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.
Helotes, Texas, in Bexar County, has about 10,000 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 Bexar 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: Helotes public records, Bexar County arrest records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Helotes
The FBI lists Helotes with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Helotes Police Department. It reported 182 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 Bexar County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 6,041 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Bexar County: the University of Texas at Health Science Center, San Antonio, the University of Texas at San Antonio, the Alamo Community College District, Trinity University and two more (campus police); the Judson Independent School District, the Bexar County Constable's Precinct 3, the San Antonio Independent School District, the East Central Independent School District and five more (other).
How Many Arrests Helotes 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.
- Helotes: 182 for 2025, 267 for 2024, 247 for 2023, 221 for 2022, 146 for 2021 and 160 for 2020.
Helotes's 182 arrests in 2025 were down 32 percent from 267 in 2024.
Through April 2026, Helotes reported 25 arrests, against 87 in the same months of 2025.
Across Bexar County, the 20 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 56,468 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Helotes Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Helotes and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 4,590 people on an average day, up from about 3,860 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 5,108 beds, and it is running at 90 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 Bexar County Sheriff's Office at bexar.org/600/Sheriffs-Office (page title: Bexar County Sheriff's Office | Bexar County, TX), phone 210-335-6111, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice lists its inmates at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Helotes
An arrest in Helotes can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Bexar County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at bexar.org/3021/Searches-Records, phone 210-335-2011); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at bexar.org/3273/District-Attorneys-Office, phone 210-335-2311).
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 Helotes
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Helotes police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at helotes-tx.gov/departments/police/police-report-requests (page title: Police Report Requests | City of Helotes), phone 210-695-3087, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Bexar County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 210-335-6111.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 210-335-2311, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Bexar County District Court, through the court records page at bexar.org/3021/Searches-Records, phone 210-335-2011.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at bexar.org/3500/Public-Records-Requests (page title: Public Records Requests | Bexar County, TX).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The Bexar County guide covers every agency in the county: Bexar County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Helotes each year?
Helotes reported 182 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Helotes?
Ask the Bexar County Sheriff's Office at 210-335-6111; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at bexar.org/600/Sheriffs-Office.
Where are people arrested in Helotes booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Bexar County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Helotes?
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 Helotes?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Helotes police for its own arrests, the Bexar 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 bexar.org/3500/Public-Records-Requests.
Is this the official Helotes 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.