Search Dorchester County, MD Inmate Records
Dorchester County, MD jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Dorchester County holds 1 jails with a total of 20,155 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Dorchester County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Dorchester County Quick Facts
144
Dorchester County Population Total
10,569 / 85 / 9
Female Population, Rate & Count
9,866 / 1,642 / 162
Male Population, Rate & Count
144
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
144
Population Total Confined
20,155
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Dorchester County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 47.65% of all the crimes committed in the county - 203 Property Crime Total cases. Revised Rape is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.00% out of all the crimes in Dorchester County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
0.23
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
1.88
%
Aggravated Assault
3.76
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|
| Violent Crime Total | 25 | 28 | 24 | 26 | 32 | 18 | 29 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 11 |
| Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Revised Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Legacy Rape | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 22 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 31 | 16 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 11 |
| Property Crime Total | 225 | 339 | 322 | 324 | 315 | 278 | 319 | 251 | 243 | 209 | 257 |
| Burglary | 56 | 99 | 76 | 117 | 89 | 70 | 85 | 78 | 45 | 45 | 53 |
| Larceny Theft | 145 | 202 | 221 | 189 | 219 | 199 | 221 | 161 | 192 | 153 | 184 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 24 | 38 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 20 |
| Arson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dorchester County Jail Demographics
The county has 32,391 people confined with a jail population density of 37 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 10,495 women and 9,660 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
| Year |
Total Population |
| 2005 |
31,422 |
| 2006 |
31,677 |
| 2007 |
32,172 |
| 2008 |
32,466 |
| 2009 |
32,470 |
| 2010 |
32,681 |
| 2011 |
32,712 |
| 2012 |
32,488 |
| 2013 |
32,612 |
| 2014 |
32,578 |
| 2015 |
32,391 |
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
| Year |
Male Population |
Female Population |
| 2005 |
9,866 |
10,569 |
| 2006 |
9,994 |
10,725 |
| 2007 |
10,108 |
10,936 |
| 2008 |
10,061 |
10,983 |
| 2009 |
10,095 |
10,919 |
| 2010 |
10,155 |
10,947 |
| 2011 |
10,110 |
10,905 |
| 2012 |
9,885 |
10,761 |
| 2013 |
9,813 |
10,692 |
| 2014 |
9,678 |
10,619 |
| 2015 |
9,660 |
10,495 |
A Timeline of Dorchester County Incarceration by Gender
| Year |
Male Rate |
Female Rate |
| 2005 |
1,642 |
85 |
| 2006 |
1,532 |
89 |
| 2007 |
1,427 |
91 |
| 2008 |
1,346 |
96 |
| 2009 |
1,253 |
101 |
| 2010 |
1,158 |
105 |
| 2011 |
1,076 |
110 |
| 2012 |
1,010 |
116 |
| 2013 |
927 |
122 |
| 2014 |
927 |
122 |
| 2015 |
927 |
122 |
Dorchester County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 7,968 and a local jail rate of 702 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 278 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 6,979, which is higher compared to the statistics of 2005 - 5,614 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
The average jail count for Dorchester is 144 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 119 imprisonments a day.
Dorchester County Incarceration Rates
| Year |
Jail Rate |
| 2005 |
582 |
| 2006 |
771 |
| 2007 |
748 |
| 2008 |
738 |
| 2009 |
728 |
| 2010 |
714 |
| 2011 |
707 |
| 2012 |
708 |
| 2013 |
702 |
| 2014 |
702 |
| 2015 |
702 |
Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline
| Year |
Admit Rate |
Pretrial Rate |
| 2005 |
5,614 |
484 |
| 2006 |
5,708 |
452 |
| 2007 |
5,788 |
421 |
| 2008 |
5,957 |
396 |
| 2009 |
6,134 |
371 |
| 2010 |
6,277 |
345 |
| 2011 |
6,472 |
321 |
| 2012 |
6,759 |
302 |
| 2013 |
6,979 |
278 |
| 2014 |
6,979 |
278 |
| 2015 |
6,979 |
278 |
The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day
| Year |
Jail Count |
| 2005 |
119 |
| 2006 |
160 |
| 2007 |
158 |
| 2008 |
155 |
| 2009 |
153 |
| 2010 |
151 |
| 2011 |
149 |
| 2012 |
146 |
| 2013 |
144 |
| 2014 |
144 |
| 2015 |
144 |
