Search Elkhart County, IN Inmate Records

Elkhart County, IN jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Elkhart County holds 2 jails with a total of 127,727 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Elkhart County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Elkhart County Quick Facts

616
Elkhart County Population Total
61,920 / 173 / 107
Female Population, Rate & Count
63,098 / 1,065 / 672
Male Population, Rate & Count
$45,693
Median Income
2,227.9
Arrest Rate
479.9
Local Jail Rate
615
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
616
Population Total Confined
196
Pretrial Rate
5,290
Admit Rate
6,779
Admit Count
127,727
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total605259586242374646278
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter01110113310
Revised Rape0000000015132
Legacy Rape181212232091613000
Robbery21293121232313192284
Aggravated Assault21101513199711652
Property Crime Total1,8991,5261,8652,1231,6691,6461,4791,4111,070694577
Burglary442379634656506533532428435178116
Larceny Theft1,2571,0191,0011,2361,027987828895493437423
Motor Vehicle Theft200128230231136126119881427938
Arson9112019413911200

Elkhart County Jail Demographics

The county has 203,284 people confined with a jail population density of 277 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 63,867 women and 63,860 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 192,242
2006 195,047
2007 196,304
2008 197,762
2009 197,514
2010 197,441
2011 198,480
2012 199,236
2013 200,591
2014 201,971
2015 203,284

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

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 63,098 61,920
2006 63,670 62,812
2007 63,614 63,171
2008 63,697 63,346
2009 63,333 63,370
2010 63,107 63,297
2011 63,337 63,411
2012 63,410 63,309
2013 63,745 63,496
2014 63,998 63,836
2015 63,860 63,867

A Timeline of Elkhart County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 1,065 173
2006 1,247 143
2007 1,399 95
2008 1,553 234
2009 1,738 230
2010 1,721 226
2011 1,290 117
2012 1,131 142
2013 900 132
2014 902 144
2015 1,007 146

Elkhart County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

48.75 %
White
4.03 %
Black
9.21 %
Latino
0.18 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 2,228 and a local jail rate of 480 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 196 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 5,290, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 6,632 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

5,290
Admit Rate
480
Local Jail Rate
196
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Elkhart is 615 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 727 imprisonments a day.

Elkhart County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 581
2006 601
2007 693
2008 847
2009 877
2010 936
2011 618
2012 634
2013 487
2014 498
2015 480

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 6,632 298
2006 5,483 349
2007 6,868 375
2008 8,250 569
2009 9,589 446
2010 5,816 370
2011 5,965 400
2012 6,501 432
2013 5,327 306
2014 5,017 250
2015 5,290 196

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 727
2006 760
2007 878
2008 1,076
2009 1,112
2010 1,183
2011 783
2012 803
2013 620
2014 636
2015 615