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 26, 2026.
Sinton, Texas, in San Patricio County, has about 5,600 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 San Patricio 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: Sinton public records, San Patricio County arrest records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Sinton
The FBI lists Sinton with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Sinton Police Department. It reported 131 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 San Patricio County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 553 arrests for 2020.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in San Patricio County: the Taft Independent School District (other).
How Many Arrests Sinton 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.
- Sinton: 131 for 2025, 113 for 2024, 133 for 2023, 124 for 2021, 103 for 2020 and 152 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
Sinton's 131 arrests in 2025 were up 16 percent from 113 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Sinton reported 95 arrests, against 96 in the same months of 2025.
Across San Patricio County, the eight agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,697 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Sinton Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sinton 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 200 people on an average day, up from about 200 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 236 beds, and it is running at 83 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 San Patricio County Sheriff's Office at sanpatriciocountytx.gov/page/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | San Patricio County TX), phone 361-364-9600, 400 W Sinton St | Sinton, TX 78387, Monday - Friday: 8am - 5:00pm, 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 Sinton
Whether someone was arrested in Sinton, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the San Patricio County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at sanpatriciocountytx.gov/page/county.clerk.home, phone (361) 364-9350); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at sanpatriciocountytx.gov/page/district.attorney, phone 361-364-9390).
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 Sinton
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 Sinton police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at sintontexas.org/FormCenter/City-of-Sinton-2/Public-Records-Request-... (page title: Form Center, Public Records Request from the Sinton Police), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the San Patricio County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 361-364-9600.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 361-364-9390, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the San Patricio County District Court, through the court records page at sanpatriciocountytx.gov, phone (361) 364-9350.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at sanpatriciocountytx.gov (page title: Public Information Request | San Patricio County TX).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The San Patricio County guide covers every agency in the county: San Patricio County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Sinton each year?
Sinton reported 131 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Sinton?
Ask the San Patricio County Sheriff's Office at 361-364-9600; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sanpatriciocountytx.gov/page/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Sinton booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the San Patricio County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Sinton?
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 Sinton?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Sinton police for its own arrests, the San Patricio 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 sanpatriciocountytx.gov.
Is this the official Sinton 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.