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.
Hill County, Texas, has about 39,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Hill County Sheriff's Office, four city agencies and four 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 Hill 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: Hill County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Hill County
The Hill County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Hill County. It reported 248 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists four cities in Hill County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Hillsboro, 8,878 residents: 290 arrests reported for 2025.
- Whitney, 2,124 residents: 21 arrests reported for 2025.
- Itasca, 1,885 residents: 13 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hubbard, 1,480 residents: 1,188 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 Hill County: the Aquilla Independent School District, the Hill County Constable's Precincts 1 and 4 and the Covington Independent School District (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Hill 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.
- Hubbard: 1,188 for 2025, 1,188 for 2024, 1,187 for 2023, 1,176 for 2022, 1,168 for 2021 and 1,185 for 2020.
- Hillsboro: 290 for 2025, 357 for 2024, 391 for 2023, 288 for 2022, 298 for 2021 and 270 for 2020.
- Hill County Sheriff's Office: 248 for 2025, 239 for 2024, 332 for 2023, 357 for 2022, 276 for 2021 and 167 for 2020.
- Whitney: 21 for 2025, 20 for 2024, 24 for 2023, 13 for 2022, 24 for 2021 and 41 for 2020.
- Itasca: 13 for 2025, 3 for 2024, 2 for 2023, 1 for 2022, 1 for 2021 and 28 for 2020.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,760 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,760 in 2025 against 1,807 in 2024, down 2.6 percent.
Through August 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,115 arrests, against 1,196 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Hill County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Hill 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 110 people on an average day, down from about 130 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 203 beds, and it is running at 54 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 Hill County Sheriff's Office at co.hill.tx.us/page/hill.CountyJail (page title: Hill County, Texas), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice lists its inmates at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Hill County
An arrest in Hill County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Hill County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.hill.tx.us/page/hill.district.clerk, phone (254) 582-4042); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.hill.tx.us/page/hill.District.Attorney, phone 254-582-4070).
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 Hill 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 Hill County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Hillsboro, Whitney, Itasca or Hubbard: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Aquilla Independent School District, the Hill County Constable's Precincts 1 and 4 or the Covington Independent School District: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 254-582-4070, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Hill County District Court, through the court records page at co.hill.tx.us/page/hill.district.clerk, phone (254) 582-4042.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.hill.tx.us/page/hill.OpenRecordsRequest (page title: Hill County, Texas).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Hill County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the 14 cities in Hill County: Hillsboro, Whitney, Itasca and Hubbard. Blum, Abbott, Mount Calm, Covington, Malone, Carl's Corner, Penelope, Bynum, Mertens and Aquilla 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 Hill County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Hill County each year?
Hubbard reported 1,188 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,760 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Hill County?
Ask the Hill County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.hill.tx.us/page/hill.CountyJail.
Where are people arrested in Hill County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Hill County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Hill 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 Hill County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Hill 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.hill.tx.us/page/hill.OpenRecordsRequest.
Is this the official Hill 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.