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.
Wichita County, Texas, has about 130,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Wichita County Sheriff's Office, four city agencies and eight 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 Wichita 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: Wichita County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Wichita County
The Wichita County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Wichita County. It reported 503 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside four 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:
- Wichita Falls, 102,372 residents: 2,303 arrests reported for 2025.
- Burkburnett, 11,101 residents: 127 arrests reported for 2025.
- Iowa Park, 6,583 residents: 73 arrests reported for 2025.
- Electra, 2,249 residents: 74 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 Wichita County: Midwestern State University (campus police); the Wichita County Constable's Precincts 4 and 2, the City View Independent School District, the Burkburnett Independent School District, Wichita Falls Arson Unit and two more (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Wichita 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.
- Wichita Falls: 2,303 for 2025, 1,899 for 2024, 2,069 for 2023, 2,344 for 2022, 2,439 for 2021 and 3,403 for 2020.
- Wichita County Sheriff's Office: 503 for 2025, 466 for 2024, 625 for 2023, 562 for 2022, 315 for 2021 and 848 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Burkburnett: 127 for 2025, 142 for 2024, 192 for 2023, 131 for 2022, 233 for 2021 and 408 for 2020.
- Electra: 74 for 2025, 112 for 2024, 63 for 2023, 64 for 2021, 69 for 2020 and 118 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
- Iowa Park: 73 for 2025, 84 for 2024, 77 for 2023, 84 for 2022, 92 for 2021 and 62 for 2020.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,080 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,080 in 2025 against 2,703 in 2024, up 14 percent.
Through August 2026, the five agencies with every month so far on file reported 2,243 arrests, against 1,940 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Wichita County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Wichita 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 560 people on an average day, up from about 480 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 719 beds, and it is running at 77 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Wichita County
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 Wichita 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 Wichita County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Wichita Falls, Burkburnett, Iowa Park or Electra: 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 Midwestern State University, the Wichita County Constable's Precincts 4 and 2 or the City View Independent School District: the records office of the agency involved.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Wichita County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the six cities in Wichita County: Wichita Falls, Burkburnett, Iowa Park and Electra. Pleasant Valley and Cashion Community 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 Wichita County District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Wichita County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Wichita Falls (102,372)
- Burkburnett (11,101)
- Iowa Park (6,583)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Wichita County each year?
Wichita Falls reported 2,303 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,080 between them.
Where are people arrested in Wichita County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wichita County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Wichita 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 Wichita County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Wichita 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 Wichita 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.