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.
Estill County, Kentucky, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Estill County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies 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 Estill 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: Estill County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Estill County
The Estill County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Estill County. It reported 148 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two 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:
- Irvine, 2,287 residents: 414 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ravenna, 555 residents: 11 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 Estill County: Estill County Schools (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Estill 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.
- Irvine: 414 for 2025, 511 for 2024, 388 for 2023, 368 for 2022 and 335 for 2021.
- Estill County Sheriff's Office: 148 for 2025, 111 for 2024, 188 for 2023, 246 for 2022, 315 for 2021 and 282 for 2020.
- Ravenna: 11 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 0 for 2021 and 0 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 573 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 573 in 2025 against 622 in 2024, down 7.9 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 208 arrests, against 312 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Estill County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Estill 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.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 49 people, up from about 26 in 2017. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 38 beds, and it ran at 128 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Estill County Sheriff's Office at estillky.com/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Estill County Kentucky), phone (606) 723-2323, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Estill County
For Estill County the place to look is the case index of the Estill 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/Estill.aspx, phone 606-723-3970).
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 Estill 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 Estill County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (606) 723-2323.
- An arrest in Irvine or Ravenna: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Estill County Schools: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Estill Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 606-723-3970.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at estill.countyclerk.us/open-records-policy (page title: Open Records Policy | Estill County Kentucky Clerk).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Estill County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Estill County: Irvine and Ravenna.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Estill Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Estill County each year?
Irvine reported 414 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 573 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Estill County?
Ask the Estill County Sheriff's Office at (606) 723-2323; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at estillky.com/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Estill County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Estill County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Estill 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 Estill County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Estill 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 estill.countyclerk.us/open-records-policy.
Is this the official Estill 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.