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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 24, 2026.
Edmonson County, Kentucky, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Edmonson 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 Edmonson 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: Edmonson County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Edmonson County
The Edmonson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Edmonson County. It reported 143 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Edmonson County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Brownsville, 894 residents: 2 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 Edmonson 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.
- Edmonson County Sheriff's Office: 143 for 2025, 217 for 2024, 261 for 2023, 261 for 2022, 237 for 2021 and 176 for 2020.
- Brownsville: 2 for 2025, 34 for 2024, 56 for 2023, 63 for 2022, 28 for 2021 and 17 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 145 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 145 in 2025 against 251 in 2024, down 42 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 81 arrests, against 97 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Edmonson County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Edmonson 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.
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 Edmonson County
For Edmonson County the place to look is the case index of the Edmonson 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/Edmonson.aspx, phone 270-597-2584).
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 Edmonson 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 Edmonson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Brownsville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Edmonson Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 270-597-2584.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Edmonson County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Brownsville, the one city in Edmonson County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Edmonson Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Edmonson County each year?
The Edmonson County Sheriff's Office reported 143 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 145 between them.
Where are people arrested in Edmonson County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Edmonson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Edmonson 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 Edmonson County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Edmonson 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 Edmonson 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.