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 on September 24, 2026.
Greenup County, Kentucky, has about 35,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Greenup County Sheriff's Office, seven 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 Greenup 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: Greenup County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Greenup County
The Greenup County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Greenup County. It reported 244 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside seven 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:
- Flatwoods, 7,250 residents: 115 arrests reported for 2025.
- Russell, 3,638 residents: 107 arrests reported for 2025.
- Raceland, 2,301 residents: 48 arrests reported for 2025.
- Worthington, 1,452 residents: 12 arrests reported for 2025.
- Greenup, 1,079 residents: 21 arrests reported for 2025.
- South Shore, 1,042 residents: 8 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bellefonte, 883 residents: 5 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 Greenup County: Greenup County Schools (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Greenup 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.
- Greenup County Sheriff's Office: 244 for 2025, 356 for 2024, 301 for 2023, 161 for 2022, 144 for 2021 and 155 for 2020.
- Flatwoods: 115 for 2025, 128 for 2024, 123 for 2023, 110 for 2022, 172 for 2021 and 100 for 2020.
- Russell: 107 for 2025, 68 for 2024, 65 for 2023, 81 for 2021 and 118 for 2019; 2020 and 2022 are missing months.
- Raceland: 48 for 2025, 40 for 2024, 55 for 2023, 36 for 2022, 14 for 2021 and 36 for 2020.
- Greenup: 21 for 2025, 15 for 2024, 16 for 2023, 29 for 2022, 31 for 2021 and 13 for 2020.
- Worthington: 12 for 2025, 12 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 2 for 2022, 4 for 2021 and 18 for 2020.
- South Shore: 8 for 2025, 3 for 2024, 16 for 2023, 19 for 2022, 4 for 2021 and 8 for 2020.
- Bellefonte: 5 for 2025, 6 for 2024, 3 for 2023, 1 for 2022, 3 for 2021 and 5 for 2020.
Together, the eight agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 560 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 560 in 2025 against 628 in 2024, down 11 percent.
Through August 2026, the six agencies with every month so far on file reported 362 arrests, against 322 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Greenup County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Greenup 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.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 100 people on an average day, down from about 130 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 98 beds, and it is running at 107 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Greenup County
For Greenup County the place to look is the case index of the Greenup 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/Greenup.aspx, phone 606-473-9869).
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 Greenup 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 Greenup County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Flatwoods, Russell, Raceland, Worthington, Greenup, South Shore or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Greenup County Schools: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Greenup Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 606-473-9869.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The other Greenup County guides go further: warrants, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Greenup County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for seven of the eight cities in Greenup County: Flatwoods, Russell, Raceland, Worthington, Greenup, South Shore and Bellefonte. Wurtland has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Greenup Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Greenup County each year?
The Greenup County Sheriff's Office reported 244 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the eight agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 560 between them.
Where are people arrested in Greenup County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Greenup County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Greenup 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 Greenup County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Greenup 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 Greenup 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.