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.
McCulloch County, Texas, has about 7,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the McCulloch County Sheriff's Office and one city 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 McCulloch 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: McCulloch County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in McCulloch County
The McCulloch County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for McCulloch County. It reported 33 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in McCulloch County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Brady, 4,956 residents: 20 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 Arrests Each Agency Reports in McCulloch 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.
- McCulloch County Sheriff's Office: 33 for 2025, 24 for 2024, 21 for 2023, 3 for 2022, 2 for 2021 and 1 for 2020.
- Brady: 20 for 2025, 23 for 2024, 34 for 2023, 30 for 2022, 35 for 2021 and 74 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 53 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 53 in 2025 against 47 in 2024, up 13 percent.
Through April 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 18 arrests, against 13 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in McCulloch County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in McCulloch County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 57 people on an average day, up from about 31 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 66 beds, and it is running at 86 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 McCulloch County Sheriff's Office at co.mcculloch.tx.us/page/mcculloch.Sheriff (page title: McCulloch County, Texas), phone 325-597-0639, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 McCulloch County
An arrest in McCulloch County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the McCulloch County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.mcculloch.tx.us/page/mcculloch.Criminal.Docket, phone 325-597-2400); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.mcculloch.tx.us/page/mcculloch.District.Attorney, phone 325-347-8400).
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 McCulloch 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 McCulloch County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 325-597-0639.
- An arrest in Brady: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 325-347-8400, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the McCulloch County District Court, through the court records page at co.mcculloch.tx.us, phone 325-597-2400.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.mcculloch.tx.us (page title: McCulloch County, Texas).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in McCulloch County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in McCulloch County: Brady. Melvin has 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 McCulloch County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in McCulloch County each year?
The McCulloch County Sheriff's Office reported 33 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 53 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in McCulloch County?
Ask the McCulloch County Sheriff's Office at 325-597-0639; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.mcculloch.tx.us/page/mcculloch.Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in McCulloch County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the McCulloch County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in McCulloch 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 McCulloch County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the McCulloch 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.mcculloch.tx.us.
Is this the official McCulloch 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.