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.
San Angelo, Texas, in Tom Green County, has about 100,000 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 Tom Green 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: San Angelo public records, Tom Green County arrest records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in San Angelo
The FBI lists San Angelo with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as San Angelo Police Department. It reported 2,103 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 Tom Green County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 355 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Tom Green County: the Tom Green County Constable's Precincts 1, 3 and 4 (other); Angelo State University (campus police).
How Many Arrests San Angelo 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.
- San Angelo: 2,103 for 2025, 2,433 for 2024, 2,644 for 2023, 2,717 for 2022, 2,240 for 2021 and 2,827 for 2020.
San Angelo's 2,103 arrests in 2025 were down 14 percent from 2,433 in 2024.
Through July 2026, San Angelo reported 1,066 arrests, against 1,299 in the same months of 2025.
Across Tom Green County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,458 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in San Angelo Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in San Angelo 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 490 people on an average day, up from about 410 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 552 beds, and it is running at 89 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office at tomgreencountysheriff.org/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_tim... (page title: Inmate Roster | Tom Green County TX Sheriff's Office | Sort Booking Time | Descending | Page 1), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 San Angelo
An arrest in San Angelo can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Tom Green County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at tomgreencountytx.gov/page/dcl.DistrictClerkHome, phone 325-659-6579); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at tomgreencountytx.gov/page/da.DistrictAttorneyHome, phone (325) 659-6583).
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 San Angelo
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 San Angelo police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at sanangelo.gov/384/Police-Reports (page title: Police Reports | San Angelo, TX), 401 E Beauregard Ave San Angelo, TX 76903, Monday through Friday, 8 am to 4:30 pm., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (325) 659-6583, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Tom Green County District Court, through the court records page at tomgreencountytx.gov, phone 325-659-6579.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The Tom Green County guide covers every agency in the county: Tom Green County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in San Angelo each year?
San Angelo reported 2,103 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in San Angelo?
Look on the custody page of the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office at tomgreencountysheriff.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in San Angelo booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in San Angelo?
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 San Angelo?
From the agency that made the arrest: the San Angelo police for its own arrests, the Tom Green 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 San Angelo 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.