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.
Larue County, Kentucky, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Larue 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 Larue 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: Larue County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Larue County
The Larue County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Larue County. It reported 148 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Larue County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Hodgenville, 3,379 residents: 280 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 Larue 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.
- Hodgenville: 280 for 2025, 302 for 2024, 265 for 2023, 191 for 2022, 157 for 2021 and 329 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Larue County Sheriff's Office: 148 for 2025, 133 for 2024, 189 for 2023, 186 for 2022, 291 for 2021 and 167 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 428 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 428 in 2025 against 435 in 2024, down 1.6 percent.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 265 arrests, against 287 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Larue County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Larue 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 100 people on an average day, down from about 160 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 152 beds, and it is running at 66 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 Larue County Sheriff's Office at laruecountyky.gov/departments/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | LaRue County KY), phone 270-358-3120, 209 West High Street Suite 6 Hodgenville, KY 42748, Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
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 Larue County
For Larue County the place to look is the case index of the Larue 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/LaRue.aspx, phone 270-358-3421).
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 Larue 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 Larue County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 270-358-3120.
- An arrest in Hodgenville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Larue Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 270-358-3421.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The other Larue County guides go further: warrants, inmate search, criminal records, court records, police reports, DUI, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Larue County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Hodgenville, the one city in Larue County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Larue Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Larue County each year?
Hodgenville reported 280 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 428 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Larue County?
Ask the Larue County Sheriff's Office at 270-358-3120; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at laruecountyky.gov/departments/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Larue County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Larue County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Larue 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 Larue County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Larue 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 Larue 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.