Search Knox County, IL Inmate Records
Knox County, IL jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Knox County holds 2 jails with a total of 33,027 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Knox County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Knox County Quick Facts
118
Knox County Population Total
16,712 / 60 / 1
Female Population, Rate & Count
17,990 / 567 / 102
Male Population, Rate & Count
99
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
118
Population Total Confined
33,027
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Knox County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 39.89% of all the crimes committed in the county - 150 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.00% out of all the crimes in Knox County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
0.00
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
8.51
%
Aggravated Assault
1.06
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|
| Violent Crime Total | 13 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 64 |
| Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Revised Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| Legacy Rape | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 9 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 53 |
| Property Crime Total | 212 | 207 | 245 | 195 | 168 |
| Burglary | 58 | 79 | 87 | 88 | 42 |
| Larceny Theft | 143 | 124 | 146 | 97 | 117 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 11 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Knox County Jail Demographics
The county has 51,416 people confined with a jail population density of 46 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 15,680 women and 17,347 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
| Year |
Total Population |
| 2005 |
53,513 |
| 2006 |
53,196 |
| 2007 |
52,894 |
| 2008 |
52,836 |
| 2009 |
52,817 |
| 2010 |
52,919 |
| 2011 |
52,700 |
| 2012 |
52,314 |
| 2013 |
52,235 |
| 2014 |
52,069 |
| 2015 |
51,416 |
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
| Year |
Male Population |
Female Population |
| 2005 |
17,990 |
16,712 |
| 2006 |
17,950 |
16,661 |
| 2007 |
17,839 |
16,544 |
| 2008 |
17,744 |
16,546 |
| 2009 |
17,686 |
16,489 |
| 2010 |
17,748 |
16,446 |
| 2011 |
17,704 |
16,424 |
| 2012 |
17,518 |
16,186 |
| 2013 |
17,500 |
16,087 |
| 2014 |
17,382 |
15,953 |
| 2015 |
17,347 |
15,680 |
A Timeline of Knox County Incarceration by Gender
| Year |
Male Rate |
Female Rate |
| 2005 |
567 |
60 |
| 2006 |
573 |
57 |
| 2007 |
582 |
54 |
| 2008 |
590 |
51 |
| 2009 |
597 |
49 |
| 2010 |
599 |
46 |
| 2011 |
606 |
43 |
| 2012 |
617 |
40 |
| 2013 |
623 |
37 |
| 2014 |
623 |
37 |
| 2015 |
623 |
37 |
Knox County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
County Jail Statistics
The county has a local jail rate of 295 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 310 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 10,456, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 13,523 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
The average jail count for Knox is 99 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 83 imprisonments a day.
Knox County Incarceration Rates
| Year |
Jail Rate |
| 2005 |
239 |
| 2006 |
246 |
| 2007 |
253 |
| 2008 |
260 |
| 2009 |
266 |
| 2010 |
272 |
| 2011 |
278 |
| 2012 |
288 |
| 2013 |
295 |
| 2014 |
295 |
| 2015 |
295 |
Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline
| Year |
Admit Rate |
Pretrial Rate |
| 2005 |
13,523 |
256 |
| 2006 |
13,132 |
263 |
| 2007 |
12,790 |
270 |
| 2008 |
12,394 |
276 |
| 2009 |
12,004 |
282 |
| 2010 |
11,566 |
288 |
| 2011 |
11,156 |
294 |
| 2012 |
10,858 |
303 |
| 2013 |
10,456 |
310 |
| 2014 |
10,456 |
310 |
| 2015 |
10,456 |
310 |
The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day
| Year |
Jail Count |
| 2005 |
83 |
| 2006 |
85 |
| 2007 |
87 |
| 2008 |
89 |
| 2009 |
91 |
| 2010 |
93 |
| 2011 |
95 |
| 2012 |
97 |
| 2013 |
99 |
| 2014 |
99 |
| 2015 |
99 |
