Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Brazoria County, Texas, has about 413,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Brazoria County depends on where the incident happened: the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Texas Public Information Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Brazoria County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Brazoria County that is the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's agency list also places ten other agencies and two campus police departments in Brazoria County, each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office
The Brazoria County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 190 violent and 1,148 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 1,746 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at (979)864-2336. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at brazoriacountytx.gov/departments/sheriff-s-office/detention-center (page title: Detention Center | Brazoria County, TX), phone (979)864-2336, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Brazoria County
The 20 cities the FBI lists in Brazoria County with a reporting agency of their own, the largest twelve first, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Pearland: 107 violent and 1,481 property crimes reported for 2025; 3,646 arrests reported for 2025. The Pearland police records page is at pearlandtx.gov/departments/police/online-reporting-records (verified September 25, 2026).
- Alvin: 39 violent and 367 property crimes reported for 2025; 973 arrests reported for 2024.
- Lake Jackson: 87 violent and 398 property crimes reported for 2025; 529 arrests reported for 2025.
- Angleton: 55 violent and 180 property crimes reported for 2025; 430 arrests reported for 2025.
- Manvel: 10 violent and 184 property crimes reported for 2025; 267 arrests reported for 2025.
- Iowa Colony: 14 violent and 100 property crimes reported for 2025; 304 arrests reported for 2025.
- Clute: 23 violent and 177 property crimes reported for 2025; 572 arrests reported for 2025.
- Freeport: 40 violent and 136 property crimes reported for 2025; 193 arrests reported for 2025. The Freeport police department's page is at freeporttx.gov/police-departments, phone 979-239-1211 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Richwood: 7 violent and 27 property crimes reported for 2025; 17 arrests reported for 2025.
- West Columbia: 3 violent and 34 property crimes reported for 2025; 39 arrests reported for 2025.
- Sweeny: 3 violent and 24 property crimes reported for 2025; 54 arrests reported for 2025.
- Brazoria: 7 violent and 45 property crimes reported for 2025; 33 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 rest: Jones Creek, Danbury, Brookside Village, Oyster Creek, Holiday Lakes, Surfside Beach, Hillcrest Village and Liverpool.
How Many Reports: Brazoria County in 2025
The 19 agencies in Brazoria County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 592 violent and 4,335 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 18 agencies in Brazoria County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 7,863 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Texas Public Information Act Requires
The Texas Public Information Act sets the rules: an answer within 10 business days, at a charge of the copy rates set by the Attorney General, plus labor for large requests, from the agency that holds the report.
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Brazoria County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Brazoria 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.
How long does an agency in Brazoria County have to answer?
Under the Texas Public Information Act, within 10 business days. It may charge the copy rates set by the Attorney General, plus labor for large requests.
How do I get a report from the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at (979)864-2336. Under the Texas Public Information Act the answer is due within 10 business days.
Is this the official Brazoria 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.