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 on September 24, 2026.
Clinton County, Kentucky, has about 9,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Clinton County Sheriff's Office, one city agency 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 Clinton 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: Clinton County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Clinton County
The Clinton County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Clinton County. It reported 355 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Clinton County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Albany, 1,744 residents: 108 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 Clinton County: Clinton County Schools (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Clinton 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.
- Clinton County Sheriff's Office: 355 for 2025, 336 for 2024, 281 for 2023, 343 for 2022, 370 for 2021 and 296 for 2020.
- Albany: 108 for 2025, 123 for 2024, 159 for 2023, 166 for 2022, 131 for 2021 and 78 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 463 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 463 in 2025 against 459 in 2024, up 0.9 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 207 arrests, against 279 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Clinton County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Clinton 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.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 24 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 18 beds, and it ran at 133 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Clinton County
For Clinton County the place to look is the case index of the Clinton 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/Clinton.aspx, phone 606-387-6424).
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 Clinton 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 Clinton County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Albany: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Clinton County Schools: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Clinton Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 606-387-6424.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Clinton County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Albany, the one city in Clinton County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Clinton Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Clinton County each year?
The Clinton County Sheriff's Office reported 355 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 463 between them.
Where are people arrested in Clinton County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Clinton County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Clinton 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 Clinton County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Clinton 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 Clinton 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.