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 October 1, 2026.
Armstrong County, Texas, has about 1,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Armstrong County Sheriff's Office. An arrest 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 Armstrong County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Armstrong County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Armstrong County
The Armstrong County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Armstrong County. It reported 7 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Armstrong County Sheriff's Office 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.
- Armstrong County Sheriff's Office: 7 for 2025, 12 for 2024, 8 for 2023, 5 for 2022, 12 for 2021 and 4 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Through August 2026, Armstrong County Sheriff's Office reported 10 arrests, against 5 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Armstrong County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Armstrong County 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.
On an average day in 2022 the jail held about 0 people, down from about 4 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2022 was 8 beds, and it ran at 3 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Armstrong County Sheriff's Office at co.armstrong.tx.us/page/armstrong.Sheriff (page title: Armstrong County, Texas), phone (806) 553-6933, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 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 Armstrong County
An arrest in Armstrong County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Armstrong County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.armstrong.tx.us/page/armstrong.Justice, phone 806-553-2860); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.armstrong.tx.us/page/armstrong.District.Attorney, phone 806-553-2861).
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 Armstrong County
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 Armstrong County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (806) 553-6933.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 806-553-2861, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Armstrong County District Court, through the court records page at co.armstrong.tx.us/page/armstrong.Justice, phone 806-553-2860.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.armstrong.tx.us (page title: Armstrong County, Texas).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Armstrong County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Armstrong County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Armstrong County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Armstrong County each year?
The Armstrong County Sheriff's Office reported 7 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Armstrong County?
Ask the Armstrong County Sheriff's Office at (806) 553-6933; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.armstrong.tx.us/page/armstrong.Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Armstrong County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Armstrong County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Armstrong County?
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 Armstrong County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Armstrong County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Texas Public Information Act the answer is due within 10 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.armstrong.tx.us.
Is this the official Armstrong County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.