SearchSystems Editorial

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.

About this guide

San Patricio County, Texas, has about 71,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the San Patricio County Sheriff's Office, nine city agencies and one other 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 San Patricio 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: San Patricio County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.

Who Makes Arrests in San Patricio County

The San Patricio County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for San Patricio County. It reported 553 arrests for 2020, its latest complete year.

The FBI lists nine cities in San Patricio County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:

  • Portland, 20,725 residents: 714 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Ingleside, 10,155 residents: 165 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Aransas Pass, 8,742 residents: 344 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Sinton, 5,648 residents: 131 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Mathis, 4,292 residents: 107 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Taft, 2,929 residents: 26 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Odem, 2,292 residents: 7 arrests reported for 2023.
  • Gregory, 1,717 residents: 22 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Lake City, 489 residents: 1,188 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 Corpus Christi Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including San Patricio County, so its arrests are not broken out for San Patricio County here.

The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in San Patricio County: the Taft Independent School District (other).

How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in San Patricio 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.

  • Lake City: 1,188 for 2025, 1,188 for 2024, 1,187 for 2023, 1,176 for 2022, 1,168 for 2021 and 1,185 for 2020.
  • Portland: 714 for 2025, 621 for 2024, 910 for 2023, 780 for 2022, 765 for 2020 and 738 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Aransas Pass: 344 for 2025, 348 for 2024, 311 for 2023, 297 for 2022, 357 for 2021 and 268 for 2020.
  • Ingleside: 165 for 2025, 133 for 2024, 161 for 2023, 170 for 2022, 114 for 2021 and 177 for 2020.
  • Sinton: 131 for 2025, 113 for 2024, 133 for 2023, 124 for 2021, 103 for 2020 and 152 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
  • Mathis: 107 for 2025, 69 for 2024, 176 for 2023, 102 for 2022 and 255 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
  • Taft: 26 for 2025, 16 for 2024, 35 for 2023, 15 for 2022, 47 for 2021 and 17 for 2020.
  • Gregory: 22 for 2025, 33 for 2024, 130 for 2020 and 66 for 2019; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
  • San Patricio County Sheriff's Office: 553 for 2020.
  • Odem: 7 for 2023, 37 for 2022 and 47 for 2021.

Together, the eight agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,697 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,697 in 2025 against 2,521 in 2024, up 7 percent.

Through August 2026, the seven agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,713 arrests, against 1,782 in the same months of 2025.

Booking: Where People Arrested in San Patricio County Are Held

The county jail is where a person arrested in San Patricio 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 200 people on an average day, up from about 200 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 236 beds, and it is running at 83 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 San Patricio County Sheriff's Office at sanpatriciocountytx.gov/page/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | San Patricio County TX), phone 361-364-9600, 400 W Sinton St | Sinton, TX 78387, Monday - Friday: 8am - 5:00pm, 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 San Patricio County

An arrest in San Patricio County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the San Patricio County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at sanpatriciocountytx.gov/page/county.clerk.home, phone (361) 364-9350); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at sanpatriciocountytx.gov/page/district.attorney, phone 361-364-9390).

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 San Patricio 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 San Patricio County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 361-364-9600.
  • An arrest in Portland, Ingleside, Aransas Pass, Sinton, Mathis, Taft or another of the cities listed above: 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 Taft Independent School District: the records office of the agency involved.
  • A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 361-364-9390, handles discovery for pending cases.
  • The court file of a case that was filed: the San Patricio County District Court, through the court records page at sanpatriciocountytx.gov, phone (361) 364-9350.
  • Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at sanpatriciocountytx.gov (page title: Public Information Request | San Patricio County TX).
  • Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.

Cities in San Patricio County: Who Reports the Arrests

The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for nine of the 11 cities in San Patricio County: Portland, Ingleside, Aransas Pass, Sinton, Mathis, Taft, Odem, Gregory and Lake City. Ingleside on the Bay and San Patricio 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 San Patricio County District Court.

SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in San Patricio County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:

Frequently Asked Questions

How many arrests are made in San Patricio County each year?

Lake City reported 1,188 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the eight agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,697 between them.

How do I find out if someone is in jail in San Patricio County?

Ask the San Patricio County Sheriff's Office at 361-364-9600; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sanpatriciocountytx.gov/page/sheriff.

Where are people arrested in San Patricio County booked?

Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the San Patricio County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.

Are arrest records public in San Patricio 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 San Patricio County?

From the agency that made the arrest: the San Patricio 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 sanpatriciocountytx.gov.

Is this the official San Patricio 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.