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.
Caldwell County, Texas, has about 52,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office, four city agencies 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 Caldwell 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: Caldwell County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Caldwell County
The Caldwell County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Caldwell County. It reported 209 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists four cities in Caldwell County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Lockhart, 17,166 residents: 251 arrests reported for 2025.
- Luling, 5,752 residents: 194 arrests reported for 2025.
- Martindale, 1,266 residents: 1 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mustang Ridge, 1,002 residents: 49 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 Caldwell County: the Caldwell County Constable's Precinct 4 (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Caldwell 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.
- Lockhart: 251 for 2025, 360 for 2024, 313 for 2023, 260 for 2022 and 270 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
- Caldwell County Sheriff's Office: 209 for 2025, 207 for 2024, 258 for 2023, 155 for 2022, 224 for 2021 and 173 for 2020.
- Luling: 194 for 2025, 151 for 2024, 205 for 2023, 180 for 2022, 224 for 2021 and 300 for 2020.
- Mustang Ridge: 49 for 2025, 45 for 2024, 11 for 2023, 5 for 2022, 19 for 2021 and 11 for 2020.
- Martindale: 1 for 2025 and 2 for 2024.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 704 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 704 in 2025 against 765 in 2024, down 8 percent.
Through August 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 366 arrests, against 289 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Caldwell County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Caldwell 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 150 people on an average day, down from about 170 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 301 beds, and it is running at 50 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 Caldwell County Sheriff's Office at caldwellcounty.texas.gov/government/sheriff (page title: Sheriff's Office | Caldwell County, TX), phone (512) 398-6777, 1204 Reed Drive, Lockhart, TX 78644, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, whose inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Caldwell County
Whether someone was arrested in Caldwell County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Caldwell County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.caldwell.tx.us/page/District.Clerk, phone 512-398-1806); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.caldwell.tx.us/page/District.Attorney, phone 512-398-1811).
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 Caldwell 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 Caldwell County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (512) 398-6777.
- An arrest in Lockhart, Luling, Martindale or Mustang Ridge: 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 Caldwell County Constable's Precinct 4: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 512-398-1811, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Caldwell County District Court, through the court records page at co.caldwell.tx.us/page/District.Clerk, phone 512-398-1806.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at caldwellcounty.texas.gov (page title: Public Information Request | Caldwell County, TX).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Caldwell County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the four cities in Caldwell County: Lockhart, Luling, Martindale and Mustang Ridge.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Caldwell County District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Caldwell County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Luling (5,752)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Caldwell County each year?
Lockhart reported 251 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 704 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Caldwell County?
Ask the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office at (512) 398-6777; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at caldwellcounty.texas.gov/government/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Caldwell County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Caldwell 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 Caldwell County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Caldwell 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 caldwellcounty.texas.gov.
Is this the official Caldwell 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.