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
$91,702
Median Income
2,186.8
Arrest Rate
270.7
Local Jail Rate
3,532
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
3,637
Population Total Confined
199
Pretrial Rate
2,325
Admit Rate
30,328
Admit Count
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

9.69 %
Violent Crime
0.12 %
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
1.41 %
Revised Rape
0.46 %
Robbery
7.70 %
Aggravated Assault
40.23 %
Property Crime
7.97 %
Burglary
25.33 %
Larceny Theft
6.93 %
Motor Vehicle Theft
0.15 %
Arson

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total355372321286268254186232189255232
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter34313142314
Revised Rape0000000003136
Legacy Rape24183127302830251300
Robbery2032364630243920232024
Aggravated Assault308318251212205201113185150203168
Property Crime Total2,2222,4551,7571,8171,7161,7621,4871,7091,4901,2741,358
Burglary453517430465404438316350363282261
Larceny Theft1,4041,5161,0781,1441,1251,1131,0251,164951801899
Motor Vehicle Theft365422249208187211146195176191198
Arson37553222053

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

22.96 %
White
1.93 %
Black
17.57 %
Latino
0.20 %
Asian

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

2,325
Admit Rate
271
Local Jail Rate
199
Pretrial Rate

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