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.
Levelland, Texas, in Hockley County, has about 12,000 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 Hockley 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: Levelland public records, Hockley County arrest records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Levelland
The FBI lists Levelland with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Levelland Police Department. It reported 236 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 Hockley County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 52 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Hockley County: South Plains College (campus police); the Ropes Independent School District (other).
How Many Arrests Levelland 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.
- Levelland: 236 for 2025, 220 for 2024, 265 for 2023, 292 for 2022, 266 for 2021 and 319 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Levelland's 236 arrests in 2025 were up 7.3 percent from 220 in 2024.
Through September 2026, Levelland reported 169 arrests, against 177 in the same months of 2025.
Across Hockley County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 288 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Levelland Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Levelland 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 58 people on an average day, up from about 49 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 64 beds, and it is running at 91 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 Hockley County Sheriff's Office at co.hockley.tx.us/page/sheriff (page title: County Sheriff | Hockley County, Texas), phone 806-894-3126, 1310 Avenue H Levelland, TX 79336, 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 Levelland
An arrest in Levelland can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Hockley County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.hockley.tx.us/page/county.clerk, phone 806-894-3185); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.hockley.tx.us/page/District.Attorney, phone 806-894-3130).
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 Levelland
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 Levelland police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at levellandtexas.org/1879/LPD-Open-Records-Request-Form (page title: LPD Open Records Request Form | Levelland, TX), phone 806-894-6164, 1310 Avenue H Levelland TX 79336, Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Hockley County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 806-894-3126.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 806-894-3130, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Hockley County District Court, through the court records page at co.hockley.tx.us/page/county.clerk, phone 806-894-3185.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.hockley.tx.us/page/PublicInfoRequest (page title: Public Information Requests | Hockley County, Texas).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The Hockley County guide covers every agency in the county: Hockley County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Levelland each year?
Levelland reported 236 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Levelland?
Ask the Hockley County Sheriff's Office at 806-894-3126; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.hockley.tx.us/page/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Levelland booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Hockley County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Levelland?
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 Levelland?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Levelland police for its own arrests, the Hockley 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.hockley.tx.us/page/PublicInfoRequest.
Is this the official Levelland 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.