Search Santa Clara County, CA Inmate Records
Santa Clara County, CA jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Santa Clara County holds 12 jails with a total of 1,296,480 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Santa Clara County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Santa Clara County Quick Facts
3,637
Santa Clara County Population Total
565,531 / 123 / 695
Female Population, Rate & Count
593,917 / 689 / 4,094
Male Population, Rate & Count
3,532
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
3,637
Population Total Confined
1,296,480
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Santa Clara County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 40.23% of all the crimes committed in the county - 1,312 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.12% out of all the crimes in Santa Clara County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
0.12
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
7.70
%
Aggravated Assault
6.93
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|
| Violent Crime Total | 355 | 372 | 321 | 286 | 268 | 254 | 186 | 232 | 189 | 255 | 232 |
| Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Revised Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 36 |
| Legacy Rape | 24 | 18 | 31 | 27 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 20 | 32 | 36 | 46 | 30 | 24 | 39 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 24 |
| Aggravated Assault | 308 | 318 | 251 | 212 | 205 | 201 | 113 | 185 | 150 | 203 | 168 |
| Property Crime Total | 2,222 | 2,455 | 1,757 | 1,817 | 1,716 | 1,762 | 1,487 | 1,709 | 1,490 | 1,274 | 1,358 |
| Burglary | 453 | 517 | 430 | 465 | 404 | 438 | 316 | 350 | 363 | 282 | 261 |
| Larceny Theft | 1,404 | 1,516 | 1,078 | 1,144 | 1,125 | 1,113 | 1,025 | 1,164 | 951 | 801 | 899 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 365 | 422 | 249 | 208 | 187 | 211 | 146 | 195 | 176 | 191 | 198 |
| Arson | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Santa Clara County Jail Demographics
The county has 1,910,105 people confined with a jail population density of 1,011 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 635,318 women and 661,162 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
| Year |
Total Population |
| 2005 |
1,675,312 |
| 2006 |
1,691,159 |
| 2007 |
1,712,026 |
| 2008 |
1,740,964 |
| 2009 |
1,765,137 |
| 2010 |
1,786,930 |
| 2011 |
1,814,105 |
| 2012 |
1,841,098 |
| 2013 |
1,871,107 |
| 2014 |
1,894,605 |
| 2015 |
1,910,105 |
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
| Year |
Male Population |
Female Population |
| 2005 |
593,917 |
565,531 |
| 2006 |
599,021 |
572,138 |
| 2007 |
605,523 |
579,473 |
| 2008 |
613,554 |
588,423 |
| 2009 |
620,287 |
596,168 |
| 2010 |
624,944 |
602,685 |
| 2011 |
633,952 |
610,731 |
| 2012 |
643,130 |
617,877 |
| 2013 |
652,553 |
626,268 |
| 2014 |
660,998 |
632,853 |
| 2015 |
661,162 |
635,318 |
A Timeline of Santa Clara County Incarceration by Gender
| Year |
Male Rate |
Female Rate |
| 2005 |
689 |
123 |
| 2006 |
641 |
102 |
| 2007 |
678 |
111 |
| 2008 |
659 |
106 |
| 2009 |
598 |
90 |
| 2010 |
525 |
82 |
| 2011 |
497 |
78 |
| 2012 |
499 |
86 |
| 2013 |
528 |
83 |
| 2014 |
544 |
94 |
| 2015 |
457 |
67 |
Santa Clara County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 2,187 and a local jail rate of 271 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 199 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 2,325, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 5,959 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
The average jail count for Santa Clara is 3,532 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 4,200 imprisonments a day.
Santa Clara County Incarceration Rates
| Year |
Jail Rate |
| 2005 |
362 |
| 2006 |
390 |
| 2007 |
383 |
| 2008 |
367 |
| 2009 |
351 |
| 2010 |
277 |
| 2011 |
284 |
| 2012 |
270 |
| 2013 |
302 |
| 2014 |
309 |
| 2015 |
271 |
Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline
| Year |
Admit Rate |
Pretrial Rate |
| 2005 |
5,959 |
277 |
| 2006 |
5,988 |
241 |
| 2007 |
6,138 |
263 |
| 2008 |
6,017 |
266 |
| 2009 |
5,294 |
243 |
| 2010 |
3,891 |
226 |
| 2011 |
2,501 |
210 |
| 2012 |
4,702 |
204 |
| 2013 |
3,741 |
228 |
| 2014 |
2,378 |
227 |
| 2015 |
2,325 |
199 |
The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day
| Year |
Jail Count |
| 2005 |
4,200 |
| 2006 |
4,563 |
| 2007 |
4,543 |
| 2008 |
4,409 |
| 2009 |
4,267 |
| 2010 |
3,406 |
| 2011 |
3,535 |
| 2012 |
3,408 |
| 2013 |
3,867 |
| 2014 |
3,997 |
| 2015 |
3,532 |
