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Nelson County, KY jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Nelson County holds 1 jails with a total of 29,590 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Nelson County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Nelson County Quick Facts
122
Nelson County Population Total
13,630 / 81 / 11
Female Population, Rate & Count
13,593 / 625 / 85
Male Population, Rate & Count
$43,833
Median Income
3,472.8
Arrest Rate
412.4
Local Jail Rate
122
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
122
Population Total Confined
368
Pretrial Rate
2,644
Admit Rate
782
Admit Count
29,590
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Nelson County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 44.87% of all the crimes committed in the county - 175 Property Crime Total cases. Robbery is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.26% out of all the crimes in Nelson County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
4.87
%
Violent Crime
0.51
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
1.79
%
Revised Rape
0.26
%
Robbery
2.31
%
Aggravated Assault
44.87
%
Property Crime
15.90
%
Burglary
22.82
%
Larceny Theft
6.15
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
0.51
%
Arson
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Violent Crime Total
14
16
23
21
16
16
14
18
10
15
16
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter
0
0
3
0
2
1
0
0
2
0
1
Revised Rape
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
5
6
Legacy Rape
1
4
5
3
7
1
4
4
0
0
0
Robbery
1
1
2
3
2
1
2
4
0
2
1
Aggravated Assault
12
11
13
15
5
13
8
10
5
8
8
Property Crime Total
217
225
245
277
218
265
303
196
204
130
140
Burglary
80
83
78
95
113
134
154
95
85
58
58
Larceny Theft
123
125
143
169
87
116
139
85
109
61
67
Motor Vehicle Theft
14
17
24
13
18
15
10
16
10
11
15
Arson
3
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
2
Nelson County Jail Demographics
The county has 45,117 people confined with a jail population density of 71 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 14,946 women and 14,644 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
Year
Total Population
2005
40,582
2006
41,424
2007
42,020
2008
42,588
2009
42,974
2010
43,604
2011
44,013
2012
44,351
2013
44,492
2014
44,812
2015
45,117
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
Year
Male Population
Female Population
2005
13,593
13,630
2006
13,824
13,985
2007
14,025
14,249
2008
14,136
14,425
2009
14,219
14,499
2010
14,384
14,716
2011
14,483
14,909
2012
14,550
14,871
2013
14,498
14,920
2014
14,585
14,998
2015
14,644
14,946
A Timeline of Nelson County Incarceration by Gender
Year
Male Rate
Female Rate
2005
625
81
2006
897
122
2007
692
77
2008
757
97
2009
788
124
2010
820
150
2011
787
87
2012
639
81
2013
690
134
2014
699
167
2015
699
167
Nelson County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
60.32
%
White
3.64
%
Black
1.18
%
Latino
0.10
%
Asian
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 3,473 and a local jail rate of 412 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 368 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 2,644, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 7,087 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
2,644
Admit Rate
412
Local Jail Rate
368
Pretrial Rate
The average jail count for Nelson is 122 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 136 imprisonments a day.
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