Search Berkshire County, MA Inmate Records

Berkshire County, MA jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Berkshire County holds 2 jails with a total of 82,841 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Berkshire County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Berkshire County Quick Facts

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Berkshire County Population Total
44,269 / 104 / 46
Female Population, Rate & Count
42,912 / 750 / 322
Male Population, Rate & Count
$48,450
Median Income
2,741.2
Arrest Rate
302.9
Local Jail Rate
249
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
249
Population Total Confined
107
Pretrial Rate
2,020
Admit Rate
1,660
Admit Count
82,841
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

Berkshire County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 39.04% of all the crimes committed in the county - 2,044 Property Crime Total cases. Revised Rape is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.00% out of all the crimes in Berkshire County.

Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES

11.42 %
Violent Crime
0.06 %
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
0.94 %
Robbery
8.96 %
Aggravated Assault
38.46 %
Property Crime
11.48 %
Burglary
25.72 %
Larceny Theft
1.26 %
Motor Vehicle Theft
0.23 %
Arson

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total459559486497519526375381333360515
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter32112140104
Revised Rape00000000000
Legacy Rape5368577651465055725961
Robbery4740492431314552424345
Aggravated Assault379449379396435448276274218258405
Property Crime Total2,2902,6242,5352,6812,7032,9182,3232,3352,7872,4592,204
Burglary669785854904879868787735880717643
Larceny Theft1,4921,6811,5291,6581,7381,9401,4321,5121,8241,6731,482
Motor Vehicle Theft1291581521198611010488836979
Arson231015222123161491819

Berkshire County Jail Demographics

The county has 127,671 people confined with a jail population density of 89 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 41,862 women and 40,979 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 132,563
2006 131,977
2007 131,883
2008 131,372
2009 131,264
2010 131,310
2011 130,575
2012 130,230
2013 129,489
2014 128,715
2015 127,671

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

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 42,912 44,269
2006 42,879 44,202
2007 42,941 44,167
2008 42,735 44,035
2009 42,737 44,001
2010 42,671 44,000
2011 42,495 43,697
2012 42,071 43,228
2013 41,631 42,780
2014 41,093 42,358
2015 40,979 41,862

A Timeline of Berkshire County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 750 104
2006 722 102
2007 691 100
2008 665 99
2009 635 97
2010 607 95
2011 579 93
2012 555 92
2013 531 91
2014 558 91
2015 581 91

Berkshire County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

57.81 %
White
2.38 %
Black
2.87 %
Latino
0.12 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 2,741 and a local jail rate of 303 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 107 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 2,020, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 2,452 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

2,020
Admit Rate
303
Local Jail Rate
107
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Berkshire is 249 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 359 imprisonments a day.

Berkshire County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 412
2006 398
2007 384
2008 371
2009 357
2010 343
2011 330
2012 319
2013 308
2014 306
2015 303

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 2,452 140
2006 2,328 136
2007 2,200 133
2008 2,081 129
2009 1,954 126
2010 1,828 122
2011 1,710 119
2012 1,598 116
2013 1,483 114
2014 1,745 110
2015 2,020 107

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 359
2006 347
2007 334
2008 322
2009 310
2010 297
2011 285
2012 272
2013 260
2014 256
2015 249