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 28, 2026.
Breckinridge County, Kentucky, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Breckinridge County Sheriff's Office and three city agencies. 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 Breckinridge 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: Breckinridge County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Breckinridge County
The Breckinridge County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Breckinridge County. It reported 342 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three 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:
- Hardinsburg, 2,487 residents: 59 arrests reported for 2025.
- Irvington, 1,383 residents: 60 arrests reported for 2025.
- Cloverport, 1,144 residents: 3 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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Breckinridge County
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.
- Breckinridge County Sheriff's Office: 342 for 2025, 351 for 2024, 416 for 2023, 389 for 2022, 401 for 2021 and 329 for 2020.
- Irvington: 60 for 2025, 84 for 2024, 120 for 2022, 187 for 2021 and 146 for 2019; 2020 and 2023 are missing months.
- Hardinsburg: 59 for 2025, 91 for 2023, 99 for 2022, 117 for 2021, 71 for 2020 and 66 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
- Cloverport: 3 for 2025, 39 for 2024, 36 for 2023, 6 for 2021 and 3 for 2020; 2022 is missing months.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 464 arrests that year. The three of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 405 in 2025 against 474 in 2024, down 15 percent.
Through July 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 242 arrests, against 262 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Breckinridge County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Breckinridge County 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 180 people on an average day, up from about 150 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 191 beds, and it is running at 92 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 Breckinridge County Sheriff's Office at breckinridgecountysheriff.net (page title: Breckinridge County Sheriff's Office), phone 270-756-2361, 208 South Main Street, #210 PO BOX 127 Hardinsburg, KY 40143, Mon - Fri, 8am - 4pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
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 Breckinridge County
For Breckinridge County the place to look is the case index of the Breckinridge 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/Breckinridge.aspx, phone 270-756-2239).
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 Breckinridge 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 Breckinridge County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 270-756-2361.
- An arrest in Hardinsburg, Irvington or Cloverport: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Breckinridge Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 270-756-2239.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at breckinridgecountysheriff.net (page title: Open Records Request | Breckinridge County Sheriff's Office).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Breckinridge County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the three cities in Breckinridge County: Hardinsburg, Irvington and Cloverport.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Breckinridge Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Breckinridge County each year?
The Breckinridge County Sheriff's Office reported 342 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 464 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Breckinridge County?
Ask the Breckinridge County Sheriff's Office at 270-756-2361; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at breckinridgecountysheriff.net.
Where are people arrested in Breckinridge County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Breckinridge County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Breckinridge 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 Breckinridge County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Breckinridge 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 breckinridgecountysheriff.net.
Is this the official Breckinridge 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.