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.
Metcalfe County, Kentucky, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Metcalfe County Sheriff's Office, one city agency 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 Metcalfe 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: Metcalfe County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Metcalfe County
The Metcalfe County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Metcalfe County. It reported 187 arrests for 2025.
One city in Metcalfe County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Edmonton, 1,705 residents: 105 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 Metcalfe County: Metcalfe County Schools (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Metcalfe 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.
- Metcalfe County Sheriff's Office: 187 for 2025, 185 for 2024, 143 for 2023, 143 for 2022, 223 for 2021 and 162 for 2020.
- Edmonton: 105 for 2025, 96 for 2024, 139 for 2023, 156 for 2022, 127 for 2021 and 126 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 292 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 292 in 2025 against 281 in 2024, up 3.9 percent.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 176 arrests, against 186 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Metcalfe County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Metcalfe 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 2024 the jail held about 36 people, down from about 47 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 33 beds, and it ran at 109 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Metcalfe County
For Metcalfe County the place to look is the case index of the Metcalfe 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/Metcalfe.aspx, phone 270-432-3663).
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 Metcalfe 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 Metcalfe County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Edmonton: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Metcalfe County Schools: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Metcalfe Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 270-432-3663.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at metcalfecounty.ky.gov (page title: Metcalfe County).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Metcalfe County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Edmonton, the one city in Metcalfe County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Metcalfe Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Metcalfe County each year?
The Metcalfe County Sheriff's Office reported 187 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 292 between them.
Where are people arrested in Metcalfe County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Metcalfe County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Metcalfe 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 Metcalfe County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Metcalfe 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 metcalfecounty.ky.gov.
Is this the official Metcalfe 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.