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 2, 2026.
Trimble County, Kentucky, has about 8,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Trimble County Sheriff's Office. 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 Trimble 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: Trimble County public records, Kentucky arrest records, Kentucky inmate search and Kentucky criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Trimble County
The Trimble County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Trimble County. It reported 57 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Trimble County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Trimble County Sheriff's Office: 57 for 2025, 55 for 2024, 92 for 2023, 116 for 2022, 93 for 2021 and 96 for 2020.
The Trimble County Sheriff's Office's 57 arrests in 2025 were up 3.6 percent from 55 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Trimble County Sheriff's Office reported 27 arrests, against 47 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Trimble County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Trimble 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 33 people, down from about 38 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 19 beds, and it ran at 170 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 Trimble County
For Trimble County the place to look is the case index of the Trimble 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/Trimble.aspx, phone 502-255-3213).
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 Trimble 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 Trimble County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Trimble Circuit Court, through the court records page at kycourts.gov, phone 502-255-3213.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Trimble County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Trimble County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Trimble Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Trimble County each year?
The Trimble County Sheriff's Office reported 57 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Trimble County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Trimble County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Trimble 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 Trimble County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Trimble 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 Trimble 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.