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 on September 23, 2026.
Fort Bend County, Texas, has about 958,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Fort Bend County depends on where the incident happened: the Fort Bend 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: Fort Bend County public records, Fort Bend County arrest records, Fort Bend County warrants, Fort Bend County inmate search, Fort Bend County criminal records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Fort Bend County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Fort Bend County that is the Fort Bend 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 eight other agencies in Fort Bend County, each with a records office of its own.
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.
Reports from the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office
The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 759 violent and 4,848 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 1,965 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 281-341-4665. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, 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.
Reports from the City Agencies in Fort Bend County
The nine cities the FBI lists in Fort Bend County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Sugar Land: 80 violent and 1,339 property crimes reported for 2025; 901 arrests reported for 2025.
- Missouri City: 120 violent and 779 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,013 arrests reported for 2025.
- Fulshear: 12 violent and 59 property crimes reported for 2025; 88 arrests reported for 2025.
- Rosenberg: 87 violent and 579 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,431 arrests reported for 2025.
- Stafford: 243 arrests reported for 2024.
- Richmond: 43 violent and 149 property crimes reported for 2025; 229 arrests reported for 2025. The Richmond police department's page is at richmondtx.gov/departments/police-department, phone (281) 342-2849 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Meadows Place: 6 violent and 95 property crimes reported for 2025; 42 arrests reported for 2025.
- Needville: 0 violent and 9 property crimes reported for 2025; 21 arrests reported for 2025.
- Arcola: 7 violent and 22 property crimes reported for 2025; 15 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.
How Many Reports: Fort Bend County in 2025
The nine agencies in Fort Bend County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,114 violent and 7,879 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
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, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Texas Public Information Act Requires
Under the Texas Public Information Act the agency must answer a request within 10 business days, and it may charge the copy rates set by the Attorney General, plus labor for large requests. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at fortbendcountytx.gov/government/departments/sheriff-s-office/public... (page title: Public Information Request | Fort Bend County).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 281-342-3411, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Fort Bend County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Fort Bend 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 Fort Bend 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 Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 281-341-4665. Under the Texas Public Information Act the answer is due within 10 business days.
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.