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 23, 2026 and October 1, 2026.
Oldham County, Texas, has about 1,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Oldham County Sheriff's Office and one city 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 District Attorney files charges, a case in the Oldham County District 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: Oldham County public records, Texas arrest records, Texas inmate search and Texas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Oldham County
The Oldham County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Oldham County. It reported 15 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists one city in Oldham County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Vega, 911 residents: 0 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 Oldham 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.
- Oldham County Sheriff's Office: 15 for 2024, 1 for 2023, 2 for 2022, 2 for 2021, 4 for 2020 and 654 for 2019.
- Vega: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024 and 0 for 2023.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 15 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 15 in 2024 against 1 in 2023.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Oldham County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Oldham 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 6 people on an average day, up from about 5 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 10 beds, and it is running at 60 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 Oldham County Sheriff's Office at oldhamcountysheriff.com (page title: Oldham County Jail Roster Lookup, KY, Inmate Search), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Texas Department of Criminal Justice, whose inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Oldham County
An arrest in Oldham County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Oldham County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Oldham County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.oldham.tx.us/page/County.Clerk, phone 806-639-2119).
Texas is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Conviction Database search lets anyone look up convictions and deferred adjudications by name, for $3 a search, through the Texas Department of Public Safety. 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 Oldham County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Texas Public Information Act the agency must answer within 10 business days, and it may charge the copy rates set by the Attorney General, plus labor for large requests.
- An arrest by the Oldham County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Vega: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Oldham County District Court, through the court records page at co.oldham.tx.us/page/County.Clerk, phone 806-639-2119.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Oldham County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Oldham County: Vega. Adrian 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 Oldham County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Oldham County each year?
The Oldham County Sheriff's Office reported 15 arrests to the FBI for 2024, and the two agencies with every month of 2024 on file reported 15 between them.
Where are people arrested in Oldham County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Oldham County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Oldham County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Texas Department of Public Safety: the Conviction Database search lets anyone look up convictions and deferred adjudications by name, for $3. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Texas Public Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Oldham County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Oldham County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Texas Public Information Act the answer is due within 10 business days.
Is this the official Oldham 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.