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.
Campbell County, Kentucky, has about 94,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Campbell County Sheriff's Office, one other county agency, nine city agencies and one campus 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 Campbell 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: Campbell County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Campbell County
The Campbell County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Campbell County. It reported 101 arrests for 2025.
The Campbell County Police Department also reports arrests to the FBI as another county agency of Campbell County.
Arrests inside nine 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:
- Fort Thomas, 16,914 residents: 334 arrests reported for 2025.
- Newport, 13,792 residents: 1,435 arrests reported for 2025.
- Alexandria, 10,819 residents: 124 arrests reported for 2025.
- Cold Spring, 6,499 residents: 230 arrests reported for 2025.
- Highland Heights, 6,292 residents: 86 arrests reported for 2025.
- Dayton, 5,854 residents: 149 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bellevue, 5,738 residents: 146 arrests reported for 2025.
- Southgate, 3,802 residents: 177 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wilder, 3,091 residents: 125 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 Campbell County: Northern Kentucky University (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Campbell 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.
- Newport: 1,435 for 2025, 1,471 for 2024, 1,193 for 2023, 907 for 2022, 831 for 2021 and 947 for 2020.
- Fort Thomas: 334 for 2025, 428 for 2024, 398 for 2023, 286 for 2022, 372 for 2021 and 342 for 2020.
- Campbell County Police Department: 277 for 2025, 276 for 2024, 288 for 2023, 278 for 2022, 218 for 2021 and 315 for 2020.
- Cold Spring: 230 for 2025, 201 for 2024, 173 for 2023, 151 for 2022, 251 for 2021 and 194 for 2020.
- Southgate: 177 for 2025, 209 for 2024, 120 for 2023, 86 for 2022, 92 for 2021 and 66 for 2020.
- Dayton: 149 for 2025, 166 for 2024, 157 for 2023, 165 for 2022, 193 for 2021 and 202 for 2020.
- Bellevue: 146 for 2025, 186 for 2024, 189 for 2023, 180 for 2022, 153 for 2021 and 208 for 2020.
- Wilder: 125 for 2025, 134 for 2024, 102 for 2023, 101 for 2022, 144 for 2021 and 117 for 2020.
- Alexandria: 124 for 2025, 170 for 2024, 219 for 2023, 270 for 2022, 222 for 2021 and 227 for 2020.
- Campbell County Sheriff's Office: 101 for 2025, 104 for 2024, 384 for 2023, 414 for 2022, 304 for 2021 and 116 for 2020.
- Highland Heights: 86 for 2025, 125 for 2024, 132 for 2023, 180 for 2022, 270 for 2021 and 184 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Together, the 11 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,184 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,184 in 2025 against 3,470 in 2024, down 8.2 percent.
Through August 2026, the 11 agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,927 arrests, against 2,187 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Campbell County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Campbell 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 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 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 Campbell County
For Campbell County 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 Campbell 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 Campbell County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Fort Thomas, Newport, Alexandria, Cold Spring, Highland Heights, Dayton or another of the cities listed above: 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 Northern Kentucky University: the records office of the agency involved.
- 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 other Campbell County guides go further: warrants, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Campbell County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for nine of the 15 cities in Campbell County: Fort Thomas, Newport, Alexandria, Cold Spring, Highland Heights, Dayton, Bellevue, Southgate and Wilder. Silver Grove, Melbourne, Crestview, Mentor, Woodlawn and California 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 Campbell Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Campbell County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Newport (13,792)
- Alexandria (10,819)
- Cold Spring (6,499)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Campbell County each year?
Newport reported 1,435 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 11 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,184 between them.
Where are people arrested in Campbell County 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 Campbell 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 Campbell County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Campbell 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 campbellcountyattorney.com/recordsrrequest-2.
Is this the official Campbell 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.