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 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026.
Forest Hill, Texas, in Tarrant County, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Forest Hill is held at the county jail, run by the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Forest Hill public records, Tarrant County inmate search, Forest Hill arrest records, Forest Hill warrants, Forest Hill criminal records, Forest Hill court records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Forest Hill
The county jail, run by the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Forest Hill, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office at tarrantcountytx.gov/en/sheriff/detention-bureau/inmate-search.html (page title: Inmate Search), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Tarrant County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 4,480 people on an average day, up from about 4,010 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 5,015 beds, and it is running at 89 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Tarrant County has about 2.2 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 20 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Tarrant County Jail
The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Forest Hill (filed by the FBI as Forest Hill Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Forest Hill.
The FBI's agency list also places ten other agencies and five campus police departments in Tarrant County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Roanoke Police Department, the Flower Mound Police Department, the Trophy Club Police Department and two more are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Tarrant County, so their arrests are not broken out for Tarrant County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Fort Worth's 16,679 for 2025, Arlington's 11,000 for 2025 and Grapevine's 1,833 for 2025.
Together, the 33 agencies in Tarrant County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 44,043 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Forest Hill arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Tarrant County serves the sentence in a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, whose inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Forest Hill?
Look on the custody page of the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office at tarrantcountytx.gov. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Tarrant County jail?
About 4,480 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 5,015 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Tarrant County go?
To a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; its inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Is this the official Forest Hill 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.