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.
Dimmit County, Texas, has about 8,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Dimmit County Sheriff's Office, one city agency 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 Dimmit 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: Dimmit County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Dimmit County
The Dimmit County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Dimmit County. It reported 292 arrests for 2025.
One city in Dimmit County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Carrizo Springs, 4,586 residents: 0 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 Dimmit County: the Dimmit County Constable's Precincts 3 and 4, Dimmit County Constable at Precinct 1 & 6 and the Carrizo Springs Consolidated Independent School District (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Dimmit 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.
- Dimmit County Sheriff's Office: 292 for 2025, 451 for 2024, 394 for 2023 and 501 for 2019; 2020, 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Carrizo Springs: 0 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 292 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 292 in 2025 against 451 in 2024, down 35 percent.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 155 arrests, against 220 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Dimmit County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Dimmit 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 77 people on an average day, down from about 90 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 95 beds, and it is running at 81 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 Dimmit County Sheriff's Office at bordersheriffs.us/dimmit_county_texas (page title: Dimmit County, Texas | Border Sheriffs), phone 830-876-3508, 669 Industrial Blvd. Carrizo Springs, TX 78834, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Dimmit County
For Dimmit County the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at dimmitcounty.org/government/departments/district_court/district_att..., phone (830) 773-9268).
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 Dimmit 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 Dimmit County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 830-876-3508.
- An arrest in Carrizo Springs: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Dimmit County Constable's Precincts 3 and 4, Dimmit County Constable at Precinct 1 & 6 or the Carrizo Springs Consolidated 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, (830) 773-9268, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Dimmit County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the three cities in Dimmit County: Carrizo Springs. Asherton and Big Wells 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 Dimmit County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Dimmit County each year?
The Dimmit County Sheriff's Office reported 292 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 292 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Dimmit County?
Ask the Dimmit County Sheriff's Office at 830-876-3508; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at bordersheriffs.us/dimmit_county_texas.
Where are people arrested in Dimmit County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Dimmit County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Dimmit 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 Dimmit County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Dimmit 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 Dimmit 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.