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 4, 2026.
Jessamine County, Kentucky, has about 56,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Jessamine County Sheriff's Office, two 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 Jessamine 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: Jessamine County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Jessamine County
The Jessamine County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Jessamine County. It reported 668 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Jessamine County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Nicholasville, 33,458 residents: 1,072 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wilmore, 6,268 residents: 73 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 Jessamine County: R.J. Corman Railroad (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Jessamine 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.
- Nicholasville: 1,072 for 2025, 1,236 for 2024, 1,350 for 2023, 1,286 for 2022, 1,679 for 2021 and 1,382 for 2020.
- Jessamine County Sheriff's Office: 668 for 2025, 656 for 2024, 877 for 2023, 840 for 2022, 716 for 2021 and 674 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Wilmore: 73 for 2025, 65 for 2024, 94 for 2022, 78 for 2021 and 156 for 2019; 2020 and 2023 are missing months.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,813 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,813 in 2025 against 1,957 in 2024, down 7.4 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,005 arrests, against 1,031 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Jessamine County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Jessamine 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 130 people on an average day, down from about 160 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 137 beds, and it is running at 93 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 Jessamine County Sheriff's Office at jessamineky.gov/other-elected-officials/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Jessamine County, Kentucky), phone (859) 885-4139, 101 North Main Street Nicholasville, KY 40356, Monday - Friday 8AM to 4PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
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 Jessamine County
For Jessamine County the place to look is the case index of the Jessamine 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/Jessamine.aspx, phone 859-885-4531).
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 Jessamine 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 Jessamine County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (859) 885-4139.
- An arrest in Nicholasville or Wilmore: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by R.J. Corman Railroad: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Jessamine Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 859-885-4531.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at jessamineky.gov/open-records-requests (page title: Open Records Requests | Jessamine County, Kentucky).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Jessamine County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Jessamine County: Nicholasville and Wilmore. Keene 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 Jessamine Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Jessamine County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Wilmore (6,268)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Jessamine County each year?
Nicholasville reported 1,072 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,813 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Jessamine County?
Ask the Jessamine County Sheriff's Office at (859) 885-4139; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at jessamineky.gov.
Where are people arrested in Jessamine County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Jessamine County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Jessamine 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 Jessamine County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Jessamine 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 jessamineky.gov/open-records-requests.
Is this the official Jessamine 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.