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.
Crittenden County, Kentucky, has about 9,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Crittenden County Sheriff's Office and one city 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 Crittenden 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: Crittenden County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Crittenden County
The Crittenden County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Crittenden County. It reported 91 arrests for 2025.
One city in Crittenden County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Marion, 2,876 residents: 139 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 Crittenden 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.
- Marion: 139 for 2025, 144 for 2024, 152 for 2023, 162 for 2022, 151 for 2021 and 113 for 2020.
- Crittenden County Sheriff's Office: 91 for 2025, 145 for 2024, 132 for 2023, 130 for 2022, 129 for 2021 and 101 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 230 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 230 in 2025 against 289 in 2024, down 20 percent.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 136 arrests, against 152 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Crittenden County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Crittenden 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 190 people on an average day, down from about 210 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 172 beds, and it is running at 109 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 Crittenden County Sheriff's Office at crittendensheriffky.com (page title: Crittenden County Sheriff's Office | Marion, KY), phone 270-965-3400, 200 Industrial Drive, Suite D Marion, KY 42064, Mon - Fri, 8am - 4pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
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 Crittenden County
For Crittenden County the place to look is the case index of the Crittenden 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/Crittenden.aspx, phone 270-965-4200).
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 Crittenden 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 Crittenden County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 270-965-3400.
- An arrest in Marion: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Crittenden Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 270-965-4200.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at crittendensheriffky.com/open-records-request (page title: Open Records Request | Crittenden County, KY).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Crittenden County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Marion, the one city in Crittenden County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Crittenden Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Crittenden County each year?
Marion reported 139 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 230 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Crittenden County?
Ask the Crittenden County Sheriff's Office at 270-965-3400; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at crittendensheriffky.com.
Where are people arrested in Crittenden County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Crittenden County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Crittenden 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 Crittenden County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Crittenden 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 crittendensheriffky.com/open-records-request.
Is this the official Crittenden 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.