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 9, 2026.
Marshall County, Kentucky, has about 32,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Marshall 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 Marshall 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: Marshall County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Marshall County
The Marshall County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Marshall County. It reported 606 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Benton, 4,726 residents: 133 arrests reported for 2025.
- Calvert City, 2,517 residents: 136 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 Marshall 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.
- Marshall County Sheriff's Office: 606 for 2025, 732 for 2024, 757 for 2023, 627 for 2022, 666 for 2021 and 608 for 2020.
- Calvert City: 136 for 2025, 105 for 2024, 139 for 2023, 133 for 2022, 145 for 2021 and 169 for 2020.
- Benton: 133 for 2025, 153 for 2024, 149 for 2023, 221 for 2022, 156 for 2021 and 111 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 875 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 875 in 2025 against 990 in 2024, down 12 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 448 arrests, against 536 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Marshall County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Marshall 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 100 people on an average day, down from about 250 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 204 beds, and it is running at 50 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 Marshall County Sheriff's Office at sheriffmarshallcounty.org/current-inmate-roster (page title: Private Site), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 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 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 Marshall County
Whether someone was arrested in Marshall County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the custody page of the Marshall County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Marshall 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/Marshall.aspx, phone 270-527-3883).
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 Marshall 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 Marshall County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Benton or Calvert City: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Marshall Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 270-527-3883.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at marshallcountyky.gov/201/Open-Records (page title: Open Records | Marshall County, KY).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The other Marshall County guides go further: warrants, criminal records, court records, police reports, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Marshall County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Marshall County: Benton and Calvert City. Hardin 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 Marshall Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Marshall County each year?
The Marshall County Sheriff's Office reported 606 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 875 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Marshall County?
Look on the custody page of the Marshall County Sheriff's Office at sheriffmarshallcounty.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Marshall County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Marshall County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Marshall 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 Marshall County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Marshall 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 marshallcountyky.gov/201/Open-Records.
Is this the official Marshall 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.