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.
Tyler County, Texas, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Tyler County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and three 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 Tyler 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: Tyler County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Tyler County
The Tyler County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Tyler County. It reported 118 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Tyler County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Woodville, 2,347 residents: 47 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ivanhoe, 1,392 residents.
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 Tyler County: the Tyler County Constable's Precincts 4 and 1 and the Warren Independent School District (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Tyler 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.
- Tyler County Sheriff's Office: 118 for 2025, 90 for 2023, 134 for 2022, 70 for 2021, 112 for 2020 and 213 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
- Woodville: 47 for 2025, 37 for 2024, 50 for 2023, 40 for 2022 and 49 for 2021.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 165 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 47 in 2025 against 37 in 2024.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 144 arrests, against 114 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Tyler County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tyler 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 37 people on an average day, up from about 16 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 43 beds, and it is running at 86 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 Tyler County Sheriff's Office at co.tyler.tx.us/page/tyler.Sheriff-Jail (page title: Tyler County Sheriff | Jail), phone (409) 283-2172, 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 Tyler County
An arrest in Tyler County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Tyler County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at search.txcourts.gov/CaseSearch.aspx?coa=coa12&s=c); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.tyler.tx.us/page/tyler.District.Attorney, phone 409-283-8136).
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 Tyler 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 Tyler County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (409) 283-2172.
- An arrest in Woodville or Ivanhoe: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Tyler County Constable's Precincts 4 and 1 or the Warren 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, 409-283-8136, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Tyler County District Court, through the court records page at search.txcourts.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.tyler.tx.us (page title: Tyler County, Texas).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Tyler County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the four cities in Tyler County: Woodville and Ivanhoe. Colmesneil and Chester 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 Tyler County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Tyler County each year?
The Tyler County Sheriff's Office reported 118 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 165 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Tyler County?
Ask the Tyler County Sheriff's Office at (409) 283-2172; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.tyler.tx.us/page/tyler.Sheriff-Jail.
Where are people arrested in Tyler County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Tyler County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Tyler 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 Tyler County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Tyler 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 co.tyler.tx.us.
Is this the official Tyler 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.