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.
Tom Green County, Texas, has about 120,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and four campus, state or 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 Tom Green 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: Tom Green County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Tom Green County
The Tom Green County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Tom Green County. It reported 355 arrests for 2025.
One city in Tom Green County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- San Angelo, 100,159 residents: 2,103 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 FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Tom Green County: the Tom Green County Constable's Precincts 1, 3 and 4 (other); Angelo State University (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Tom Green 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.
- San Angelo: 2,103 for 2025, 2,433 for 2024, 2,644 for 2023, 2,717 for 2022, 2,240 for 2021 and 2,827 for 2020.
- Tom Green County Sheriff's Office: 355 for 2025, 338 for 2024, 381 for 2021, 708 for 2020 and 929 for 2019; 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,458 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,458 in 2025 against 2,771 in 2024, down 11 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,259 arrests, against 1,507 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Tom Green County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Tom Green 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 490 people on an average day, up from about 410 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 552 beds, and it is running at 89 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office at tomgreencountysheriff.org/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_tim... (page title: Inmate Roster | Tom Green County TX Sheriff's Office | Sort Booking Time | Descending | Page 1), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was 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.
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 Tom Green County
Whether someone was arrested in Tom Green County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Tom Green County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at tomgreencountytx.gov/page/dcl.DistrictClerkHome, phone 325-659-6579); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at tomgreencountytx.gov/page/da.DistrictAttorneyHome, phone (325) 659-6583).
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 Tom Green 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 Tom Green County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in San Angelo: 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 Tom Green County Constable's Precincts 1, 3 and 4 or Angelo State University: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (325) 659-6583, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Tom Green County District Court, through the court records page at tomgreencountytx.gov, phone 325-659-6579.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Tom Green County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for San Angelo, the one city in Tom Green County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Tom Green County District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Tom Green County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- San Angelo (100,159)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Tom Green County each year?
San Angelo reported 2,103 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,458 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Tom Green County?
Look on the custody page of the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office at tomgreencountysheriff.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Tom Green County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Tom Green 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 Tom Green County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Tom Green 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 Tom Green 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.