Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. 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 30, 2026.
Barren County, Kentucky, has about 46,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Barren County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and one other agency. An arrest 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 Barren Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Barren County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Barren County
The Barren County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Barren County. It reported 284 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Glasgow, 15,388 residents: 1,280 arrests reported for 2025.
- Cave City, 2,394 residents: 176 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Barren County: Barren County Drug Task Force (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Barren County
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.
- Glasgow: 1,280 for 2025, 1,347 for 2024, 1,383 for 2023, 1,731 for 2022, 1,716 for 2021 and 2,116 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Barren County Sheriff's Office: 284 for 2025, 432 for 2024, 532 for 2023, 575 for 2022, 550 for 2021 and 629 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Cave City: 176 for 2025, 212 for 2024, 259 for 2023, 261 for 2022, 299 for 2021 and 178 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,740 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,740 in 2025 against 1,991 in 2024, down 13 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 924 arrests, against 1,052 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Barren County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Barren County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 190 people on an average day, down from about 210 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 178 beds, and it is running at 107 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Barren County Sheriff's Office at barrencountysheriff.ky.gov/Pages/index.aspx (page title: Barren County Sheriff), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Kentucky Department of Corrections lists its inmates at kool.corrections.ky.gov/.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Barren County
For Barren County the place to look is the case index of the Barren 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/Barren.aspx, phone 270-651-3763).
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 Barren County
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 Barren County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Glasgow or Cave City: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Barren County Drug Task Force: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Barren Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 270-651-3763.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Barren County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Barren County: Glasgow and Cave City. Park City has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Barren Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Barren County each year?
Glasgow reported 1,280 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,740 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Barren County?
Ask the Barren County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at barrencountysheriff.ky.gov/Pages/index.aspx.
Where are people arrested in Barren County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Barren County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Barren County?
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 Barren County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Barren 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.
Is this the official Barren County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.