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.
San Patricio County, Texas, has about 71,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in San Patricio County is held at the county jail, run by the San Patricio County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in San Patricio County
The county jail, run by the San Patricio County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in San Patricio County, from every agency.
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.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 361-364-9600.
The San Patricio County Jail by the Numbers
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.
San Patricio County has about 71,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 28 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the San Patricio County Jail
The San Patricio County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Portland, Ingleside, Aransas Pass, Sinton, Mathis, Taft and three more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in San Patricio County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in San Patricio County: the Taft Independent School District (other agency).
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 largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Lake City's 1,188 for 2025, Portland's 714 for 2025 and the San Patricio County Sheriff's Office's 553 for 2020.
Together, the eight agencies in San Patricio County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,697 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in San Patricio County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in San Patricio County serves the sentence in a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, whose inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate 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.
How many people are in the San Patricio County jail?
About 200 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 236 beds.
What is the phone number for the San Patricio County jail?
361-364-9600, the number on the page of the San Patricio County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in San Patricio County go?
To a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; its inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
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.