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.
Cabell County, West Virginia, has about 91,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Cabell County Sheriff's Office, three city agencies and five campus, state or other agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the regional jail, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Cabell County 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: Cabell County public records, West Virginia arrest records, West Virginia inmate search and West Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Cabell County
The Cabell County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Cabell County. It reported 292 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists three cities in Cabell County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Huntington, 44,942 residents: 1,383 arrests reported for 2025.
- Barboursville, 4,326 residents: 121 arrests reported for 2025.
- Milton, 2,799 residents: 126 arrests reported for 2020.
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 these agencies in Cabell County: Huntington Drug and Violent Crime Task Force (other); the State Fire Marshal in Cabell County and the Department of Natural Resources in Cabell County (state agency); the Huntington State Police (state police); Marshall University (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Cabell 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.
- Huntington: 1,383 for 2025, 1,404 for 2024, 898 for 2023, 793 for 2022, 1,108 for 2021 and 915 for 2020.
- Cabell County Sheriff's Office: 292 for 2025, 241 for 2024, 206 for 2023, 264 for 2022, 340 for 2021 and 343 for 2020.
- Barboursville: 121 for 2025, 134 for 2024, 162 for 2023, 89 for 2022, 104 for 2020 and 185 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Milton: 126 for 2020 and 146 for 2019.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,796 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,796 in 2025 against 1,779 in 2024, up 1 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,019 arrests, against 1,038 in the same months of 2025.
Milton reported only part of 2025 (5 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Cabell County Are Held
West Virginia closed its county jails in favor of regional jails run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, so a person held after an arrest in Cabell County goes to the regional jail that serves Cabell County, and the state's inmate search covers all of them.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 230 people, down from about 290 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 234 beds, and it ran at 101 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Cabell County Sheriff's Office at cabellcounty.org/departments/sheriff.php (page title: Cabell County Sheriff's Office), phone 304-526-8663, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation lists its inmates at dcr.wv.gov/offendersearch/Pages/default.aspx.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Cabell County
An arrest in Cabell County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Cabell County Circuit Court, kept by the Circuit Clerk, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date; the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at cabellcounty.org/departments/prosecutor/index.php, phone 304-526-8653).
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at mcrsearch.courtswv.gov/Inquiry/CaseDetail (page title: Magistrate Case Record Search), belongs to a lower court, not to the Cabell County Circuit Court.
West Virginia does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the West Virginia State Police goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Cabell 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 West Virginia Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 5 business days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Cabell County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 304-526-8663.
- An arrest in Huntington, Barboursville or Milton: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Huntington Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, the State Fire Marshal in Cabell County or the Huntington State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 304-526-8653, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Cabell County Circuit Court it is kept by the Circuit Clerk. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at mcrsearch.courtswv.gov/Inquiry/CaseDetail, is a lower court's.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the State Police Criminal Identification Bureau.
Cities in Cabell County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the three cities in Cabell County: Huntington, Barboursville and Milton.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the regional jail and the case goes to the Cabell County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Cabell County each year?
Huntington reported 1,383 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,796 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Cabell County?
Ask the Cabell County Sheriff's Office at 304-526-8663; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at cabellcounty.org/departments/sheriff.php.
Where are people arrested in Cabell County booked?
In the regional jail that serves Cabell County, run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Are arrest records public in Cabell County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Cabell County Circuit Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the West Virginia State Police is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Cabell County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Cabell County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days.
Is this the official Cabell 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.