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 October 9, 2026.
Vernon, Texas, in Wilbarger County, has about 9,700 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 Wilbarger 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: Vernon public records, Wilbarger County arrest records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Vernon
The FBI lists Vernon with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Vernon Police Department. It reported 508 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 Wilbarger County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 0 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Wilbarger County: the Wilbarger County Constable's Precincts 2 and 1 (other).
How Many Arrests Vernon 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.
- Vernon: 508 for 2025, 408 for 2024, 253 for 2023, 499 for 2021, 447 for 2020 and 369 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
Vernon's 508 arrests in 2025 were up 25 percent from 408 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Vernon reported 298 arrests, against 348 in the same months of 2025.
Across Wilbarger County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 508 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Vernon Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Vernon 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 29 people on an average day, up from about 16 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 49 beds, and it is running at 59 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 Wilbarger County Sheriff's Office at co.wilbarger.tx.us/page/sheriff (page title: Sheriff's Office | Wilbarger County, Texas), phone (940) 552-6205, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Vernon
An arrest in Vernon can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Wilbarger County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.wilbarger.tx.us/page/district.clerk, phone (940) 553-3411); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.wilbarger.tx.us/page/district.attorney, phone (940) 553-3346).
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 Vernon
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 Vernon police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at vernontx.gov/m/directory/department?did=9 (page title: Staff Directory, Police Department), phone (940) 553-3311, 1306 Main Street Vernon, TX 76384, Monday through Friday 8:00 am - 12:00 noon 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Wilbarger County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (940) 552-6205.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (940) 553-3346, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Wilbarger County District Court, through the court records page at co.wilbarger.tx.us/page/district.clerk, phone (940) 553-3411.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The Wilbarger County guide covers every agency in the county: Wilbarger County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Vernon each year?
Vernon reported 508 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Vernon?
Ask the Wilbarger County Sheriff's Office at (940) 552-6205; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.wilbarger.tx.us/page/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Vernon booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wilbarger County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Vernon?
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 Vernon?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Vernon police for its own arrests, the Wilbarger 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 Vernon 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.