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.
Burleson County, Texas, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Burleson County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and two 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 Burleson 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: Burleson County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Burleson County
The Burleson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Burleson County. It reported 68 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two 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:
- Caldwell, 4,820 residents: 81 arrests reported for 2025.
- Somerville, 1,478 residents: 11 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 Burleson County: the Burleson County Constable's Precincts 3 and 2 (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Burleson 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.
- Caldwell: 81 for 2025, 54 for 2024, 77 for 2023, 113 for 2022, 106 for 2021 and 231 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Burleson County Sheriff's Office: 68 for 2025, 57 for 2024, 48 for 2023, 34 for 2022, 36 for 2021 and 124 for 2020.
- Somerville: 11 for 2025, 14 for 2024, 16 for 2023, 28 for 2022, 17 for 2021 and 175 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 160 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 160 in 2025 against 125 in 2024, up 28 percent.
Through August 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 110 arrests, against 112 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Burleson County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Burleson 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.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 53 people on an average day, up from about 50 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 96 beds, and it is running at 55 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Burleson County Sheriff's Office at burlesoncountysherifftx.org/inmate-roster (page title: Inmate Roster | Burleson County Texas Sheriff's Office | Sort Booking Time | Descending | Page 1), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Burleson County
An arrest in Burleson County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Burleson County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Burleson County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at burleson.tx.publicsearch.us); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at burlesoncountytx.gov/page/gov.county.attorney, phone 979-567-2340).
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 Burleson 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 Burleson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Caldwell or Somerville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Burleson County Constable's Precincts 3 and 2: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 979-567-2340, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Burleson County District Court, through the court records page at burleson.tx.publicsearch.us.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at burlesoncountysherifftx.org/records-request (page title: Records Request | Burleson County Texas Sheriff's Office).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Burleson County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Burleson County: Caldwell and Somerville. Snook 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 Burleson County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Burleson County each year?
Caldwell reported 81 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 160 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Burleson County?
Look on the custody page of the Burleson County Sheriff's Office at burlesoncountysherifftx.org/inmate-roster. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Burleson County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Burleson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Burleson 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 Burleson County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Burleson 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 burlesoncountysherifftx.org/records-request.
Is this the official Burleson 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.