Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 1, 2026.
El Paso County, Texas, has about 876,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from El Paso County depends on where the incident happened: the El Paso County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Texas Public Information Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: El Paso County public records, El Paso County arrest records, El Paso County warrants, El Paso County inmate search, El Paso County property records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from El Paso County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In El Paso County that is the El Paso County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's agency list also places two campus police departments and two other agencies in El Paso County, each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the El Paso County Sheriff's Office
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 305 violent and 904 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 2,665 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at apps.epcountytx.gov/odysseyCrsPublic/JailRecords (page title: Jail Search | Public Access), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in El Paso County
The six cities the FBI lists in El Paso County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- El Paso: 1,969 violent and 9,152 property crimes reported for 2025; 11,789 arrests reported for 2025.
- Socorro: 104 violent and 283 property crimes reported for 2025; 250 arrests reported for 2025. The Socorro police department's page is at police.costx.us/meet-the-force, phone (915) 858-9237 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Horizon City: 25 violent and 132 property crimes reported for 2025; 195 arrests reported for 2025.
- San Elizario: 1 arrests reported for 2023.
- Anthony: 7 violent and 57 property crimes reported for 2025; 54 arrests reported for 2025.
- Clint: 15 arrests reported for 2023.
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.
How Many Reports: El Paso County in 2025
The five agencies in El Paso County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,410 violent and 10,528 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the five agencies in El Paso County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 14,953 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Texas Public Information Act Requires
The Texas Public Information Act sets the rules: an answer within 10 business days, at a charge of the copy rates set by the Attorney General, plus labor for large requests, from the agency that holds the report.
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (915) 212-0033, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in El Paso County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the El Paso 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.
How long does an agency in El Paso County have to answer?
Under the Texas Public Information Act, within 10 business days. It may charge the copy rates set by the Attorney General, plus labor for large requests.
How do I get a report from the El Paso County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Texas Public Information Act the answer is due within 10 business days.
Is this the official El Paso 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.