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 Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County, has about 1.5 million 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: San Antonio public records, Bexar County arrest records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in San Antonio
The FBI lists San Antonio with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as San Antonio Police Department. It reported 46,370 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 San Antonio Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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 Antonio: 46,370 for 2025, 40,887 for 2024, 39,454 for 2023, 40,603 for 2022, 36,098 for 2021 and 50,528 for 2020.
San Antonio's 46,370 arrests in 2025 were up 13 percent from 40,887 in 2024.
Through August 2026, San Antonio reported 31,394 arrests, against 30,469 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 San Antonio Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in San Antonio 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 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 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 San Antonio
An arrest in San Antonio 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 San Antonio
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 Antonio police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at sa.gov/Directory/Departments/SAPD/Transparency-Open-Data/Open-Recor... (page title: Police Open Records Requests | City of San Antonio), Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., 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 San Antonio each year?
San Antonio reported 46,370 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in San Antonio?
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 San Antonio 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 San Antonio?
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 Antonio?
From the agency that made the arrest: the San Antonio 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 San Antonio 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.