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. 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 September 26, 2026.
Newport, Kentucky, in Campbell County, has about 14,000 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 Campbell 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: Newport public records, Campbell County arrest records, Kentucky arrest records and Kentucky inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Newport
The FBI lists Newport with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Newport Police Department. It reported 1,435 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 Campbell County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 101 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Campbell County: Northern Kentucky University (campus police).
How Many Arrests Newport Reports
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.
- Newport: 1,435 for 2025, 1,471 for 2024, 1,193 for 2023, 907 for 2022, 831 for 2021 and 947 for 2020.
Newport's 1,435 arrests in 2025 were down 2.4 percent from 1,471 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Newport reported 863 arrests, against 985 in the same months of 2025.
Across Campbell County, the 11 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,184 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Newport Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Newport 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 400 people on an average day, down from about 690 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 685 beds, and it is running at 59 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Newport
For Newport the place to look is the case index of the Campbell Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at campbellcountyclerk.ky.gov/records-2, phone (866) 652-0111).
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 Newport
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 Newport police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at newportky.gov/m/faq?cat=22#question-115 (page title: FAQs | CivicPlus.CMS.FAQ), phone 859-292-3680, 998 Monmouth Street, Newport, KY 41071, Monday through Friday from 8 am until 4:30 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Campbell County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Campbell Circuit Court, through the court records page at campbellcountyclerk.ky.gov/records-2, phone (866) 652-0111.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at campbellcountyattorney.com/recordsrrequest-2 (page title: Open Records Request | Campbell County Attorney).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Campbell County guide covers every agency in the county: Campbell County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Newport each year?
Newport reported 1,435 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Newport booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Campbell County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Newport?
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 Newport?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Newport police for its own arrests, the Campbell County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Kentucky Open Records Act the answer is due within 5 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at campbellcountyattorney.com/recordsrrequest-2.
Is this the official Newport 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.