Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in Mercer County, has about 9,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. 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 Mercer Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Harrodsburg public records, Mercer County arrest records, Kentucky arrest records and Kentucky inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Harrodsburg
The FBI lists Harrodsburg with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Harrodsburg Police Department. It reported 412 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Mercer County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 104 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Mercer County: Mercer County Schools and the Burgin Independent School District (other).
How Many Arrests Harrodsburg Reports
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.
- Harrodsburg: 412 for 2025, 545 for 2024, 566 for 2023, 419 for 2022, 471 for 2021 and 409 for 2020.
Harrodsburg's 412 arrests in 2025 were down 24 percent from 545 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Harrodsburg reported 161 arrests, against 277 in the same months of 2025.
Across Mercer County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 516 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Harrodsburg Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Harrodsburg 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.
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 Harrodsburg
For Harrodsburg the place to look is the case index of the Mercer 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/Mercer.aspx, phone 859-734-8452).
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 Harrodsburg
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Harrodsburg police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at harrodsburgky.gov/Blog/12/police-department (page title: City of Harrodsburg, Kentucky | Police Department), phone 859-734-5120, 1300 Louisville Road Harrodsburg, KY 40330, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Mercer County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Mercer Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 859-734-8452.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Mercer County guide covers every agency in the county: Mercer County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Harrodsburg each year?
Harrodsburg reported 412 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Harrodsburg booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Mercer County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Harrodsburg?
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 Harrodsburg?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Harrodsburg police for its own arrests, the Mercer County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Kentucky Open Records Act the answer is due within 5 business days.
Is this the official Harrodsburg 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.