SearchSystems Editorial

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 October 1, 2026.

About this guide

Burnet County, Texas, has about 56,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Burnet County Sheriff's Office, five 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 Burnet 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: Burnet County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.

Who Makes Arrests in Burnet County

The Burnet County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Burnet County. It reported 354 arrests for 2025.

The FBI lists five cities in Burnet County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:

  • Marble Falls, 9,413 residents: 413 arrests reported for 2024.
  • Burnet, 6,869 residents: 290 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Granite Shoals, 5,417 residents: 175 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Bertram, 2,020 residents: 25 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Cottonwood Shores, 1,668 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 Horseshoe Bay Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Burnet County, so its arrests are not broken out for Burnet County here.

The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Burnet County: the Burnet County Constable's Precincts 4, 1, 2 and 3 (other).

How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Burnet 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.

  • Burnet County Sheriff's Office: 354 for 2025, 425 for 2024, 345 for 2023, 408 for 2022, 391 for 2021 and 284 for 2020.
  • Burnet: 290 for 2025, 344 for 2024, 358 for 2022, 277 for 2021 and 264 for 2019; 2020 and 2023 are missing months.
  • Granite Shoals: 175 for 2025, 151 for 2024 and 149 for 2019; 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
  • Bertram: 25 for 2025, 39 for 2024, 41 for 2023, 7 for 2022, 12 for 2021 and 15 for 2020.
  • Cottonwood Shores: 11 for 2025 and 10 for 2024.
  • Marble Falls: 413 for 2024, 525 for 2023, 629 for 2022, 581 for 2021, 409 for 2020 and 629 for 2019.

Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 855 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 855 in 2025 against 969 in 2024, down 12 percent.

Through July 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 343 arrests, against 327 in the same months of 2025.

Marble Falls reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.

Booking: Where People Arrested in Burnet County Are Held

A person kept in custody after an arrest in Burnet 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 430 people on an average day, up from about 340 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 587 beds, and it is running at 73 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.

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 Burnet County

For Burnet County the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at burnetcountytexas.org/1408/District-Attorney, phone 512-756-5462).

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 Burnet 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 Burnet County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
  • An arrest in Marble Falls, Burnet, Granite Shoals, Bertram or Cottonwood Shores: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
  • An arrest by the Burnet 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, 512-756-5462, handles discovery for pending cases.
  • Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.

Cities in Burnet County: Who Reports the Arrests

The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the eight cities in Burnet County: Marble Falls, Burnet, Granite Shoals, Bertram and Cottonwood Shores. Meadowlakes, Highland Haven and Double Horn have 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 Burnet County District Court.

SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Burnet County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:

Frequently Asked Questions

How many arrests are made in Burnet County each year?

The Burnet County Sheriff's Office reported 354 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 855 between them.

Where are people arrested in Burnet County booked?

Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Burnet County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.

Are arrest records public in Burnet 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 Burnet County?

From the agency that made the arrest: the Burnet 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 Burnet 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.