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.
Henderson County, Kentucky, has about 44,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Henderson 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 Henderson 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: Henderson County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Henderson County
The Henderson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Henderson County. It reported 412 arrests for 2025.
One city in Henderson County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Henderson, 27,750 residents: 1,890 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 Henderson 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.
- Henderson: 1,890 for 2025, 2,281 for 2024, 2,193 for 2023, 2,459 for 2022, 2,188 for 2021 and 1,592 for 2020.
- Henderson County Sheriff's Office: 412 for 2025, 442 for 2024, 519 for 2023, 511 for 2022, 581 for 2021 and 376 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,302 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,302 in 2025 against 2,723 in 2024, down 15 percent.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,385 arrests, against 1,511 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Henderson County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Henderson 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 480 people on an average day, down from about 690 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 566 beds, and it is running at 84 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Henderson County Sheriff's Office at sheriffhendersoncounty.com/inmate-lookup (page title: Inmate Lookup | Henderson County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Henderson County
Whether someone was arrested in Henderson County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the custody page of the Henderson County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Henderson 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/Henderson.aspx, phone 270-826-2405).
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 Henderson 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 Henderson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Henderson: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Henderson Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 270-826-2405.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at hendersoncountyky.gov (page title: Henderson County Sheriffs Office 20 North Main Street Henderson, Ky. 42420).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Henderson County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the three cities in Henderson County: Henderson. Corydon and Robards have 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 Henderson Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Henderson County each year?
Henderson reported 1,890 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,302 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Henderson County?
Look on the custody page of the Henderson County Sheriff's Office at sheriffhendersoncounty.com/inmate-lookup. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Henderson County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Henderson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Henderson 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 Henderson County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Henderson 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 hendersoncountyky.gov.
Is this the official Henderson 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.