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.
Rockwall County, Texas, has about 137,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Rockwall 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 Rockwall 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: Rockwall County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Rockwall County
The Rockwall County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Rockwall County. It reported 271 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside four of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Rockwall, 53,547 residents: 1,024 arrests reported for 2025.
- Fate, 27,467 residents: 141 arrests reported for 2025.
- Royse City, 26,387 residents: 476 arrests reported for 2025.
- Heath, 11,499 residents: 160 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 Rowlett Police Department and the Wylie Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Rockwall County, so their arrests are not broken out for Rockwall County here.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Rockwall County: the Rockwall County Constable's Precincts 4, 1, 2 and 3 (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Rockwall 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.
- Rockwall: 1,024 for 2025, 987 for 2024, 973 for 2023, 827 for 2021, 896 for 2020 and 1,192 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
- Royse City: 476 for 2025, 438 for 2024, 472 for 2023, 635 for 2022, 674 for 2021 and 533 for 2020.
- Rockwall County Sheriff's Office: 271 for 2025, 355 for 2024, 257 for 2023, 468 for 2021, 387 for 2020 and 440 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
- Heath: 160 for 2025, 186 for 2024, 214 for 2023, 197 for 2022, 150 for 2021 and 96 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Fate: 141 for 2025, 168 for 2024, 135 for 2023, 158 for 2022, 102 for 2021 and 95 for 2020.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,072 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,072 in 2025 against 2,134 in 2024, down 2.9 percent.
Through July 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,287 arrests, against 1,110 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Rockwall County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Rockwall 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 210 people on an average day, up from about 200 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 491 beds, and it is running at 43 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 Rockwall County
For Rockwall County the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at rockwallcountytexas.com/905/Family-Violence-Prosecution-Unit, phone 972-204-6800).
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 Rockwall 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 Rockwall County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Rockwall, Fate, Royse City or Heath: 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 the Rockwall County Constable's Precincts 4, 1, 2 and 3: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 972-204-6800, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Rockwall County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the six cities in Rockwall County: Rockwall, Fate, Royse City and Heath. McLendon-Chisholm and Mobile City 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 Rockwall County District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Rockwall County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Royse City (26,387)
- Heath (11,499)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Rockwall County each year?
Rockwall reported 1,024 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,072 between them.
Where are people arrested in Rockwall County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Rockwall County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Rockwall 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 Rockwall County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Rockwall 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 Rockwall 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.