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.
Kleberg County, Texas, has about 30,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Kleberg County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and one campus agency. 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 Kleberg 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: Kleberg County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Kleberg County
The Kleberg County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Kleberg County. It reported 147 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Kleberg County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Kingsville, 24,884 residents: 394 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 one more agency in Kleberg County: Texas A&M University at Kingsville (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Kleberg County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Kingsville: 394 for 2025, 497 for 2024, 529 for 2023, 542 for 2022, 716 for 2021 and 1,338 for 2020.
- Kleberg County Sheriff's Office: 147 for 2025, 143 for 2024, 81 for 2023, 39 for 2022 and 880 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 541 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 541 in 2025 against 640 in 2024, down 15 percent.
Through June 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 316 arrests, against 274 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Kleberg County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Kleberg 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 100 people on an average day, down from about 120 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 160 beds, and it is running at 66 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Kleberg County
Whether someone was arrested in Kleberg County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Kleberg County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.kleberg.tx.us/page/kleberg.County.Clerk, phone 361-595-8548); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.kleberg.tx.us/page/kleberg.district.attorney, phone 361-595-8544).
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 Kleberg County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Kleberg County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Kingsville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by Texas A&M University at Kingsville: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 361-595-8544, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Kleberg County District Court, through the court records page at co.kleberg.tx.us/page/kleberg.County.Clerk, phone 361-595-8548.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Kleberg County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Kingsville, the one city in Kleberg County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Kleberg County District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Kleberg County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Kingsville (24,884)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Kleberg County each year?
Kingsville reported 394 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 541 between them.
Where are people arrested in Kleberg County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Kleberg County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Kleberg 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 Kleberg County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Kleberg 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 Kleberg 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.