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.
Scott County, Kentucky, has about 62,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Scott County Sheriff's Office and three 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 Scott 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: Scott County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Scott County
The Scott County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Scott County. It reported 1,030 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists three cities in Scott County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Georgetown, 40,518 residents: 1,509 arrests reported for 2025.
- Stamping Ground, 835 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Sadieville, 343 residents: 4 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 Scott 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.
- Georgetown: 1,509 for 2025, 1,515 for 2024, 1,360 for 2023, 1,426 for 2022, 1,045 for 2021 and 761 for 2020.
- Scott County Sheriff's Office: 1,030 for 2025, 819 for 2024, 870 for 2023, 986 for 2022, 1,051 for 2021 and 786 for 2020.
- Sadieville: 4 for 2025, 8 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 3 for 2021, 0 for 2020 and 0 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
- Stamping Ground: 0 for 2025, 2 for 2024, 7 for 2023, 2 for 2022, 4 for 2021 and 37 for 2020.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,543 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,543 in 2025 against 2,344 in 2024, up 8.5 percent.
Through July 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,438 arrests, against 1,486 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Scott County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Scott 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 96 people on an average day, down from about 130 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 86 beds, and it is running at 112 percent of it. 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 Scott County
An arrest in Scott County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Scott 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/Scott.aspx, phone 502-863-0474); the Commonwealth's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at lex18.com/news/covering-kentucky/commonwealths-attorney-race-for-bo...).
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 Scott 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 Scott County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Georgetown, Stamping Ground or Sadieville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Commonwealth's Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Scott Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 502-863-0474.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at scottky.gov/open-records-request (page title: Open Records Request | Scott County Kentucky).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The other Scott County guides go further: warrants, criminal records, court records, police reports, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Scott County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the three cities in Scott County: Georgetown, Stamping Ground and Sadieville.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Scott Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Scott County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Georgetown (40,518)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Scott County each year?
Georgetown reported 1,509 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,543 between them.
Where are people arrested in Scott County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Scott County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Scott 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 Scott County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Scott 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 scottky.gov/open-records-request.
Is this the official Scott 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.