Published: March 28, 2026
As TexArrest continues expanding across counties statewide, we’ve started to uncover something bigger than just individual records: patterns.
With tens of thousands of arrests now indexed, we took a step back to analyze the data across offense categories. What we found paints a clear picture of where law enforcement activity is most concentrated across Texas.
🚨 The Big 3: Most Common Arrest Categories
Three categories dominate the data by a wide margin:
- DWI – 15,767 arrests
- Drug Offenses – 14,932 arrests
- Assault – 12,781 arrests
These categories make up the core of arrest activity across the counties we’ve indexed so far.
👉 What this tells us:
- Alcohol and drug-related offenses continue to drive a large portion of arrests
- Assault-related charges remain one of the most frequently booked offenses statewide
📈 High-Volume Offenses Flying Under the Radar
Beyond the top three, several categories show significant volume but receive less attention:
- Theft – 4,929
- Traffic Offenses – 4,740
- Public Intoxication – 4,604
- Public Order / Disorderly Conduct – 3,357
- Warrants – 3,275
These categories represent everyday enforcement activity and make up a large portion of bookings across multiple counties.
⚠️ Low Numbers, High Impact Offenses
Some categories have lower totals — but carry far more serious implications:
- Online Solicitation of a Minor – 118
- Homicide – 263
- Sex Offenses – 658
- Injury to Child / Elderly / Disabled – 875
While these numbers are smaller, they often generate higher public interest, concern, and engagement.
In fact, during our indexing process, we’ve already observed certain counties showing notably higher enforcement activity in crimes involving children, something we’ll continue to monitor and report on.
🧠 Data Challenges: Why Categorization Isn’t Perfect
One important thing we’ve learned:
Not all agencies label charges the same way.
For example:
- Some domestic violence-related arrests are categorized under general “Assault”
- Others are labeled more specifically as “Family Violence” or similar terms
This inconsistency can cause certain categories to appear smaller than they actually are.
TexArrest is actively working on improving how charges are normalized and categorized to provide more accurate insights over time.
🔍 What This Means Going Forward
This is just the beginning.
As we continue indexing more counties and expanding historical records, TexArrest is evolving into more than a record lookup tool, it’s becoming a data-driven view into arrest trends across Texas.
Future updates will include:
- Deeper offense breakdowns
- County-by-county comparisons
- Trend tracking over time
- Improved categorization accuracy
📢 Final Thoughts
Every record on TexArrest represents a real booking event pulled from official county data. When viewed at scale, those records begin to tell a much larger story.
We’ll continue sharing what we find.
👉 Browse records by offense here:
https://www.texarrest.com/offense/