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.
Henry County, Kentucky, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Henry 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 Henry 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: Henry County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Henry County
The Henry County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Henry County. It reported 226 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Henry County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Eminence, 2,787 residents: 37 arrests reported for 2025.
- Campbellsburg, 865 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 Henry 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.
- Henry County Sheriff's Office: 226 for 2025, 317 for 2024, 290 for 2023, 283 for 2022, 411 for 2021 and 174 for 2020.
- Eminence: 37 for 2025, 53 for 2024, 62 for 2023, 109 for 2022, 103 for 2021 and 49 for 2020.
- Campbellsburg: 1 for 2025, 1 for 2024 and 0 for 2023.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 264 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 264 in 2025 against 371 in 2024, down 29 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 156 arrests, against 183 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Henry County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Henry 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.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 68 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 40 beds, and it ran at 173 percent of it that year. 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 Henry County
For Henry County the place to look is the case index of the Henry 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/Henry.aspx, phone 502-845-2868).
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 Henry 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 Henry County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Eminence or Campbellsburg: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Henry Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 502-845-2868.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at henrycounty.ky.gov (page title: Open Records Requests | Henry County).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Henry County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the five cities in Henry County: Eminence and Campbellsburg. New Castle, Pleasureville and Smithfield 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 Henry Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Henry County each year?
The Henry County Sheriff's Office reported 226 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 264 between them.
Where are people arrested in Henry County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Henry County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Henry 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 Henry County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Henry 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 henrycounty.ky.gov.
Is this the official Henry 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.