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 October 4, 2026.
Christian County, Kentucky, has about 71,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Christian County Sheriff's Office, three city agencies and two other 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 Christian 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: Christian County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Christian County
The Christian County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Christian County. It reported 1,151 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists three cities in Christian County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Hopkinsville, 30,800 residents: 2,166 arrests reported for 2025.
- Oak Grove, 7,973 residents: 496 arrests reported for 2025.
- Pembroke, 887 residents: 0 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 these agencies in Christian County: Pennyrile Narcotics Task Force and Christian County Schools (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Christian 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.
- Hopkinsville: 2,166 for 2025, 2,653 for 2024, 3,331 for 2023, 2,538 for 2022, 2,489 for 2021 and 2,077 for 2020.
- Christian County Sheriff's Office: 1,151 for 2025, 1,221 for 2024, 1,296 for 2023, 2,088 for 2022, 1,905 for 2021 and 1,188 for 2020.
- Oak Grove: 496 for 2025, 466 for 2024, 567 for 2023, 524 for 2022, 606 for 2021 and 574 for 2020.
- Pembroke: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 1 for 2023, 1 for 2022, 3 for 2021 and 0 for 2020.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,813 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,813 in 2025 against 4,340 in 2024, down 12 percent.
Through July 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,986 arrests, against 2,312 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Christian County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Christian 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 800 people on an average day, up from about 680 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 705 beds, and it is running at 114 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 Christian County Sheriff's Office at christiancountyky.gov/county-sheriff (page title: Christian County Sheriff), phone (270) 887-4143, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Christian County
For Christian County the place to look is the case index of the Christian 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/Christian.aspx, phone 270-889-6539).
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 Christian 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 Christian County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (270) 887-4143.
- An arrest in Hopkinsville, Oak Grove or Pembroke: 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 Pennyrile Narcotics Task Force or Christian County Schools: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Christian Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 270-889-6539.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at christiancountyky.gov/open-records-request (page title: Christian County, Kentucky | Open Records Request).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Christian County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the five cities in Christian County: Hopkinsville, Oak Grove and Pembroke. Crofton and LaFayette 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 Christian Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Christian County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Oak Grove (7,973)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Christian County each year?
Hopkinsville reported 2,166 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,813 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Christian County?
Ask the Christian County Sheriff's Office at (270) 887-4143; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at christiancountyky.gov/county-sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Christian County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Christian County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Christian 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 Christian County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Christian 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 christiancountyky.gov/open-records-request.
Is this the official Christian 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.