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.
Robertson County, Kentucky, has about 2,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Robertson 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 Robertson 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: Robertson County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Robertson County
The Robertson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Robertson County. It reported 7 arrests for 2025.
One city in Robertson County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Mount Olivet, 371 residents: 1,188 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 Robertson County: Robertson County Schools (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Robertson 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.
- Mount Olivet: 1,188 for 2025, 1,200 for 2024, 1,200 for 2023, 1,188 for 2022, 1,188 for 2021 and 1,188 for 2020.
- Robertson County Sheriff's Office: 7 for 2025, 3 for 2024, 13 for 2023, 23 for 2022, 14 for 2021 and 15 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,195 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,195 in 2025 against 1,203 in 2024, down 0.7 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 693 arrests, against 700 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Robertson County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Robertson 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 2024 the jail held about 11 people, down from about 12 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 9 beds, and it ran at 124 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 Robertson County
For Robertson County the place to look is the case index of the Robertson 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/Robertson.aspx, phone 606-724-5993).
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 Robertson 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 Robertson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Mount Olivet: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Robertson County Schools: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Robertson Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 606-724-5993.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Robertson County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Mount Olivet, the one city in Robertson County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Robertson Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Robertson County each year?
Mount Olivet reported 1,188 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,195 between them.
Where are people arrested in Robertson County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Robertson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Robertson 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 Robertson County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Robertson 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 Robertson 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.