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.
Midland County, Texas, has about 184,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Midland County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and seven 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 Midland 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: Midland County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Midland County
The Midland County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Midland County. It reported 749 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
One city in Midland County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Midland, 143,687 residents: 3,243 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 Odessa Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Midland County, so its arrests are not broken out for Midland County here.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Midland County: the Midland County Hospital District, County Attorney at Midland, the Midland County Constable's Precincts 2, 1 and 4, the Midland Independent School District and one more (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Midland 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.
- Midland: 3,243 for 2025, 3,461 for 2024, 4,612 for 2023, 4,443 for 2022 and 3,239 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
- Midland County Sheriff's Office: 749 for 2024, 794 for 2023, 928 for 2022, 893 for 2021, 1,285 for 2020 and 1,881 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 4,210 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 4,210 in 2024 against 5,406 in 2023, down 22 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Midland County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Midland 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 420 people on an average day, down from about 450 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 489 beds, and it is running at 87 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 Midland County
For Midland County the place to look is the case index of the Midland County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.midland.tx.us/187/Court-Case-Information).
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 Midland 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 Midland County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Midland: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Midland County Hospital District, County Attorney at Midland or the Midland County Constable's Precincts 2, 1 and 4: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Midland County District Court, through the court records page at co.midland.tx.us/187/Court-Case-Information.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.midland.tx.us/962/Open-Records-Request (page title: Open Records Request | Midland County, TX).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Midland County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Midland, the one city in Midland County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Midland County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Midland County each year?
Midland reported 3,243 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in Midland County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 4,210 between them.
Where are people arrested in Midland County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Midland County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Midland 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 Midland County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Midland 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.midland.tx.us/962/Open-Records-Request.
Is this the official Midland 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.