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 28, 2026.
Midlothian, Texas, in Ellis County, has about 44,000 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 Ellis 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: Midlothian public records, Ellis County arrest records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Midlothian
The FBI lists Midlothian with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Midlothian Police Department. It reported 478 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 Ellis County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 554 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Ellis County: the Ennis Independent School District, the Red Oak Independent School District, the Ferris Independent School District and the Ellis County Constable's Precincts 3, 1, 4 and 2 (other).
How Many Arrests Midlothian 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.
- Midlothian: 478 for 2025, 470 for 2024, 398 for 2023, 271 for 2022, 418 for 2021 and 405 for 2020.
Midlothian's 478 arrests in 2025 were up 1.7 percent from 470 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Midlothian reported 414 arrests, against 295 in the same months of 2025.
Across Ellis County, the 13 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,541 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Midlothian Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Midlothian 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 570 people on an average day, up from about 420 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 859 beds, and it is running at 67 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 Ellis County Sheriff's Office at elliscountysheriff.com/ecso-content (page title: Ellis County Sheriff's Office), phone (972) 825-4901, 300 S. Jackson St., Waxahachie, TX 75165, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 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 Midlothian
For Midlothian the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at elliscountytx.gov/73/County-and-District-Attorney, phone 972-825-5035).
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 Midlothian
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 Midlothian police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at midlothian.tx.us/503/Police-Department (page title: Midlothian Police Department | Midlothian, TX), phone 972-775-3333, Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Ellis County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (972) 825-4901.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 972-825-5035, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at elliscountytx.gov (page title: Open Records/Public Information Requests | Ellis County, TX Official Website).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The Ellis County guide covers every agency in the county: Ellis County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Midlothian each year?
Midlothian reported 478 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Midlothian?
Ask the Ellis County Sheriff's Office at (972) 825-4901; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at elliscountysheriff.com/ecso-content.
Where are people arrested in Midlothian booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Ellis County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Midlothian?
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 Midlothian?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Midlothian police for its own arrests, the Ellis 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 elliscountytx.gov.
Is this the official Midlothian 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.