Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. 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 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Crestwood, Kentucky, in Oldham County, has about 6,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the Commonwealth's Attorney files charges, a case in the Oldham Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Crestwood public records, Oldham County arrest records, Kentucky arrest records and Kentucky inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Crestwood
The FBI lists no arrest reporting agency under the name of Crestwood. In Oldham County the county agency that reports arrests is the Oldham County Sheriff's Office.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Crestwood Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Crestwood 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 260 people on an average day, down from about 300 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 330 beds, and it is running at 80 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 Oldham County Sheriff's Office at oldhamcountysheriff.com (page title: Oldham County Jail Roster Lookup, KY, Inmate Search), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Kentucky Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at kool.corrections.ky.gov/.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Crestwood
An arrest in Crestwood can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Oldham County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Oldham Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Oldham.aspx, phone 502-222-9837).
Kentucky is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Administrative Office of the Courts, not the state police, sells name-based criminal record reports to the public, for $25 a search, through the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts. 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 Crestwood
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 Kentucky Open Records Act the agency must answer within 5 business days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying, 10 cents a page for standard copies.
- An arrest by the Crestwood police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at crestwoodky.gov/police-reports (page title: Police Reports | The City of Crestwood, Kentucky), phone (502) 241-7088, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Oldham County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Oldham Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 502-222-9837.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at oldhamcountyky.gov/openrecords (page title: Open Records Request | Oldham County Fiscal Court).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Oldham County guide covers every agency in the county: Oldham County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are people arrested in Crestwood booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Oldham County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Crestwood?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts: the Administrative Office of the Courts, not the state police, sells name-based criminal record reports to the public, for $25. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Kentucky Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Crestwood?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Oldham County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Kentucky Open Records Act the answer is due within 5 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at oldhamcountyky.gov/openrecords.
Is this the official Crestwood website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.