Search Contra Costa County, CA Inmate Records
Contra Costa County, CA jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Contra Costa County holds 8 jails with a total of 739,836 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Contra Costa County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Contra Costa County Quick Facts
1,392
Contra Costa County Population Total
341,172 / 52 / 178
Female Population, Rate & Count
331,058 / 446 / 1,477
Male Population, Rate & Count
1,198
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
1,392
Population Total Confined
739,836
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Contra Costa County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 40.31% of all the crimes committed in the county - 1,485 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.24% out of all the crimes in Contra Costa County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
0.24
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
5.56
%
Aggravated Assault
0.62
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|
| Violent Crime Total | 637 | 587 | 666 | 548 | 428 | 449 | 456 | 472 | 429 | 412 | 426 |
| Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter | 11 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 14 |
| Revised Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Legacy Rape | 38 | 26 | 42 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 25 | 29 | 37 | 0 |
| Robbery | 159 | 195 | 218 | 204 | 161 | 119 | 109 | 120 | 118 | 107 | 153 |
| Aggravated Assault | 429 | 353 | 395 | 299 | 227 | 290 | 304 | 317 | 276 | 258 | 235 |
| Property Crime Total | 3,737 | 3,486 | 3,503 | 3,359 | 2,792 | 2,754 | 2,475 | 2,307 | 2,138 | 2,145 | 2,013 |
| Burglary | 1,019 | 1,115 | 1,147 | 1,169 | 989 | 1,011 | 1,033 | 993 | 838 | 784 | 660 |
| Larceny Theft | 2,690 | 2,342 | 2,336 | 2,179 | 1,785 | 1,729 | 1,423 | 1,298 | 1,288 | 1,341 | 1,332 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 28 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 21 |
| Arson | 19 | 17 | 35 | 27 | 13 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 18 |
Contra Costa County Jail Demographics
The county has 1,123,231 people confined with a jail population density of 1,039 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 376,907 women and 362,929 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
| Year |
Total Population |
| 2005 |
999,013 |
| 2006 |
1,000,834 |
| 2007 |
1,009,152 |
| 2008 |
1,023,344 |
| 2009 |
1,037,890 |
| 2010 |
1,052,894 |
| 2011 |
1,066,587 |
| 2012 |
1,079,358 |
| 2013 |
1,095,980 |
| 2014 |
1,111,339 |
| 2015 |
1,123,231 |
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
| Year |
Male Population |
Female Population |
| 2005 |
331,058 |
341,172 |
| 2006 |
332,108 |
342,766 |
| 2007 |
334,591 |
346,020 |
| 2008 |
338,512 |
350,266 |
| 2009 |
343,216 |
355,019 |
| 2010 |
347,508 |
359,976 |
| 2011 |
351,897 |
364,488 |
| 2012 |
354,647 |
367,164 |
| 2013 |
359,215 |
371,082 |
| 2014 |
363,519 |
375,122 |
| 2015 |
362,929 |
376,907 |
A Timeline of Contra Costa County Incarceration by Gender
| Year |
Male Rate |
Female Rate |
| 2005 |
446 |
52 |
| 2006 |
518 |
106 |
| 2007 |
500 |
99 |
| 2008 |
333 |
36 |
| 2009 |
403 |
62 |
| 2010 |
391 |
57 |
| 2011 |
369 |
53 |
| 2012 |
401 |
53 |
| 2013 |
375 |
48 |
| 2014 |
410 |
67 |
| 2015 |
328 |
45 |
Contra Costa County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 2,512 and a local jail rate of 161 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 144 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 3,535, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 4,002 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
The average jail count for Contra Costa is 1,198 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 1,658 imprisonments a day.
Contra Costa County Incarceration Rates
| Year |
Jail Rate |
| 2005 |
247 |
| 2006 |
293 |
| 2007 |
284 |
| 2008 |
171 |
| 2009 |
228 |
| 2010 |
204 |
| 2011 |
215 |
| 2012 |
195 |
| 2013 |
171 |
| 2014 |
162 |
| 2015 |
161 |
Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline
| Year |
Admit Rate |
Pretrial Rate |
| 2005 |
4,002 |
242 |
| 2006 |
4,049 |
219 |
| 2007 |
3,976 |
216 |
| 2008 |
2,574 |
162 |
| 2009 |
3,129 |
205 |
| 2010 |
2,941 |
183 |
| 2011 |
3,057 |
167 |
| 2012 |
3,489 |
158 |
| 2013 |
1,829 |
149 |
| 2014 |
3,876 |
184 |
| 2015 |
3,535 |
144 |
The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day
| Year |
Jail Count |
| 2005 |
1,658 |
| 2006 |
1,979 |
| 2007 |
1,933 |
| 2008 |
1,176 |
| 2009 |
1,590 |
| 2010 |
1,441 |
| 2011 |
1,539 |
| 2012 |
1,406 |
| 2013 |
1,249 |
| 2014 |
1,195 |
| 2015 |
1,198 |
