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 26, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Sealy, Texas, in Austin County, has about 7,600 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 Austin 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: Sealy public records, Austin County arrest records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Sealy
The FBI lists Sealy with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Sealy Police Department. It reported 87 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 Austin County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 210 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Austin County: the Austin County Constable's Precincts 2, 1, 3 and 4 and the Sealy Independent School District (other).
How Many Arrests Sealy 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.
- Sealy: 87 for 2025, 101 for 2024, 117 for 2023, 115 for 2021, 129 for 2020 and 196 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
Sealy's 87 arrests in 2025 were down 14 percent from 101 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Sealy reported 85 arrests, against 52 in the same months of 2025.
Across Austin County, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 399 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Sealy Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sealy 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 62 people on an average day, up from about 34 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 89 beds, and it is running at 70 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 Austin County Sheriff's Office at austincounty.com/page/austin.sheriff (page title: Austin County, Texas), phone 979-865-3112, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 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 Sealy
For Sealy the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at austincounty.com/page/austin.district.attorney, phone 979-865-5933).
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 Sealy
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 Sealy police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at ci.sealy.tx.us/departments/police_department.php (page title: City of Sealy, Texas), phone (979) 627-6140, Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Austin County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 979-865-3112.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 979-865-5933, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The Austin County guide covers every agency in the county: Austin County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Sealy each year?
Sealy reported 87 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Sealy?
Ask the Austin County Sheriff's Office at 979-865-3112; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at austincounty.com/page/austin.sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Sealy booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Austin County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Sealy?
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 Sealy?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Sealy police for its own arrests, the Austin 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 Sealy 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.