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.
Tarrant County, Texas, has about 2.2 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tarrant County is held at the county jail, run by the Tarrant 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.
Related guides: Tarrant County public records, Tarrant County arrest records, Tarrant County warrants, Tarrant County criminal records, Tarrant County court records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Tarrant County
The county jail, run by the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Tarrant County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office at tarrantcountytx.gov/en/sheriff/detention-bureau/inmate-search.html (page title: Inmate Search), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Tarrant County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 4,480 people on an average day, up from about 4,010 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 5,015 beds, and it is running at 89 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Tarrant County has about 2.2 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 20 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Tarrant County Jail
The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Fort Worth, Arlington, Mansfield, North Richland Hills, Euless, Grapevine and 26 more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Tarrant County.
The FBI's agency list also places ten other agencies and five campus police departments in Tarrant County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Roanoke Police Department, the Flower Mound Police Department, the Trophy Club Police Department and two more are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Tarrant County, so their arrests are not broken out for Tarrant County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Fort Worth's 16,679 for 2025, Arlington's 11,000 for 2025 and Grapevine's 1,833 for 2025.
Together, the 33 agencies in Tarrant County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 44,043 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 Tarrant County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice lists its inmates at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Tarrant County?
Look on the custody page of the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office at tarrantcountytx.gov. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Tarrant County jail?
About 4,480 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 5,015 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Tarrant 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 Tarrant 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.