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 4, 2026.
Brown County, Texas, has about 39,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Brown County Sheriff's Office, three city agencies and four other agencies. 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 Brown 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: Brown County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Brown County
The Brown County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Brown County. It reported 143 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Brownwood, 18,772 residents: 723 arrests reported for 2025.
- Early, 3,174 residents: 98 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bangs, 1,535 residents: 1 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 these agencies in Brown County: the Brown County Constable's Precincts 4, 1, 2 and 3 (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Brown County
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.
- Brownwood: 723 for 2025, 746 for 2024, 688 for 2023, 835 for 2022, 780 for 2021 and 622 for 2020.
- Brown County Sheriff's Office: 143 for 2025, 137 for 2024, 167 for 2023, 193 for 2022, 188 for 2021 and 138 for 2020.
- Early: 98 for 2025, 96 for 2024, 118 for 2023, 75 for 2021, 61 for 2020 and 70 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
- Bangs: 1 for 2025, 10 for 2024, 10 for 2023, 2 for 2022, 199 for 2020 and 34 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 965 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 965 in 2025 against 989 in 2024, down 2.4 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 454 arrests, against 574 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Brown County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Brown 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.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 160 people on an average day, down from about 160 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 196 beds, and it is running at 80 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 Brown County Sheriff's Office at browncountytx.gov/page/brown.Sheriff (page title: Brown County, Texas), phone 325-646-5510, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Brown County
Whether someone was arrested in Brown County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Brown County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at browncountytx.gov/page/brown.District.Court, phone 325-646-1987); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at browncountytx.gov/page/brown.District.Attorney, phone 325-646-0444).
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 Brown 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 Brown County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 325-646-5510.
- An arrest in Brownwood, Early or Bangs: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Brown County Constable's Precincts 4, 1, 2 and 3: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 325-646-0444, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Brown County District Court, through the court records page at browncountytx.gov/page/brown.District.Court, phone 325-646-1987.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at brownwoodtexas.gov/281/Open-Records-Requests (page title: Open Records Requests | Brownwood, TX).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Brown County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the four cities in Brown County: Brownwood, Early and Bangs. Blanket has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Brown County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Brown County each year?
Brownwood reported 723 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 965 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Brown County?
Ask the Brown County Sheriff's Office at 325-646-5510; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at browncountytx.gov/page/brown.Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Brown County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Brown County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Brown 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 Brown County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Brown 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 brownwoodtexas.gov/281/Open-Records-Requests.
Is this the official Brown 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.