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.
Fayette County, Texas, has about 25,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Fayette County Sheriff's Office, three 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 Fayette 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: Fayette County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Fayette County
The Fayette County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Fayette County. It reported 75 arrests for 2023, its latest complete year.
Arrests inside three 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:
- La Grange, 4,504 residents: 119 arrests reported for 2024.
- Schulenburg, 2,839 residents: 63 arrests reported for 2025.
- Flatonia, 1,398 residents: 8 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 Fayette County: the Fayette County Constable's Precincts 2 and 1 (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Fayette 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.
- La Grange: 119 for 2024, 134 for 2023, 99 for 2022 and 111 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
- Schulenburg: 63 for 2025, 62 for 2024, 105 for 2022, 63 for 2021, 84 for 2020 and 115 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Flatonia: 8 for 2025, 3 for 2024, 17 for 2023, 16 for 2022, 5 for 2021 and 33 for 2020.
- Fayette County Sheriff's Office: 75 for 2023, 104 for 2022, 122 for 2021 and 437 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 184 arrests that year. The two of them with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 122 in 2024 against 151 in 2023, down 19 percent.
Fayette County Sheriff's Office reported only part of 2024 (9 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Fayette County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Fayette 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 35 people on an average day, up from about 29 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 46 beds, and it is running at 76 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Fayette County
For Fayette County the place to look is the case index of the Fayette County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.fayette.tx.us/page/fayette.County.Clerk, phone (979) 968-3251).
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 Fayette 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 Fayette County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in La Grange, Schulenburg or Flatonia: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Fayette County Constable's Precincts 2 and 1: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Fayette County District Court, through the court records page at co.fayette.tx.us/page/fayette.County.Clerk, phone (979) 968-3251.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The other Fayette County guides go further: warrants, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Fayette County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the seven cities in Fayette County: La Grange, Schulenburg and Flatonia. Ellinger, Carmine, Fayetteville and Round Top 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 Fayette County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Fayette County each year?
La Grange reported 119 arrests to the FBI for 2024, and the three agencies with every month of 2024 on file reported 184 between them.
Where are people arrested in Fayette County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Fayette County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Fayette 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 Fayette County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Fayette 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 Fayette 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.