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Comal County, Texas sentencing data

As of August 31, 2026, according to Texas Department of Criminal Justice records, 1,138 people sentenced in Comal County were held in Texas state prisons. Their median sentence is 15 years, longer than the statewide median of 10 years. 45% are serving 20 years or more, compared with 37% statewide. The most common offense is possession controlled substance.

1,138people in prison

15 yearsmedian sentence (state: 10 years)

45%serving 20+ years (state: 37%)

57life sentences

See Comal County records County sentencing report

Sentences by offense: Comal County vs. Texas

Offenses with 10+ people. Median of the longest sentence from each person's most recent sentencing; life and death sentences not included.

Offense	People	Comal median (yrs)	Texas median (yrs)
Possession Controlled Substance	182	10	6
Possession w/ Intent to Deliver	92	20	15
Aggravated Assault	87	12	10
Bail Jumping / Failure to Appear	78	8	8
DWI	57	7	6
Aggravated Robbery	44	25	15
Evading Arrest	43	10	6
Aggravated Sexual Assault Child	36	35	25
Assault Family Violence	30	9.5	5
Burglary of Habitation	30	14.5	10
Unlawful Possession of Firearm	23	8	6
Murder	21	35	35

Race

Group	People	Share
White	568	50%
Hispanic	460	40%
Black	104	9.1%

Groups with fewer than 10 people are not shown.

Other Texas counties

Anderson Andrews Angelina Aransas Archer Atascosa Austin Bailey Bandera Bastrop Baylor Bee Bell Bexar Blanco Bosque Bowie Brazoria Brazos Brewster Brooks Brown Burleson Burnet Caldwell Calhoun Callahan Cameron Camp Carson Cass Castro Chambers Cherokee Childress Clay Coleman Collin Collingsworth Colorado Comal Comanche Cooke Coryell Dallam Dallas Dawson Deaf Smith Delta Denton Dewitt Dimmit Donley Duval Eastland Ector Edwards El Paso Ellis Erath Falls Fannin Fayette Fisher Floyd Fort Bend Franklin Freestone Frio Gaines Galveston Garza Gillespie Goliad Gonzales Gray Grayson Gregg Grimes Guadalupe Hale Hall Hamilton Hardeman Hardin Harris Harrison Hartley Haskell Hays Henderson Hidalgo Hill Hockley Hood Hopkins Houston Howard Hunt Hutchinson Jack Jackson Jasper Jefferson Jim Wells Johnson Jones Karnes Kaufman Kendall Kenedy Kerr Kimble Kinney Kleberg Lamar Lamb Lampasas Lasalle Lavaca Lee Leon Liberty Limestone Live Oak Llano Lubbock Lynn Madison Marion Matagorda Maverick McCulloch McLennan McMullen Medina Midland Milam Mills Mitchell Montague Montgomery Moore Morris Nacogdoches Navarro Newton Nolan Nueces Ochiltree Orange Palo Pinto Panola Parker Parmer Pecos Polk Potter Rains Randall Real Red River Reeves Refugio Robertson Rockwall Runnels Rusk Sabine San Augustine San Jacinto San Patricio San Saba Schleicher Scurry Shelby Sherman Smith Somervell Starr Stephens Swisher Tarrant Taylor Terry Titus Tom Green Travis Trinity Tyler Upshur Uvalde Val Verde Van Zandt Victoria Walker Waller Ward Washington Webb Wharton Wheeler Wichita Wilbarger Willacy Williamson Wilson Winkler Wise Wood Young Zapata Zavala

About this data

Source: Texas Department of Criminal Justice public inmate records. People currently in state prison custody whose longest sentence was imposed in Comal County, one record per person, using the longest sentence from their most recent sentencing. Criminal history is not in the data, so differences between counties can reflect prior records as well as sentencing practice.