Search Houston County, AL Inmate Records
Houston County, AL jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Houston County holds 2 jails with a total of 66,821 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Houston County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Houston County Quick Facts
281
Houston County Population Total
32,118 / 249 / 8
Female Population, Rate & Count
29,752 / 1,160 / 345
Male Population, Rate & Count
281
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
281
Population Total Confined
66,821
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Houston County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 42.19% of all the crimes committed in the county - 616 Property Crime Total cases. Arson is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.00% out of all the crimes in Houston County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
0.27
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
5.82
%
Aggravated Assault
2.88
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|
| Violent Crime Total | 17 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 66 | 83 | 92 | 103 | 80 | 97 |
| Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Revised Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 16 |
| Legacy Rape | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 5 |
| Aggravated Assault | 11 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 66 | 69 | 66 | 53 | 73 |
| Property Crime Total | 469 | 373 | 477 | 525 | 642 | 606 | 625 | 605 | 515 | 609 |
| Burglary | 117 | 114 | 100 | 103 | 251 | 193 | 177 | 185 | 164 | 191 |
| Larceny Theft | 312 | 229 | 319 | 364 | 374 | 355 | 403 | 361 | 307 | 387 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 40 | 30 | 58 | 58 | 17 | 58 | 45 | 59 | 44 | 31 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Houston County Jail Demographics
The county has 104,225 people confined with a jail population density of 115 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 34,714 women and 32,107 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
| Year |
Total Population |
| 2005 |
93,903 |
| 2006 |
95,846 |
| 2007 |
97,727 |
| 2008 |
99,183 |
| 2009 |
100,500 |
| 2010 |
101,787 |
| 2011 |
102,423 |
| 2012 |
103,368 |
| 2013 |
103,626 |
| 2014 |
104,193 |
| 2015 |
104,225 |
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
| Year |
Male Population |
Female Population |
| 2005 |
29,752 |
32,118 |
| 2006 |
30,308 |
32,816 |
| 2007 |
31,023 |
33,403 |
| 2008 |
31,447 |
33,679 |
| 2009 |
31,658 |
34,047 |
| 2010 |
31,890 |
34,366 |
| 2011 |
31,949 |
34,589 |
| 2012 |
32,128 |
34,711 |
| 2013 |
32,106 |
34,709 |
| 2014 |
32,057 |
34,829 |
| 2015 |
32,107 |
34,714 |
A Timeline of Houston County Incarceration by Gender
| Year |
Male Rate |
Female Rate |
| 2005 |
1,160 |
249 |
| 2006 |
1,303 |
271 |
| 2007 |
1,486 |
248 |
| 2008 |
1,498 |
324 |
| 2009 |
1,567 |
288 |
| 2010 |
1,242 |
221 |
| 2011 |
1,130 |
246 |
| 2012 |
209 |
43 |
| 2013 |
1,056 |
161 |
| 2014 |
1,045 |
158 |
| 2015 |
698 |
109 |
Houston County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 1,721 and a local jail rate of 421 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 352 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 6,976, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 10,282 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
The average jail count for Houston is 281 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 444 imprisonments a day.
Houston County Incarceration Rates
| Year |
Jail Rate |
| 2005 |
717 |
| 2006 |
797 |
| 2007 |
799 |
| 2008 |
811 |
| 2009 |
823 |
| 2010 |
964 |
| 2011 |
628 |
| 2012 |
151 |
| 2013 |
617 |
| 2014 |
632 |
| 2015 |
421 |
Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline
| Year |
Admit Rate |
Pretrial Rate |
| 2005 |
10,282 |
444 |
| 2006 |
24,699 |
528 |
| 2007 |
21,367 |
672 |
| 2008 |
18,335 |
662 |
| 2009 |
17,459 |
659 |
| 2010 |
16,002 |
88 |
| 2011 |
14,628 |
528 |
| 2012 |
13,262 |
72 |
| 2013 |
7,578 |
497 |
| 2014 |
10,992 |
405 |
| 2015 |
6,976 |
352 |
The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day
| Year |
Jail Count |
| 2005 |
444 |
| 2006 |
503 |
| 2007 |
515 |
| 2008 |
528 |
| 2009 |
541 |
| 2010 |
639 |
| 2011 |
418 |
| 2012 |
101 |
| 2013 |
412 |
| 2014 |
423 |
| 2015 |
281 |
