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Shelby County, AL jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Shelby County holds 2 jails with a total of 138,591 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Shelby County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Shelby County Quick Facts
435
Shelby County Population Total
60,461 / 91 / 55
Female Population, Rate & Count
58,102 / 713 / 414
Male Population, Rate & Count
$68,770
Median Income
1,254.2
Arrest Rate
312.5
Local Jail Rate
435
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
435
Population Total Confined
288
Pretrial Rate
3,913
Admit Rate
5,447
Admit Count
138,591
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Shelby County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 44.43% of all the crimes committed in the county - 886 Property Crime Total cases. Arson is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.00% out of all the crimes in Shelby County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
5.57
%
Violent Crime
0.15
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
1.25
%
Revised Rape
0.40
%
Robbery
3.76
%
Aggravated Assault
44.43
%
Property Crime
12.59
%
Burglary
26.93
%
Larceny Theft
4.91
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2015
Violent Crime Total
120
79
83
77
92
222
118
133
131
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter
1
2
0
0
1
1
1
4
3
Revised Rape
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
40
Legacy Rape
29
19
12
15
23
19
24
21
0
Robbery
18
16
18
15
9
14
13
19
15
Aggravated Assault
72
42
53
47
59
188
80
89
73
Property Crime Total
1,057
996
961
1,029
1,070
1,291
1,309
1,270
1,140
Burglary
437
397
341
428
417
323
409
297
296
Larceny Theft
537
498
545
517
587
862
810
888
754
Motor Vehicle Theft
83
101
75
84
66
106
90
85
90
Arson
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
Shelby County Jail Demographics
The county has 208,527 people confined with a jail population density of 177 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 71,303 women and 67,288 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
Year
Total Population
2005
171,691
2006
178,841
2007
183,491
2008
188,534
2009
192,708
2010
196,036
2011
197,988
2012
200,963
2013
204,196
2014
206,655
2015
208,527
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
Year
Male Population
Female Population
2005
58,102
60,461
2006
60,171
62,869
2007
61,668
64,261
2008
63,106
65,799
2009
64,327
66,988
2010
65,187
68,194
2011
65,643
68,819
2012
66,178
69,539
2013
66,927
70,420
2014
67,526
70,787
2015
67,288
71,303
A Timeline of Shelby County Incarceration by Gender
Year
Male Rate
Female Rate
2005
713
91
2006
669
90
2007
633
90
2008
600
90
2009
571
91
2010
545
92
2011
523
93
2012
501
94
2013
478
95
2014
492
101
2015
511
107
Shelby County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
52.60
%
White
8.85
%
Black
3.53
%
Latino
0.21
%
Asian
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 1,254 and a local jail rate of 312 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 288 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 3,913, which is higher compared to the statistics of 2005 - 748 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
3,913
Admit Rate
312
Local Jail Rate
288
Pretrial Rate
The average jail count for Shelby is 435 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 362 imprisonments a day.
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