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.
Collin County, Texas, has about 1.3 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Collin County Sheriff's Office, 16 city agencies and ten campus, state or 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 Collin 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: Collin County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Collin County
The Collin County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Collin County. It reported 873 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists 16 cities in Collin County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported, the largest twelve first; the rest are named in the cities section below:
- Plano, 293,286 residents: 4,749 arrests reported for 2025.
- Frisco, 235,208 residents: 2,308 arrests reported for 2025.
- McKinney, 227,526 residents: 1,881 arrests reported for 2025.
- Allen, 113,746 residents: 1,444 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wylie, 62,954 residents: 917 arrests reported for 2025.
- Celina, 51,661 residents: 257 arrests reported for 2025.
- Prosper, 44,503 residents: 331 arrests reported for 2025.
- Princeton, 37,019 residents: 397 arrests reported for 2025.
- Anna, 31,986 residents: 359 arrests reported for 2025.
- Melissa, 26,194 residents: 332 arrests reported for 2025.
- Murphy, 21,109 residents: 174 arrests reported for 2025.
- Fairview, 10,922 residents: 95 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 Sachse Police Department, the Garland Police Department, the Richardson Police Department and three more are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Collin County, so their arrests are not broken out for Collin County here.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Collin County: the Collin County Constable's Precincts 1, 3, 4 and 2, the Prosper Independent School District, the Farmersville Independent School District, the Melissa Independent School District and two more (other); the Collin County Community College District (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Collin 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.
- Plano: 4,749 for 2025, 5,021 for 2024, 5,622 for 2023, 5,394 for 2022, 5,493 for 2021 and 6,104 for 2020.
- Frisco: 2,308 for 2025, 2,525 for 2024, 2,648 for 2023, 2,387 for 2022, 2,261 for 2021 and 2,342 for 2020.
- McKinney: 1,881 for 2025, 1,674 for 2024, 1,771 for 2023, 1,987 for 2022, 1,918 for 2021 and 1,844 for 2020.
- Allen: 1,444 for 2025, 1,391 for 2024, 1,643 for 2020 and 2,402 for 2019; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- Wylie: 917 for 2025, 714 for 2024, 720 for 2023, 677 for 2022, 563 for 2021 and 611 for 2020.
- Collin County Sheriff's Office: 873 for 2025, 832 for 2024, 679 for 2023, 748 for 2022, 591 for 2021 and 481 for 2020.
- Princeton: 397 for 2025, 358 for 2024, 341 for 2023, 356 for 2022, 373 for 2021 and 314 for 2020.
- Anna: 359 for 2025, 329 for 2024, 279 for 2023, 264 for 2022, 198 for 2021 and 249 for 2020.
- Melissa: 332 for 2025, 269 for 2024, 312 for 2022, 261 for 2021, 224 for 2020 and 293 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Prosper: 331 for 2025, 414 for 2024, 381 for 2023, 211 for 2022, 126 for 2020 and 168 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Celina: 257 for 2025, 475 for 2024, 434 for 2023, 314 for 2022, 368 for 2021 and 333 for 2020.
- Murphy: 174 for 2025, 122 for 2024, 128 for 2023, 110 for 2022, 123 for 2021 and 73 for 2020.
Together, the 17 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 14,341 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 14,341 in 2025 against 14,375 in 2024, down 0.2 percent.
Through August 2026, the 14 agencies with every month so far on file reported 8,766 arrests, against 8,856 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Collin County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Collin 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 1,170 people on an average day, up from about 1,040 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 1,488 beds, and it is running at 78 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 Collin County Sheriff's Office at collincountytx.gov/sheriff/inmate-information (page title: Inmate Information), phone (972) 547-5100, 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 Collin County
An arrest in Collin County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Collin County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Collin County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at collincountytx.gov/services/case-information); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at collincountyda.com).
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 Collin 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 Collin County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (972) 547-5100.
- An arrest in Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Allen, Wylie, Celina or another of the cities listed above: 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 Collin County Constable's Precincts 1, 3, 4 and 2, the Collin County Community College District or the Prosper Independent School District: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Collin County District Court, through the court records page at collincountytx.gov/services/case-information.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at collincountytx.gov (page title: Open Records Requests).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Collin County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for 16 of the 23 cities in Collin County: the twelve named above and Josephine, Lavon, Parker and Farmersville. Lucas, Lowry Crossing, Nevada, Blue Ridge, St. Paul, Weston and New Hope 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 Collin County District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Collin 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 Collin County each year?
Plano reported 4,749 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 17 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 14,341 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Collin County?
Look on the custody page of the Collin County Sheriff's Office at collincountytx.gov/sheriff/inmate-information, or call (972) 547-5100. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Collin County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Collin County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Collin 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 Collin County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Collin 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 collincountytx.gov.
Is this the official Collin 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.