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.
Fort Stockton, Texas, in Pecos County, has about 8,100 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 Pecos 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: Fort Stockton public records, Pecos County arrest records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Fort Stockton
The FBI lists Fort Stockton with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Fort Stockton Police Department. It reported 131 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 Pecos County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 41 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Pecos County: the Pecos County Constable's Precinct 3 (other).
How Many Arrests Fort Stockton 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.
- Fort Stockton: 131 for 2025, 154 for 2024, 205 for 2023, 104 for 2022, 84 for 2021 and 187 for 2020.
Fort Stockton's 131 arrests in 2025 were down 15 percent from 154 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Fort Stockton reported 69 arrests, against 45 in the same months of 2025.
Across Pecos County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 172 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Fort Stockton Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Fort Stockton 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 30 people on an average day, down from about 33 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 49 beds, and it is running at 61 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 Pecos County Sheriff's Office at co.pecos.tx.us/department/pecos-county-sheriffs-department/ (page title: Pecos County Sheriff’s Department | Pecos County), phone (432) 336-3521, 1774 N Hwy 285 P.O. Box 1647 Fort Stockton, TX 79735, 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 Fort Stockton
For Fort Stockton the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.pecos.tx.us/department/83rd-district-attorney, phone (432) 336-3322).
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 Fort Stockton
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 Fort Stockton police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at cityoffortstockton.com/departments/police_department.php (page title: POLICE DEPARTMENT), phone (432) 336-8525, 116 West 2nd St. Fort Stockton, TX 79735, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Pecos County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (432) 336-3521.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (432) 336-3322, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The Pecos County guide covers every agency in the county: Pecos County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Fort Stockton each year?
Fort Stockton reported 131 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Fort Stockton?
Ask the Pecos County Sheriff's Office at (432) 336-3521; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.pecos.tx.us.
Where are people arrested in Fort Stockton booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Pecos County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Fort Stockton?
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 Fort Stockton?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Fort Stockton police for its own arrests, the Pecos 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 Fort Stockton 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.