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 October 9, 2026.
Uvalde County, Texas, has about 25,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Uvalde County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and one campus agency. 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 Uvalde 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: Uvalde County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Uvalde County
The Uvalde County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Uvalde County. It reported 96 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Uvalde, 15,589 residents: 260 arrests reported for 2025.
- Sabinal, 1,383 residents: 14 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 one more agency in Uvalde County: Southwest Texas College (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Uvalde 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.
- Uvalde: 260 for 2025, 337 for 2024, 439 for 2023, 705 for 2022, 970 for 2021 and 963 for 2020.
- Uvalde County Sheriff's Office: 96 for 2025, 129 for 2024, 137 for 2023, 235 for 2022, 215 for 2021 and 284 for 2020.
- Sabinal: 14 for 2025, 17 for 2024, 36 for 2023, 70 for 2022, 33 for 2021 and 62 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 370 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 370 in 2025 against 483 in 2024, down 23 percent.
Through June 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 173 arrests, against 176 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Uvalde County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Uvalde 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 180 people on an average day, up from about 160 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 218 beds, and it is running at 84 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 Uvalde County Sheriff's Office at uvaldecounty.gov/uvalde-county-sheriff (page title: COUNTY SHERIFF | UVALDECOUNTY), phone (830) 278-4111, 339 King Fisher Ln., Box 1 Uvalde, TX 78801, 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 Uvalde County
Whether someone was arrested in Uvalde County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Uvalde County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at uvaldecounty.gov/uvalde-county-clerk, phone (830) 278-6614); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at 38thda.org, phone (830) 278-2916).
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 Uvalde 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 Uvalde County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (830) 278-4111.
- An arrest in Uvalde or Sabinal: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Southwest Texas College: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (830) 278-2916, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Uvalde County District Court, through the court records page at uvaldecounty.gov/uvalde-county-clerk, phone (830) 278-6614.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The other Uvalde County guides go further: warrants, inmate search, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets, DUI, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Uvalde County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Uvalde County: Uvalde and Sabinal.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Uvalde County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Uvalde County each year?
Uvalde reported 260 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 370 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Uvalde County?
Ask the Uvalde County Sheriff's Office at (830) 278-4111; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at uvaldecounty.gov/uvalde-county-sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Uvalde County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Uvalde County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Uvalde 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 Uvalde County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Uvalde 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 Uvalde 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.