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

Travis County, Texas, has about 1.4 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Travis County Sheriff's Office, ten city agencies and 12 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 Travis 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: Travis County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.

Who Makes Arrests in Travis County

The Travis County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Travis County. It reported 2,124 arrests for 2025.

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

  • Austin, 993,588 residents: 23,348 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Pflugerville, 66,819 residents: 1,252 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Manor, 21,500 residents: 504 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Lakeway, 19,056 residents: 334 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Lago Vista, 10,201 residents: 59 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Bee Cave, 8,510 residents: 186 arrests reported for 2024.
  • West Lake Hills, 3,208 residents: 35 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Jonestown, 2,615 residents: 22 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Rollingwood, 1,438 residents: 8 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Sunset Valley, 617 residents: 132 arrests reported for 2024.

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 Elgin Police Department, the Mustang Ridge Police Department, the Cedar Park Police Department and two more are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Travis County, so their arrests are not broken out for Travis County here.

The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Travis County: the Travis County Constable's Precincts 5, 2 and 3, the Austin Independent School District, the Travis County Fire Marshal's Office, the Pflugerville Independent School District and two more (other); St. Edwards University, the Austin Community College District, Concordia University and the University of Texas at Austin (campus police).

How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Travis 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.

  • Austin: 23,348 for 2025, 20,459 for 2024, 18,755 for 2023, 17,477 for 2022, 16,713 for 2021 and 18,873 for 2020.
  • Travis County Sheriff's Office: 2,124 for 2025, 1,926 for 2024, 1,589 for 2023, 1,732 for 2022, 1,701 for 2021 and 1,687 for 2020.
  • Pflugerville: 1,252 for 2025, 1,317 for 2024, 1,310 for 2023, 1,143 for 2022, 1,072 for 2021 and 955 for 2020.
  • Manor: 504 for 2025, 596 for 2024, 464 for 2023, 528 for 2022, 398 for 2021 and 345 for 2020.
  • Lakeway: 334 for 2025, 384 for 2024, 326 for 2023, 299 for 2022, 239 for 2021 and 189 for 2020.
  • Lago Vista: 59 for 2025, 62 for 2024, 24 for 2023, 34 for 2022, 31 for 2021 and 223 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
  • West Lake Hills: 35 for 2025, 27 for 2024, 38 for 2023, 48 for 2022, 58 for 2021 and 51 for 2020.
  • Jonestown: 22 for 2025, 16 for 2024, 25 for 2023, 26 for 2022, 16 for 2021 and 116 for 2020.
  • Rollingwood: 8 for 2025, 4 for 2024, 9 for 2023, 5 for 2022, 11 for 2021 and 18 for 2020.
  • Bee Cave: 186 for 2024, 207 for 2023, 207 for 2021, 197 for 2020 and 303 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
  • Sunset Valley: 132 for 2024, 126 for 2023, 54 for 2022 and 66 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.

Together, the nine agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 27,686 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 27,686 in 2025 against 24,791 in 2024, up 12 percent.

Through August 2026, the seven agencies with every month so far on file reported 19,565 arrests, against 18,181 in the same months of 2025.

Bee Cave and Sunset Valley reported only part of 2025 (10 months and 11 months) and are left out of the totals.

Booking: Where People Arrested in Travis County Are Held

A person kept in custody after an arrest in Travis 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 2,440 people on an average day, up from about 2,170 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 3,535 beds, and it is running at 69 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 Travis County Sheriff's Office at tcsheriff.org/inmate-jail-info/inmate-info/arrest-booking (page title: Arrest & Booking | Travis County Sheriff's Office, Texas), phone 512-854-4180, 500 W. 10th St. Austin, TX 78701, 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 Travis County

Whether someone was arrested in Travis County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Travis County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Travis County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at traviscountytx.gov/courts/criminal/attorneys/web); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at districtattorney.traviscountytx.gov, phone (512) 854-9400).

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 Travis 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 Travis County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 512-854-4180.
  • An arrest in Austin, Pflugerville, Manor, Lakeway, Lago Vista, Bee Cave 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 Travis County Constable's Precincts 5, 2 and 3, the Austin Independent School District or St. Edwards University: the records office of the agency involved.
  • A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (512) 854-9400, handles discovery for pending cases.
  • The court file of a case that was filed: the Travis County District Court, through the court records page at traviscountytx.gov.
  • Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at traviscountytx.gov/its/records-request (page title: Open Records Request | Travis County, Texas).
  • Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.

Cities in Travis County: Who Reports the Arrests

The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for ten of the 17 cities in Travis County: Austin, Pflugerville, Manor, Lakeway, Lago Vista, Bee Cave, West Lake Hills, Jonestown, Rollingwood and Sunset Valley. Briarcliff, The Hills, Point Venture, Volente, San Leanna, Webberville and Creedmoor 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 Travis County District Court.

SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Travis 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 Travis County each year?

Austin reported 23,348 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the nine agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 27,686 between them.

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

Look on the custody page of the Travis County Sheriff's Office at tcsheriff.org, or call 512-854-4180. It covers people booked into the county jail.

Where are people arrested in Travis County booked?

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

Are arrest records public in Travis 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 Travis County?

From the agency that made the arrest: the Travis 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 traviscountytx.gov/its/records-request.

Is this the official Travis 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.