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.
Grayson County, Kentucky, has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Grayson County Sheriff's Office and three 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 Grayson 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: Grayson County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Grayson County
The Grayson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Grayson County. It reported 311 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three 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:
- Leitchfield, 6,895 residents: 206 arrests reported for 2025.
- Clarkson, 967 residents: 11 arrests reported for 2025.
- Caneyville, 536 residents: 1 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 Grayson 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.
- Grayson County Sheriff's Office: 311 for 2025, 469 for 2024, 471 for 2023, 575 for 2022, 618 for 2021 and 676 for 2020.
- Leitchfield: 206 for 2025, 218 for 2024, 435 for 2023, 296 for 2022, 351 for 2021 and 296 for 2020.
- Clarkson: 11 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 1 for 2023, 9 for 2022, 20 for 2021 and 16 for 2020.
- Caneyville: 1 for 2025, 1 for 2024, 2 for 2023 and 2 for 2022.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 529 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 529 in 2025 against 688 in 2024, down 23 percent.
Through July 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 337 arrests, against 322 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Grayson County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Grayson 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 690 people on an average day, up from about 620 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 717 beds, and it is running at 96 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 Grayson County Sheriff's Office at gcsheriff.net (page title: Grayson County KY Sheriff's Office), phone 270-259-3024, 2025 Grayson County Sheriff's Office 117 S. Main Street Leitchfield, KY 42754, Monday - Friday 8:00 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 Grayson County
For Grayson County the place to look is the case index of the Grayson 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/Grayson.aspx, phone 270-259-3040).
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 Grayson 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 Grayson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 270-259-3024.
- An arrest in Leitchfield, Clarkson or Caneyville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Grayson Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 270-259-3040.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Grayson County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the three cities in Grayson County: Leitchfield, Clarkson and Caneyville.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Grayson Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Grayson County each year?
The Grayson County Sheriff's Office reported 311 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 529 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Grayson County?
Ask the Grayson County Sheriff's Office at 270-259-3024; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at gcsheriff.net.
Where are people arrested in Grayson County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Grayson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Grayson 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 Grayson County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Grayson 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 Grayson 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.