Search Dekalb County, GA Inmate Records

Dekalb County, GA jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Dekalb County holds 3 jails with a total of 503,795 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Dekalb County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Dekalb County Quick Facts

2,223
Dekalb County Population Total
246,795 / 176 / 434
Female Population, Rate & Count
227,353 / 1,142 / 2,596
Male Population, Rate & Count
$50,856
Median Income
2,986.1
Arrest Rate
439.3
Local Jail Rate
2,223
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
2,223
Population Total Confined
273
Pretrial Rate
6,065
Admit Rate
30,688
Admit Count
503,795
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

2010201220142015
Violent Crime Total0000
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter0000
Revised Rape0000
Legacy Rape0000
Robbery0000
Aggravated Assault0000
Property Crime Total0000
Burglary0000
Larceny Theft0000
Motor Vehicle Theft0000
Arson0000

Dekalb County Jail Demographics

The county has 732,758 people confined with a jail population density of 1,891 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 265,832 women and 237,963 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 668,998
2006 676,687
2007 680,962
2008 685,646
2009 690,658
2010 692,574
2011 697,953
2012 708,304
2013 714,935
2014 722,161
2015 732,758

A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 227,353 246,795
2006 230,190 250,174
2007 231,447 252,240
2008 233,147 253,951
2009 235,329 255,400
2010 235,146 255,969
2011 236,242 257,472
2012 237,699 260,364
2013 237,782 261,267
2014 238,233 263,123
2015 237,963 265,832

A Timeline of Dekalb County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 1,142 176
2006 1,057 139
2007 1,046 139
2008 1,302 130
2009 1,254 138
2010 1,346 137
2011 1,248 137
2012 1,052 110
2013 889 1
2014 921 147
2015 743 77

Dekalb County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

20.41 %
White
38.52 %
Black
5.28 %
Latino
0.16 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 2,986 and a local jail rate of 439 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 273 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 6,065, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 7,698 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

6,065
Admit Rate
439
Local Jail Rate
273
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Dekalb is 2,223 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 2,700 imprisonments a day.

Dekalb County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 569
2006 644
2007 536
2008 591
2009 694
2010 725
2011 674
2012 643
2013 477
2014 511
2015 439

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 7,698 553
2006 9,661 266
2007 7,654 266
2008 8,157 323
2009 9,011 307
2010 9,120 294
2011 8,650 280
2012 6,229 264
2013 7,208 251
2014 7,769 263
2015 6,065 273

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 2,700
2006 3,094
2007 2,594
2008 2,879
2009 3,404
2010 3,560
2011 3,326
2012 3,203
2013 2,380
2014 2,562
2015 2,223