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 on September 23, 2026.
Wilson County, Texas, has about 55,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Wilson County Sheriff's Office, three city agencies 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 Wilson 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: Wilson County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Wilson County
The Wilson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Wilson County. It reported 475 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three 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:
- Floresville, 8,738 residents: 131 arrests reported for 2025.
- Poth, 1,992 residents: 34 arrests reported for 2025.
- La Vernia, 1,483 residents: 48 arrests reported for 2024.
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 Elmendorf Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Wilson County, so its arrests are not broken out for Wilson County here.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Wilson County: the Floresville Independent School District (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Wilson County
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.
- Wilson County Sheriff's Office: 475 for 2025, 487 for 2024, 556 for 2023, 426 for 2022, 272 for 2021 and 181 for 2020.
- Floresville: 131 for 2025, 73 for 2024, 101 for 2023, 99 for 2022, 108 for 2021 and 80 for 2020.
- Poth: 34 for 2025, 32 for 2024, 14 for 2023 and 41 for 2022.
- La Vernia: 48 for 2024, 121 for 2023 and 94 for 2022.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 640 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 640 in 2025 against 592 in 2024, up 8.1 percent.
Through August 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 431 arrests, against 442 in the same months of 2025.
La Vernia reported only part of 2025 (8 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Wilson County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Wilson County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 130 people on an average day, up from about 110 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 160 beds, and it is running at 79 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 Wilson County Sheriff's Office at co.wilson.tx.us/page/wilson.sheriff (page title: Wilson County, Texas), phone 830-393-2535, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Wilson County
An arrest in Wilson County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Wilson County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.wilson.tx.us/page/wilson.court.dockets); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.wilson.tx.us/page/wilson.district.attorney, phone 830-393-2200).
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 Wilson 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 Wilson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 830-393-2535.
- An arrest in Floresville, Poth or La Vernia: 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 the Floresville Independent School District: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 830-393-2200, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Wilson County District Court, through the court records page at co.wilson.tx.us/page/wilson.court.dockets.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Wilson County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the four cities in Wilson County: Floresville, Poth and La Vernia. Stockdale has 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 Wilson County District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Wilson County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Floresville (8,738)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Wilson County each year?
The Wilson County Sheriff's Office reported 475 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 640 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Wilson County?
Ask the Wilson County Sheriff's Office at 830-393-2535; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.wilson.tx.us/page/wilson.sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Wilson County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wilson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Wilson 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 Wilson County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Wilson 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 Wilson 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.