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 2024. 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.
Denison, Texas, in Grayson County, has about 26,000 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 Grayson 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: Denison public records, Grayson County arrest records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Denison
The FBI lists Denison with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Denison Police Department. It reported 551 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year. 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 Grayson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 399 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Grayson County: the Howe Independent School District, the Whitesboro Independent School District, the Sherman Independent School District, the Van Alstyne Independent School District and six more (other); Austin College and Grayson College (campus police).
How Many Arrests Denison 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.
- Denison: 551 for 2024, 827 for 2023, 1,111 for 2022, 1,768 for 2021, 1,161 for 2020 and 1,043 for 2019.
Denison's 551 arrests in 2024 were down 33 percent from 827 in 2023.
Across Grayson County, the 13 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,877 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Denison Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Denison 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 350 people on an average day, down from about 390 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 407 beds, and it is running at 86 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 Grayson County Sheriff's Office at co.grayson.tx.us/page/gcso.admin (page title: Administration Contact Information | Sheriff | Grayson County Tx.), phone (903) 813-4408, Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm, 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 Denison
Whether someone was arrested in Denison, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Grayson County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.grayson.tx.us/page/cclk.crmcrtrcds, phone 903-813-4335); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.grayson.tx.us/page/da.home, phone (903) 813-4361).
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 Denison
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 Denison police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at denisontx.gov/169/Open-Records-Request (page title: Open Records Request | Denison, TX), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Grayson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (903) 813-4408.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (903) 813-4361, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Grayson County District Court, through the court records page at co.grayson.tx.us/page/cclk.crmcrtrcds, phone 903-813-4335.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.grayson.tx.us/page/gcso.publicinformation (page title: Public Information Requests | Grayson County Tx.).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The Grayson County guide covers every agency in the county: Grayson County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Denison each year?
Denison reported 551 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Denison?
Ask the Grayson County Sheriff's Office at (903) 813-4408; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.grayson.tx.us/page/gcso.admin.
Where are people arrested in Denison booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Grayson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Denison?
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 Denison?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Denison police for its own arrests, the Grayson 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 co.grayson.tx.us/page/gcso.publicinformation.
Is this the official Denison 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.