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.
Fort Bend County, Texas, has about 958,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Fort Bend County is held at the county jail, run by the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Fort Bend County public records, Fort Bend County arrest records, Fort Bend County warrants, Fort Bend County criminal records, Fort Bend County court records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Fort Bend County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Fort Bend County is held at the county jail, run by the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office at fortbendcountytx.gov/government/departments/sheriff-s-office/bureau... (page title: Detention Booking and Release | Fort Bend County), phone 281-341-4665, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone 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.
The Fort Bend County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 890 people on an average day, up from about 840 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 1,770 beds, and it is running at 50 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Fort Bend County has about 958,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 9 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Fort Bend County Jail
The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Sugar Land, Missouri City, Fulshear, Rosenberg, Stafford, Richmond and three more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Fort Bend County.
The FBI's agency list also places eight other agencies in Fort Bend County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Katy Police Department, the Pearland Police Department and the Houston Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Fort Bend County, so their arrests are not broken out for Fort Bend County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office's 1,965 for 2025, Rosenberg's 1,431 for 2025 and Missouri City's 1,013 for 2025.
Together, the nine agencies in Fort Bend County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,705 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Fort Bend County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice lists its inmates at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Fort Bend County?
Look on the custody page of the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office at fortbendcountytx.gov, or call 281-341-4665. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Fort Bend County jail?
About 890 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 1,770 beds.
What is the phone number for the Fort Bend County jail?
281-341-4665, the number on the page of the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Fort Bend County go?
To a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; its inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Is this the official Fort Bend 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.