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 between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Upshur County, Texas, has about 44,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Upshur County Sheriff's Office, four 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 Upshur 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: Upshur County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Upshur County
The Upshur County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Upshur County. It reported 191 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists four cities in Upshur County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Gilmer, 5,207 residents: 106 arrests reported for 2025.
- Big Sandy, 1,326 residents: 48 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ore City, 1,199 residents: 2 arrests reported for 2025.
- East Mountain, 964 residents: 2 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 Gladewater Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Upshur County, so its arrests are not broken out for Upshur County here.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Upshur County: the Upshur County Constable's Precincts 1, 3 and 4 (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Upshur 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.
- Upshur County Sheriff's Office: 191 for 2025, 190 for 2024, 198 for 2021 and 158 for 2020; 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- Gilmer: 106 for 2025, 187 for 2024, 179 for 2023, 225 for 2022, 246 for 2021 and 230 for 2020.
- Big Sandy: 48 for 2025, 48 for 2024, 16 for 2023, 23 for 2022, 29 for 2021 and 80 for 2020.
- Ore City: 2 for 2025, 2 for 2024, 17 for 2021, 16 for 2020 and 71 for 2019; 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- East Mountain: 2 for 2025, 2 for 2024 and 6 for 2023.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 349 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 349 in 2025 against 429 in 2024, down 19 percent.
Through August 2026, the five agencies with every month so far on file reported 228 arrests, against 228 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Upshur County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Upshur 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 120 people on an average day, down from about 160 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 226 beds, and it is running at 54 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 Upshur County Sheriff's Office at countyofupshur.com/page/sheriff (page title: County of Upshur), phone 903-843-2541, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Upshur County
For Upshur County the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at countyofupshur.com/page/district_attorney, phone 903-843-5513).
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 Upshur 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 Upshur County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 903-843-2541.
- An arrest in Gilmer, Big Sandy, Ore City or East Mountain: 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 Upshur County Constable's Precincts 1, 3 and 4: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 903-843-5513, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Upshur County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the five cities in Upshur County: Gilmer, Big Sandy, Ore City and East Mountain. Union Grove has 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 Upshur County District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Upshur County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Gilmer (5,207)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Upshur County each year?
The Upshur County Sheriff's Office reported 191 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 349 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Upshur County?
Ask the Upshur County Sheriff's Office at 903-843-2541; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at countyofupshur.com/page/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Upshur County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Upshur County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Upshur 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 Upshur County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Upshur 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 Upshur 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.