Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. 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.
Universal City, Texas, in Bexar County, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Universal City is held at the county jail, run by the Bexar County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Universal City
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Universal City is held at the county jail, run by the Bexar County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
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.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 210-335-6111.
The Bexar County Jail by the Numbers
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.
Bexar County has about 2.1 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 22 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Bexar County Jail
The Bexar County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Universal City (filed by the FBI as Universal City Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Universal City.
The FBI's agency list also places six campus police departments and nine other agencies in Bexar County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Lytle Police Department and the Schertz Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Bexar County, so their arrests are not broken out for Bexar County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were San Antonio's 46,370 for 2025, the Bexar County Sheriff's Office's 6,041 for 2025 and Leon Valley's 566 for 2025.
Together, the 20 agencies in Bexar County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 56,468 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Universal City arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Bexar County serves the sentence in a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, whose inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Universal City?
Ask the Bexar County Sheriff's Office at 210-335-6111; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at bexar.org/600/Sheriffs-Office.
How many people are in the Bexar County jail?
About 4,590 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 5,108 beds.
What is the phone number for the Bexar County jail?
210-335-6111, the number on the page of the Bexar County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Bexar County go?
To a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; its inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Is this the official Universal City 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.