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 between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Goliad County, Texas, has about 7,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Goliad County Sheriff's Office. 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 Goliad 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: Goliad County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Goliad County
The Goliad County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Goliad County. It reported 200 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Goliad County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Goliad County Sheriff's Office: 200 for 2025, 193 for 2024, 258 for 2023, 248 for 2022, 185 for 2021 and 86 for 2020.
The Goliad County Sheriff's Office's 200 arrests in 2025 were up 3.6 percent from 193 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Goliad County Sheriff's Office reported 126 arrests, against 130 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Goliad County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Goliad 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 16 people on an average day, up from about 15 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 48 beds, and it is running at 33 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Goliad County Sheriff's Office at goliadcountyso.org (page title: Goliad County Sheriff's Office), phone (361) 645-3451, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
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 Goliad County
Whether someone was arrested in Goliad County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Goliad County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.goliad.tx.us/page/goliad.district.clerk, phone 361-645-3294); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.goliad.tx.us/page/goliad.district.attorney, phone 361-275-2612).
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 Goliad County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Goliad County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (361) 645-3451.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 361-275-2612, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Goliad County District Court, through the court records page at co.goliad.tx.us/page/goliad.district.clerk, phone 361-645-3294.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Goliad County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Goliad County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Goliad County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Goliad County each year?
The Goliad County Sheriff's Office reported 200 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Goliad County?
Ask the Goliad County Sheriff's Office at (361) 645-3451; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at goliadcountyso.org.
Where are people arrested in Goliad County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Goliad County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Goliad 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 Goliad County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Goliad 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 Goliad 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.