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 on September 23, 2026.
Baylor County, Texas, has about 3,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Baylor County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and one other agency. 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 Baylor 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: Baylor County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Baylor County
The Baylor County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Baylor County. It reported 1 arrests for 2025.
One city in Baylor County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Seymour, 2,622 residents: 6 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Baylor County: the Seymour Independent School District (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Baylor County
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.
- Seymour: 6 for 2025, 15 for 2024, 14 for 2023, 20 for 2022, 50 for 2021 and 104 for 2020.
- Baylor County Sheriff's Office: 1 for 2025, 1 for 2024, 1 for 2023, 2 for 2022 and 11 for 2021.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 7 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 7 in 2025 against 16 in 2024.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 2 arrests, against 5 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Baylor County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Baylor County 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.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 7 people, up from about 7 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 13 beds, and it ran at 56 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 Baylor County Sheriff's Office at co.baylor.tx.us/page/baylor.Sheriff (page title: Baylor County, Texas), phone (940) 889-3333, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 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 Baylor County
An arrest in Baylor County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Baylor County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.baylor.tx.us/page/baylor.County.Clerk, phone (940) 889.3322); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.baylor.tx.us/page/baylor.District.Attorney, phone (940) 889-2852).
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 Baylor County
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 Baylor County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (940) 889-3333.
- An arrest in Seymour: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Seymour Independent School District: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (940) 889-2852, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Baylor County District Court, through the court records page at co.baylor.tx.us/page/baylor.County.Clerk, phone (940) 889.3322.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Baylor County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Seymour, the one city in Baylor County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Baylor County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Baylor County each year?
Seymour reported 6 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 7 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Baylor County?
Ask the Baylor County Sheriff's Office at (940) 889-3333; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.baylor.tx.us/page/baylor.Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Baylor County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Baylor County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Baylor 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 Baylor County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Baylor 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.
Is this the official Baylor 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.