page title: Request a Police Report | City of Corpus Christi), phone (361) 886-2600, 321 John Sartain Street Corpus Christi, TX 78401, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Nueces County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (361) 888-0111.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (361) 888-0410, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Nueces County District Court, through the court records page at nuecesco.com, phone (361) 888-0450.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at nuecesco.com (page title: Public Information Request | Nueces County, TX).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The Nueces County guide covers every agency in the county: Nueces County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Corpus Christi each year?
Corpus Christi reported 10,100 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Corpus Christi?
Ask the Nueces County Sheriff's Office at (361) 888-0111; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at nuecesco.com.
Where are people arrested in Corpus Christi booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Nueces County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Corpus Christi?
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 Corpus Christi?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Corpus Christi police for its own arrests, the Nueces County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Texas Public Information Act the answer is due within 10 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at nuecesco.com.
Is this the official Corpus Christi 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.