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 4, 2026.
Walker County, Texas, has about 84,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Walker County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and two 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 Walker 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: Walker County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Walker County
The Walker County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Walker County. It reported 349 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Walker County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Huntsville, 49,500 residents: 1,694 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 these agencies in Walker County: Sam Houston State University (campus police); the Walker County Constable's Precinct 4 (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Walker 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.
- Huntsville: 1,694 for 2025, 1,675 for 2024, 1,719 for 2023, 1,648 for 2022, 1,619 for 2021 and 1,910 for 2020.
- Walker County Sheriff's Office: 349 for 2025, 327 for 2024, 288 for 2023, 317 for 2022, 269 for 2021 and 243 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,043 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,043 in 2025 against 2,002 in 2024, up 2 percent.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,260 arrests, against 1,413 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Walker County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Walker 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 190 people on an average day, down from about 200 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 268 beds, and it is running at 70 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 Walker County Sheriff's Office at co.walker.tx.us/department/index.php?structureid=21 (page title: Jail | Walker County, TX), phone (936) 435-2412, 1100 University Ave., Huntsville, TX 77340, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Walker County
An arrest in Walker County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Walker County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.walker.tx.us/department/index.php?structureid=15, phone 936-436-4971); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.walker.tx.us/department/index.php?structureid=14, phone (936) 435-2441).
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 Walker 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 Walker County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (936) 435-2412.
- An arrest in Huntsville: 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 Sam Houston State University or the Walker County Constable's Precinct 4: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (936) 435-2441, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Walker County District Court, through the court records page at co.walker.tx.us, phone 936-436-4971.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.walker.tx.us (page title: Document Center | Public Information Act Requests | Walker County, TX).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Walker County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the three cities in Walker County: Huntsville. New Waverly and Riverside 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 Walker County District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Walker County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Huntsville (49,500)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Walker County each year?
Huntsville reported 1,694 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,043 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Walker County?
Ask the Walker County Sheriff's Office at (936) 435-2412; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.walker.tx.us.
Where are people arrested in Walker County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Walker County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Walker 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 Walker County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Walker 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.walker.tx.us.
Is this the official Walker 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.