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Polk County, MO jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Polk County holds 1 jails with a total of 19,824 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Polk County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Polk County Quick Facts
37
Polk County Population Total
9,556 / 199 / 19
Female Population, Rate & Count
9,364 / 459 / 43
Male Population, Rate & Count
$39,512
Median Income
2,625.8
Arrest Rate
186.3
Local Jail Rate
37
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
37
Population Total Confined
181
Pretrial Rate
5,065
Admit Rate
1,006
Admit Count
19,824
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Polk County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 43.30% of all the crimes committed in the county - 333 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.00% out of all the crimes in Polk County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
6.50
%
Violent Crime
0.00
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
0.91
%
Revised Rape
0.26
%
Robbery
5.33
%
Aggravated Assault
43.30
%
Property Crime
17.30
%
Burglary
22.63
%
Larceny Theft
3.38
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
0.39
%
Arson
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Violent Crime Total
30
31
28
31
26
83
88
78
61
53
60
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Revised Rape
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
5
7
Legacy Rape
4
2
0
4
0
1
0
6
0
0
0
Robbery
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
5
2
6
Aggravated Assault
24
28
27
27
25
80
86
70
50
45
47
Property Crime Total
298
258
271
318
302
377
336
402
345
364
338
Burglary
107
107
124
145
139
136
127
141
124
128
147
Larceny Theft
166
142
135
155
147
209
192
240
190
200
155
Motor Vehicle Theft
25
9
12
18
16
32
17
21
31
36
36
Arson
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
5
3
6
Polk County Jail Demographics
The county has 31,183 people confined with a jail population density of 31 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 10,046 women and 9,778 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
Year
Total Population
2005
29,308
2006
30,053
2007
30,576
2008
30,790
2009
31,085
2010
31,171
2011
31,206
2012
31,105
2013
31,073
2014
31,054
2015
31,183
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
Year
Male Population
Female Population
2005
9,364
9,556
2006
9,499
9,809
2007
9,671
9,969
2008
9,745
9,930
2009
9,881
9,953
2010
9,939
9,984
2011
9,944
10,029
2012
9,836
9,957
2013
9,862
9,999
2014
9,792
10,041
2015
9,778
10,046
A Timeline of Polk County Incarceration by Gender
Year
Male Rate
Female Rate
2005
459
199
2006
437
176
2007
414
155
2008
395
138
2009
374
121
2010
357
103
2011
342
85
2012
330
68
2013
314
50
2014
314
50
2015
314
50
Polk County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
60.21
%
White
0.89
%
Black
1.35
%
Latino
0.57
%
Asian
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 2,626 and a local jail rate of 186 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 181 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 5,065, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 14,331 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
5,065
Admit Rate
186
Local Jail Rate
181
Pretrial Rate
The average jail count for Polk is 37 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 45 imprisonments a day.
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