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 30, 2026.
Cuero, Texas, in DeWitt County, has about 8,200 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 DeWitt 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: Cuero public records, DeWitt County arrest records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Cuero
The FBI lists Cuero with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Cuero Police Department. It reported 308 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 Dewitt County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 74 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in DeWitt County: the Yorktown Independent School District (other).
How Many Arrests Cuero 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.
- Cuero: 308 for 2025, 331 for 2024, 335 for 2022, 285 for 2021 and 312 for 2020; 2023 is missing months.
Cuero's 308 arrests in 2025 were down 6.9 percent from 331 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Cuero reported 192 arrests, against 221 in the same months of 2025.
Across DeWitt County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 382 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Cuero Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cuero 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 91 people on an average day, down from about 120 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 161 beds, and it is running at 57 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 Dewitt County Sheriff's Office at co.dewitt.tx.us/page/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | DeWitt County, Texas), phone 361-275-5734, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Cuero
Whether someone was arrested in Cuero, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the DeWitt County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.dewitt.tx.us/page/district.clerk, phone 361-275-0931); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.dewitt.tx.us/page/district.attorney, phone 361-275-2612).
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 Cuero
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 Cuero police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at cityofcuero.com/527/Open-Records-Request (page title: Open Records Request | Cuero, TX), phone 361-275-6262, 100 N Clinton St 212 E. Main St Cuero, TX 77954, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Dewitt County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 361-275-5734.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 361-275-2612, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the DeWitt County District Court, through the court records page at co.dewitt.tx.us/page/district.clerk, phone 361-275-0931.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The DeWitt County guide covers every agency in the county: DeWitt County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Cuero each year?
Cuero reported 308 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Cuero?
Ask the Dewitt County Sheriff's Office at 361-275-5734; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.dewitt.tx.us/page/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Cuero booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Dewitt County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Cuero?
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 Cuero?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Cuero police for its own arrests, the Dewitt 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 Cuero 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.