Search Santa Cruz County, CA Inmate Records
Santa Cruz County, CA jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Santa Cruz County holds 7 jails with a total of 189,631 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Santa Cruz County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Santa Cruz County Quick Facts
410
Santa Cruz County Population Total
89,533 / 76 / 68
Female Population, Rate & Count
91,608 / 565 / 518
Male Population, Rate & Count
410
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
410
Population Total Confined
189,631
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Santa Cruz County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 43.77% of all the crimes committed in the county - 2,050 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.02% out of all the crimes in Santa Cruz County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
0.02
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
4.36
%
Aggravated Assault
0.68
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|
| Violent Crime Total | 315 | 298 | 256 | 332 | 291 | 301 | 362 | 285 | 296 | 286 | 295 |
| Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Revised Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Legacy Rape | 34 | 33 | 21 | 32 | 18 | 18 | 34 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| Robbery | 44 | 25 | 33 | 61 | 40 | 36 | 36 | 32 | 35 | 29 | 40 |
| Aggravated Assault | 237 | 233 | 198 | 236 | 231 | 240 | 289 | 228 | 238 | 237 | 230 |
| Property Crime Total | 2,806 | 2,596 | 2,396 | 2,298 | 2,479 | 2,232 | 2,301 | 1,910 | 1,874 | 1,701 | 1,935 |
| Burglary | 844 | 830 | 710 | 692 | 804 | 812 | 913 | 721 | 740 | 657 | 604 |
| Larceny Theft | 1,947 | 1,750 | 1,674 | 1,595 | 1,663 | 1,419 | 1,382 | 1,182 | 1,118 | 1,035 | 1,323 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 15 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 8 |
| Arson | 15 | 25 | 29 | 27 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Santa Cruz County Jail Demographics
The county has 273,627 people confined with a jail population density of 426 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 94,753 women and 94,878 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
| Year |
Total Population |
| 2005 |
251,377 |
| 2006 |
251,616 |
| 2007 |
253,304 |
| 2008 |
256,520 |
| 2009 |
260,009 |
| 2010 |
263,213 |
| 2011 |
264,923 |
| 2012 |
266,632 |
| 2013 |
269,444 |
| 2014 |
271,804 |
| 2015 |
273,627 |
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
| Year |
Male Population |
Female Population |
| 2005 |
91,608 |
89,533 |
| 2006 |
91,908 |
89,787 |
| 2007 |
92,375 |
90,299 |
| 2008 |
93,348 |
91,075 |
| 2009 |
94,236 |
92,197 |
| 2010 |
95,090 |
93,229 |
| 2011 |
95,299 |
93,779 |
| 2012 |
94,935 |
93,844 |
| 2013 |
95,170 |
94,365 |
| 2014 |
95,102 |
94,704 |
| 2015 |
94,878 |
94,753 |
A Timeline of Santa Cruz County Incarceration by Gender
| Year |
Male Rate |
Female Rate |
| 2005 |
565 |
76 |
| 2006 |
458 |
70 |
| 2007 |
490 |
71 |
| 2008 |
465 |
54 |
| 2009 |
456 |
52 |
| 2010 |
395 |
67 |
| 2011 |
445 |
33 |
| 2012 |
453 |
61 |
| 2013 |
475 |
78 |
| 2014 |
456 |
75 |
| 2015 |
396 |
45 |
Santa Cruz County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 4,585 and a local jail rate of 216 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 161 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 2,047, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 6,707 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
The average jail count for Santa Cruz is 410 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 573 imprisonments a day.
Santa Cruz County Incarceration Rates
| Year |
Jail Rate |
| 2005 |
316 |
| 2006 |
316 |
| 2007 |
293 |
| 2008 |
280 |
| 2009 |
248 |
| 2010 |
202 |
| 2011 |
226 |
| 2012 |
236 |
| 2013 |
288 |
| 2014 |
258 |
| 2015 |
216 |
Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline
| Year |
Admit Rate |
Pretrial Rate |
| 2005 |
6,707 |
151 |
| 2006 |
4,247 |
115 |
| 2007 |
7,935 |
126 |
| 2008 |
8,199 |
116 |
| 2009 |
6,908 |
116 |
| 2010 |
6,645 |
121 |
| 2011 |
6,315 |
131 |
| 2012 |
2,127 |
162 |
| 2013 |
6,296 |
149 |
| 2014 |
742 |
192 |
| 2015 |
2,047 |
161 |
The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day
| Year |
Jail Count |
| 2005 |
573 |
| 2006 |
575 |
| 2007 |
535 |
| 2008 |
516 |
| 2009 |
462 |
| 2010 |
380 |
| 2011 |
427 |
| 2012 |
446 |
| 2013 |
545 |
| 2014 |
490 |
| 2015 |
410 |
