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.
Slaton, Texas, in Lubbock County, has about 5,700 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 Lubbock 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: Slaton public records, Lubbock County arrest records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Slaton
The FBI lists Slaton with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Slaton Police Department. It reported 161 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 Lubbock County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 427 arrests for 2024.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Lubbock County: Lubbock County Water Control and Improvement District #1, Lubbock International Airport, the Lubbock County Constable's Precinct 1, the Idalou Independent School District and three more (other); Lubbock Christian University and Texas Tech University at Lubbock (campus police).
How Many Arrests Slaton 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.
- Slaton: 161 for 2025, 82 for 2021 and 126 for 2020; 2022, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
Through August 2026, Slaton reported 132 arrests, against 104 in the same months of 2025.
Across Lubbock County, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,703 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Slaton Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Slaton and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 1,270 people on an average day, down from about 1,270 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 1,530 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 custody page of the Lubbock County Sheriff's Office at lubbocksheriff.com/active-jail-roster (page title: Active Jail Search | Lubbock County Sheriff's Office | Dedicated to Service), phone (806) 775-7009, 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 Slaton
Whether someone was arrested in Slaton, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the custody page of the Lubbock County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at lubbockcounty.gov/department/index.php?structureid=13, phone (806) 775-1100).
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 Slaton
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 Slaton police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at slaton.texas.gov/departments/police_department/obtain_an_arrest_inc... (page title: Slaton, TX), phone (806)828-2020, 175 N 8th St, Slaton, TX 79364, Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Lubbock County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (806) 775-7009.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (806) 775-1100, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at lubbockcounty.gov (page title: Document Center | Public Information Request | Lubbock County, Texas).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The Lubbock County guide covers every agency in the county: Lubbock County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Slaton each year?
Slaton reported 161 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Slaton?
Look on the custody page of the Lubbock County Sheriff's Office at lubbocksheriff.com/active-jail-roster, or call (806) 775-7009. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Slaton booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Lubbock County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Slaton?
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 Slaton?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Slaton police for its own arrests, the Lubbock 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 lubbockcounty.gov.
Is this the official Slaton 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.