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 October 1, 2026.
Kaufman County, Texas, has about 198,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Kaufman County depends on where the incident happened: the Kaufman 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: Kaufman County public records, Kaufman County arrest records, Kaufman County warrants, Kaufman County inmate search, Kaufman County property records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Kaufman 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 Kaufman County that is the Kaufman 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 nine other agencies and one campus police department in Kaufman County, each with a records office of its own.
The Seagoville Police Department, the Mesquite Police Department, the Heath Police Department and one more are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Kaufman County, so their arrests are not broken out for Kaufman County here.
Reports from the Kaufman County Sheriff's Office
The Kaufman County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 113 violent and 325 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 766 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 972-932-4337. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at kaufmanso.com/jail-info/inmate-records (page title: Inmate Records | Kaufman CO. Sheriff), phone 972-932-4337, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Kaufman County
The seven cities the FBI lists in Kaufman County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Forney: 59 violent and 247 property crimes reported for 2025; 463 arrests reported for 2025.
- Terrell: 80 violent and 306 property crimes reported for 2025; 394 arrests reported for 2025.
- Kaufman: 11 violent and 98 property crimes reported for 2025; 692 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mabank: 19 violent and 73 property crimes reported for 2025; 116 arrests reported for 2025.
- Crandall: 43 violent and 148 property crimes reported for 2025; 446 arrests reported for 2025. The Crandall police records page is at crandalltexas.com/145/2393/Police-Open-Records-Request-Information-, phone 972-427-3767 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Oak Ridge: 0 violent and 1 property crimes reported for 2025; 1 arrests reported for 2025.
- Kemp: 2 violent and 22 property crimes reported for 2025; 75 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: Kaufman County in 2025
The eight agencies in Kaufman County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 327 violent and 1,220 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the eight agencies in Kaufman County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,953 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 kaufmancounty.net/496/Public-Information-Act-Open-Records (page title: Public Information Act | Open Records | Kaufman County, TX).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (469) 376-4760, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Kaufman County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Kaufman 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 Kaufman 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 Kaufman County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 972-932-4337. Under the Texas Public Information Act the answer is due within 10 business days.
Is this the official Kaufman 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.