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 October 9, 2026.
Green County, Kentucky, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Green 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 Green 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: Green County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Green County
The Green County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Green County. It reported 44 arrests for 2025.
One city in Green County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Greensburg, 2,245 residents: 65 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 Green 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.
- Greensburg: 65 for 2025, 111 for 2024, 154 for 2023, 224 for 2022, 206 for 2021 and 128 for 2020.
- Green County Sheriff's Office: 44 for 2025, 62 for 2024, 71 for 2023, 100 for 2022, 78 for 2021 and 63 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 109 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 109 in 2025 against 173 in 2024, down 37 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 94 arrests, against 55 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Green County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Green County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 58 people, down from about 78 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 61 beds, and it ran at 96 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Green County
An arrest in Green County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Green 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/Green.aspx, phone 270-932-5631); the Commonwealth's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at bgkyprosecutor.com, phone 270-746-7485).
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 Green 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 Green County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Greensburg: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Commonwealth's Attorney, 270-746-7485, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Green Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 270-932-5631.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at greencountyclerk.ky.gov/open-records-policy (page title: Open Records Policy | Green County Kentucky Clerk).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The other Green County guides go further: warrants, criminal records, court records, police reports, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Green County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Greensburg, the one city in Green County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Green Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Green County each year?
Greensburg reported 65 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 109 between them.
Where are people arrested in Green County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Green County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Green 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 Green County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Green 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 greencountyclerk.ky.gov/open-records-policy.
Is this the official Green 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.