Search Cherokee County, NC Inmate Records

Cherokee County, NC jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Cherokee County holds 1 jails with a total of 15,815 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Cherokee County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Cherokee County Quick Facts

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Cherokee County Population Total
8,402 / 321 / 27
Female Population, Rate & Count
8,062 / 620 / 5
Male Population, Rate & Count
$34,432
Median Income
2,883.9
Arrest Rate
456.7
Local Jail Rate
72
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
87
Population Total Confined
425
Pretrial Rate
11,170
Admit Rate
1,761
Admit Count
15,815
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

Cherokee County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 47.11% of all the crimes committed in the county - 611 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 Cherokee County.

Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES

2.76 %
Violent Crime
0.00 %
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
0.38 %
Robbery
1.92 %
Aggravated Assault
46.89 %
Property Crime
13.20 %
Burglary
31.01 %
Larceny Theft
2.69 %
Motor Vehicle Theft
0.69 %
Arson

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

20052008200920112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total6839213132284442
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter10013003
Revised Rape00000000
Legacy Rape82663457
Robbery11101321
Aggravated Assault5836142425213731
Property Crime Total431549371519599495515586
Burglary14717183202246149176218
Larceny Theft250366283300327319314350
Motor Vehicle Theft341251726272518
Arson73445232

Cherokee County Jail Demographics

The county has 27,137 people confined with a jail population density of 35 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 8,070 women and 7,745 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 26,077
2006 26,877
2007 27,350
2008 27,545
2009 27,378
2010 27,426
2011 27,136
2012 26,972
2013 27,106
2014 27,141
2015 27,137

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

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 8,062 8,402
2006 8,242 8,676
2007 8,337 8,826
2008 8,371 8,784
2009 8,270 8,652
2010 8,215 8,601
2011 8,057 8,471
2012 7,904 8,267
2013 7,899 8,198
2014 7,831 8,106
2015 7,745 8,070

A Timeline of Cherokee County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 620 321
2006 654 317
2007 693 317
2008 736 324
2009 792 335
2010 844 343
2011 909 354
2012 976 369
2013 1,025 378
2014 951 278
2015 878 173

Cherokee County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

53.98 %
White
1.03 %
Black
1.74 %
Latino
0.93 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 2,884 and a local jail rate of 457 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 425 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 11,170, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 12,035 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

11,170
Admit Rate
457
Local Jail Rate
425
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Cherokee is 72 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 71 imprisonments a day.

Cherokee County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 431
2006 448
2007 469
2008 497
2009 532
2010 563
2011 602
2012 645
2013 441
2014 449
2015 457

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 12,035 334
2006 11,514 367
2007 11,155 403
2008 10,966 445
2009 10,919 493
2010 10,789 539
2011 10,775 591
2012 10,806 649
2013 10,648 696
2014 10,902 562
2015 11,170 425

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 71
2006 76
2007 81
2008 85
2009 90
2010 95
2011 100
2012 104
2013 71
2014 72
2015 72