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.
Bullitt County, Kentucky, has about 86,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Bullitt County Sheriff's Office, five 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 Bullitt 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: Bullitt County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Bullitt County
The Bullitt County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Bullitt County. It reported 883 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside five 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:
- Mount Washington, 18,863 residents: 185 arrests reported for 2025.
- Shepherdsville, 14,837 residents: 515 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hillview, 8,962 residents: 307 arrests reported for 2025.
- Pioneer Village, 2,764 residents: 3 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lebanon Junction, 1,818 residents: 19 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 Bullitt County: Bullitt County Public Schools (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Bullitt 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.
- Bullitt County Sheriff's Office: 883 for 2025, 1,030 for 2024, 1,162 for 2023, 946 for 2022, 811 for 2021 and 872 for 2020.
- Shepherdsville: 515 for 2025, 525 for 2024, 593 for 2023, 483 for 2022, 517 for 2021 and 425 for 2020.
- Hillview: 307 for 2025, 418 for 2024, 539 for 2023, 378 for 2022, 471 for 2021 and 299 for 2020.
- Mount Washington: 185 for 2025, 238 for 2024, 254 for 2023, 266 for 2022, 213 for 2021 and 186 for 2020.
- Lebanon Junction: 19 for 2025, 18 for 2024, 27 for 2023, 35 for 2022, 29 for 2021 and 7 for 2020.
- Pioneer Village: 3 for 2025, 4 for 2024, 6 for 2023, 19 for 2022, 17 for 2021 and 8 for 2020.
Together, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,912 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,912 in 2025 against 2,233 in 2024, down 14 percent.
Through July 2026, the six agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,125 arrests, against 1,115 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Bullitt County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bullitt 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 260 people on an average day, down from about 290 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 323 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 jail page of the Bullitt County Sheriff's Office at bullittky.com/?page_id=810 (page title: Detention Center), phone (502) 543-7263, 1671 South Preston Hwy PO Box 768 Shepherdsville, KY 40165, 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 Bullitt County
For Bullitt County the place to look is the case index of the Bullitt 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/Bullitt.aspx, phone 502-543-7104).
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 Bullitt County
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 Bullitt County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (502) 543-7263.
- An arrest in Mount Washington, Shepherdsville, Hillview, Pioneer Village or Lebanon Junction: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by Bullitt County Public Schools: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Bullitt Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 502-543-7104.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Bullitt County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the eight cities in Bullitt County: Mount Washington, Shepherdsville, Hillview, Pioneer Village and Lebanon Junction. Hebron Estates, Fox Chase and Hunters Hollow have 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 Bullitt Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Bullitt County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Shepherdsville (14,837)
- Hillview (8,962)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Bullitt County each year?
The Bullitt County Sheriff's Office reported 883 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the six agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,912 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Bullitt County?
Ask the Bullitt County Sheriff's Office at (502) 543-7263; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at bullittky.com/?page_id=810.
Where are people arrested in Bullitt County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Bullitt County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Bullitt 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 Bullitt County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Bullitt 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 Bullitt 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.