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 September 25, 2026.
Galveston County, Texas, has about 367,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Galveston County depends on where the incident happened: the Galveston 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: Galveston County public records, Galveston County arrest records, Galveston County warrants, Galveston County inmate search, Galveston County criminal records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Galveston 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 Galveston County that is the Galveston 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 11 other agencies and three campus police departments in Galveston County, each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Galveston County Sheriff's Office
The Galveston County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 139 violent and 386 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 2,587 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at p2c.galvestoncountytx.gov/jailinmates.aspx (page title: Request Rejected), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Galveston County
The 13 cities the FBI lists in Galveston County with a reporting agency of their own, the largest twelve first, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- League City: 72 violent and 1,280 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,569 arrests reported for 2025.
- Texas City: 1,600 arrests reported for 2024.
- Galveston: 271 violent and 1,214 property crimes reported for 2025; 2,517 arrests reported for 2025.
- Friendswood: 34 violent and 214 property crimes reported for 2025; 728 arrests reported for 2025.
- Dickinson: 31 violent and 190 property crimes reported for 2025; 579 arrests reported for 2024.
- La Marque: 87 violent and 408 property crimes reported for 2025; 941 arrests reported for 2025. The La Marque police records page is at cityoflamarque.gov/263/Police-Records, phone 409.938.9231 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Santa Fe: 17 violent and 78 property crimes reported for 2025; 159 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hitchcock: 26 violent and 102 property crimes reported for 2025; 118 arrests reported for 2025.
- Kemah: 8 violent and 65 property crimes reported for 2025; 235 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bayou Vista: 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025; 8 arrests reported for 2025.
- Clear Lake Shores: 0 violent and 49 property crimes reported for 2025.
- Tiki Island: 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2025; 32 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 rest: Jamaica Beach.
How Many Reports: Galveston County in 2025
The 13 agencies in Galveston County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 685 violent and 3,989 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 11 agencies in Galveston County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,900 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 galvestoncountytx.gov/our-county/district-attorney/open-records-req... (page title: Open Records Request | Galveston County, TX).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (409) 770-6044, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Galveston County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Galveston 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 Galveston 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 Galveston 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 Galveston 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.