Search Knox County, ME Inmate Records

Knox County, ME jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Knox County holds 3 jails with a total of 24,826 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Knox County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Knox County Quick Facts

70
Knox County Population Total
13,259 / 53 / 7
Female Population, Rate & Count
13,520 / 407 / 55
Male Population, Rate & Count
$49,755
Median Income
3,764.7
Arrest Rate
279.4
Local Jail Rate
70
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
70
Population Total Confined
184
Pretrial Rate
6,265
Admit Rate
1,570
Admit Count
24,826
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total15971011791313411
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter00000000000
Revised Rape00000000000
Legacy Rape61110210103
Robbery30000031210
Aggravated Assault68691155121038
Property Crime Total207194175225209213194282268235209
Burglary6453566348695479535350
Larceny Theft132127110150141125124188200178149
Motor Vehicle Theft11149122019161515410
Arson02100000000

Knox County Jail Demographics

The county has 39,779 people confined with a jail population density of 68 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 12,295 women and 12,531 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 40,571
2006 40,417
2007 40,297
2008 40,225
2009 39,924
2010 39,707
2011 39,684
2012 39,608
2013 39,588
2014 39,676
2015 39,779

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

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 13,520 13,259
2006 13,431 13,255
2007 13,378 13,158
2008 13,358 12,950
2009 13,240 12,825
2010 13,043 12,737
2011 12,928 12,744
2012 12,753 12,562
2013 12,587 12,471
2014 12,505 12,382
2015 12,531 12,295

A Timeline of Knox County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 407 53
2006 412 58
2007 417 65
2008 420 71
2009 427 78
2010 436 84
2011 443 90
2012 452 98
2013 461 104
2014 461 104
2015 461 104

Knox County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

59.82 %
White
0.62 %
Black
0.92 %
Latino
0.35 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 3,765 and a local jail rate of 279 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 184 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 6,265, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 9,346 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

6,265
Admit Rate
279
Local Jail Rate
184
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Knox is 70 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 60 imprisonments a day.

Knox County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 224
2006 230
2007 236
2008 242
2009 249
2010 257
2011 263
2012 272
2013 279
2014 279
2015 279

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 9,346 101
2006 8,942 110
2007 8,553 120
2008 8,184 130
2009 7,813 140
2010 7,447 151
2011 7,024 161
2012 6,662 172
2013 6,265 184
2014 6,265 184
2015 6,265 184

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 60
2006 61
2007 63
2008 64
2009 65
2010 66
2011 68
2012 69
2013 70
2014 70
2015 70