Search Jefferson County, KY Inmate Records

Jefferson County, KY jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Jefferson County holds 2 jails with a total of 506,469 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Jefferson County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Jefferson County Quick Facts

2,363
Jefferson County Population Total
243,811 / 100 / 244
Female Population, Rate & Count
232,446 / 713 / 1,657
Male Population, Rate & Count
$46,959
Median Income
4,974.0
Arrest Rate
465.6
Local Jail Rate
2,359
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
2,363
Population Total Confined
82
Pretrial Rate
6,356
Admit Rate
32,201
Admit Count
506,469
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

Jefferson County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 50.00% of all the crimes committed in the county - 2 Property Crime Total cases. Violent Crime Total is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.00% out of all the crimes in Jefferson County.

Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES

50.00 %
Property Crime
25.00 %
Burglary
25.00 %
Larceny Theft

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

20052006200720082012
Violent Crime Total20101,651
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter000033
Revised Rape00000
Legacy Rape000064
Robbery2010412
Aggravated Assault00001,142
Property Crime Total1812131212,479
Burglary10122,568
Larceny Theft631199,128
Motor Vehicle Theft11911783
Arson000087

Jefferson County Jail Demographics

The county has 763,509 people confined with a jail population density of 1,332 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 258,730 women and 247,739 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 710,018
2006 715,149
2007 723,040
2008 730,194
2009 736,705
2010 742,227
2011 746,562
2012 751,327
2013 757,282
2014 760,026
2015 763,509

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

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 232,446 243,811
2006 234,542 246,223
2007 238,581 248,977
2008 239,900 251,540
2009 243,286 252,777
2010 244,654 254,814
2011 246,020 256,906
2012 246,293 257,179
2013 247,183 258,862
2014 247,141 258,890
2015 247,739 258,730

A Timeline of Jefferson County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 713 100
2006 729 113
2007 762 118
2008 704 103
2009 715 83
2010 701 98
2011 722 91
2012 719 117
2013 611 87
2014 637 109
2015 748 127

Jefferson County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

46.42 %
White
14.56 %
Black
3.19 %
Latino
0.15 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 4,974 and a local jail rate of 466 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 82 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 6,356, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 8,069 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

6,356
Admit Rate
466
Local Jail Rate
82
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Jefferson is 2,359 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 1,838 imprisonments a day.

Jefferson County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 386
2006 396
2007 420
2008 411
2009 394
2010 373
2011 394
2012 400
2013 355
2014 359
2015 466

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 8,069 261
2006 10,054 271
2007 9,540 266
2008 9,486 250
2009 7,905 254
2010 9,333 285
2011 8,450 235
2012 8,782 224
2013 7,823 166
2014 7,584 124
2015 6,356 82

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 1,838
2006 1,905
2007 2,049
2008 2,019
2009 1,954
2010 1,864
2011 1,983
2012 2,013
2013 1,796
2014 1,815
2015 2,359