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.
Wheeler County, Texas, has about 4,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Wheeler County Sheriff's Office and one other 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 Wheeler 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: Wheeler County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Wheeler County
The Wheeler County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Wheeler County. It reported 43 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Wheeler County: the Wheeler County Constable's Precinct 2 (other).
How Many Arrests The Wheeler County Sheriff's Office Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Wheeler County Sheriff's Office: 43 for 2025, 113 for 2024, 207 for 2023, 217 for 2022, 230 for 2021 and 123 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
The Wheeler County Sheriff's Office's 43 arrests in 2025 were down 62 percent from 113 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Wheeler County Sheriff's Office reported 49 arrests, against 23 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Wheeler County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Wheeler 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 25 people on an average day, down from about 31 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 48 beds, and it is running at 52 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Wheeler County Sheriff's Office at wheelercountysheriffsoffice.com/inmateSearch (page title: Wheeler County Sheriff’s Office TX), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Wheeler County
An arrest in Wheeler County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Wheeler County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Wheeler County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at wheelercounty.texas.gov/page/District.Clerk, phone 806-826-5931); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at wheelercounty.texas.gov/page/District.Attorney, phone 806-669-8035).
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 Wheeler 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 Wheeler County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest by the Wheeler County Constable's Precinct 2: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 806-669-8035, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Wheeler County District Court, through the court records page at wheelercounty.texas.gov/page/District.Clerk, phone 806-826-5931.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
The other Wheeler County guides go further: warrants, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets, DUI, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Wheeler County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Wheeler 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 Wheeler County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Wheeler County each year?
The Wheeler County Sheriff's Office reported 43 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Wheeler County?
Look on the custody page of the Wheeler County Sheriff's Office at wheelercountysheriffsoffice.com/inmateSearch. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Wheeler County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wheeler County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Wheeler 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 Wheeler County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Wheeler 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 Wheeler 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.