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.
Fulton County, Kentucky, has about 6,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office and two city 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 Fulton 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: Fulton County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Fulton County
The Fulton County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Fulton County. It reported 143 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Fulton County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Hickman, 2,282 residents: 91 arrests reported for 2025.
- Fulton, 2,268 residents: 103 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 Fulton 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.
- Fulton County Sheriff's Office: 143 for 2025, 157 for 2024, 261 for 2023, 191 for 2022, 153 for 2021 and 111 for 2020.
- Fulton: 103 for 2025, 134 for 2024, 175 for 2023, 213 for 2022, 157 for 2021 and 142 for 2020.
- Hickman: 91 for 2025, 106 for 2024, 37 for 2023, 7 for 2021, 10 for 2020 and 2 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 337 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 337 in 2025 against 397 in 2024, down 15 percent.
Through August 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 215 arrests, against 230 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Fulton County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Fulton 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 410 people on an average day, down from about 520 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 525 beds, and it is running at 78 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 Fulton County Sheriff's Office at fultoncounty.ky.gov/elected-officials/Pages/sheriff.aspx (page title: Sheriff | Fulton County), phone (270) 236-2545, 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 Fulton County
For Fulton County the place to look is the case index of the Fulton 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/Fulton.aspx, phone 270-236-3944).
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 Fulton County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Fulton County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (270) 236-2545.
- An arrest in Hickman or Fulton: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Fulton Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 270-236-3944.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at fultoncounty.ky.gov (page title: Open Records | Fulton County).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Fulton County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Fulton County: Hickman and Fulton.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Fulton Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Fulton County each year?
The Fulton County Sheriff's Office reported 143 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 337 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Fulton County?
Ask the Fulton County Sheriff's Office at (270) 236-2545; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at fultoncounty.ky.gov.
Where are people arrested in Fulton County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Fulton 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 Fulton County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Fulton 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 fultoncounty.ky.gov.
Is this the official Fulton 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.