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.
Lyon County, Kentucky, has about 9,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Lyon 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 Lyon 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: Lyon County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Lyon County
The Lyon County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Lyon County. It reported 287 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Lyon County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Eddyville, 2,332 residents: 23 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 Lyon 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.
- Lyon County Sheriff's Office: 287 for 2025, 299 for 2024, 274 for 2023, 287 for 2022, 293 for 2021 and 276 for 2020.
- Eddyville: 23 for 2025, 13 for 2024, 40 for 2023, 40 for 2022, 71 for 2021 and 72 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 310 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 310 in 2025 against 312 in 2024, down 0.6 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 173 arrests, against 187 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lyon County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lyon 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.
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 10 people, down from about 28 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 17 beds, and it ran at 162 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 Lyon County
For Lyon County the place to look is the case index of the Lyon 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/Lyon.aspx, phone 270-388-7231).
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 Lyon 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 Lyon County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Eddyville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Lyon Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 270-388-7231.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at lyonsheriff.com/openrecordsrequest (page title: Open Records | Lyon County Kentucky Sheriffs Office).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Lyon County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Lyon County: Eddyville. Kuttawa 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 Lyon Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Lyon County each year?
The Lyon County Sheriff's Office reported 287 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 310 between them.
Where are people arrested in Lyon County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Lyon County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lyon 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 Lyon County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lyon 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 lyonsheriff.com/openrecordsrequest.
Is this the official Lyon 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.