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.
Upton County, Texas, has about 3,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Upton County Sheriff's Office. 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 Upton 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: Upton County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Upton County
The Upton County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Upton County. It reported 14 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Upton County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Upton County Sheriff's Office: 14 for 2025, 11 for 2024, 31 for 2023, 55 for 2022, 69 for 2021 and 99 for 2020.
Through August 2026, Upton County Sheriff's Office reported 6 arrests, against 11 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Upton County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Upton 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 20 people on an average day, down from about 39 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 54 beds, and it is running at 37 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 Upton County Sheriff's Office at co.upton.tx.us/page/upton.Sheriff (page title: Upton County Sheriff's Office), phone 432-693-2422, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Upton County
For Upton County the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.upton.tx.us/page/upton.District.Attorney, phone 325-392-2025).
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 Upton 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 Upton County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 432-693-2422.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 325-392-2025, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Upton County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Upton County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Upton County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Upton County each year?
The Upton County Sheriff's Office reported 14 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Upton County?
Ask the Upton County Sheriff's Office at 432-693-2422; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.upton.tx.us/page/upton.Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Upton County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Upton County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Upton 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 Upton County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Upton 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 Upton 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.