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 September 30, 2026.
Coryell County, Texas, has about 86,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Coryell 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 Coryell 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: Coryell County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Coryell County
The Coryell County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Coryell County. It reported 658 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:
- Copperas Cove, 39,627 residents: 1,173 arrests reported for 2025.
- Gatesville, 16,388 residents: 258 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 Coryell County: the Coryell County Constable's Precincts 4 and 3 (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Coryell 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.
- Copperas Cove: 1,173 for 2025, 1,334 for 2024, 1,376 for 2023, 1,420 for 2022, 1,306 for 2021 and 1,436 for 2020.
- Coryell County Sheriff's Office: 658 for 2025, 725 for 2024, 521 for 2023, 542 for 2022, 466 for 2021 and 537 for 2020.
- Gatesville: 258 for 2025, 305 for 2024, 327 for 2023, 259 for 2022, 278 for 2021 and 272 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,089 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,089 in 2025 against 2,364 in 2024, down 12 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Coryell County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Coryell 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 100 people on an average day, up from about 81 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 139 beds, and it is running at 74 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 Coryell County Sheriff's Office at coryellcountysheriff.com/information (page title: Information | Coryell County Sheriff), phone 254-865-7201, 510 Leon Street, Gatesville, TX 76528, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Coryell County
An arrest in Coryell County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Coryell County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at coryellcounty.org/page/coryell.District%20Clerk, phone 254-865-5911); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at coryellcounty.org/page/coryell.District.Attorney, phone 254-865-5911).
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 Coryell 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 Coryell County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 254-865-7201.
- An arrest in Copperas Cove or Gatesville: 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 Coryell County Constable's Precincts 4 and 3: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 254-865-5911, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Coryell County District Court, through the court records page at coryellcounty.org, phone 254-865-5911.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at coryellcountysheriff.com (page title: Request Records | Coryell County Sheriff).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Coryell County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the five cities in Coryell County: Copperas Cove and Gatesville. Evant, Oglesby and South Mountain 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 Coryell County District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Coryell County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Copperas Cove (39,627)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Coryell County each year?
Copperas Cove reported 1,173 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,089 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Coryell County?
Ask the Coryell County Sheriff's Office at 254-865-7201; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at coryellcountysheriff.com/information.
Where are people arrested in Coryell County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Coryell County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Coryell 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 Coryell County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Coryell 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 coryellcountysheriff.com.
Is this the official Coryell 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.