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Mcdowell County, NC jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Mcdowell County holds 2 jails with a total of 29,011 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Mcdowell County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Mcdowell County Quick Facts
113
Mcdowell County Population Total
14,282 / 73 / 1
Female Population, Rate & Count
14,820 / 530 / 78
Male Population, Rate & Count
$35,297
Median Income
4,445.6
Arrest Rate
323.7
Local Jail Rate
94
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
113
Population Total Confined
298
Pretrial Rate
5,574
Admit Rate
1,623
Admit Count
29,011
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Mcdowell County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 47.07% of all the crimes committed in the county - 706 Property Crime Total cases. Revised Rape is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.00% out of all the crimes in Mcdowell County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
2.45
%
Violent Crime
0.07
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
0.60
%
Robbery
1.26
%
Aggravated Assault
46.82
%
Property Crime
16.38
%
Burglary
25.40
%
Larceny Theft
5.04
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
1.46
%
Arson
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Violent Crime Total
32
52
31
54
34
25
30
45
31
34
37
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter
2
2
2
5
3
2
1
0
3
3
1
Revised Rape
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Legacy Rape
5
5
6
2
4
3
2
6
5
2
2
Robbery
8
15
4
12
3
5
6
4
2
7
1
Aggravated Assault
17
30
19
35
24
15
21
35
21
22
33
Property Crime Total
685
631
636
661
531
557
736
768
821
844
783
Burglary
296
268
279
266
278
231
308
293
366
334
289
Larceny Theft
320
316
310
345
214
293
389
428
395
440
439
Motor Vehicle Theft
69
47
47
50
39
33
39
47
60
70
55
Arson
8
8
8
5
9
3
4
5
7
10
8
Mcdowell County Jail Demographics
The county has 44,963 people confined with a jail population density of 66 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 14,247 women and 14,764 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
Year
Total Population
2005
43,655
2006
43,969
2007
44,345
2008
44,768
2009
44,865
2010
45,069
2011
44,952
2012
44,967
2013
44,959
2014
44,965
2015
44,963
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
Year
Male Population
Female Population
2005
14,820
14,282
2006
14,876
14,329
2007
14,903
14,421
2008
15,007
14,408
2009
15,041
14,408
2010
15,084
14,444
2011
15,030
14,406
2012
14,908
14,328
2013
14,865
14,246
2014
14,827
14,159
2015
14,764
14,247
A Timeline of Mcdowell County Incarceration by Gender
Year
Male Rate
Female Rate
2005
530
73
2006
542
82
2007
554
90
2008
564
100
2009
576
109
2010
590
118
2011
606
128
2012
624
138
2013
639
148
2014
639
148
2015
639
148
Mcdowell County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
57.03
%
White
2.81
%
Black
3.52
%
Latino
0.27
%
Asian
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 4,446 and a local jail rate of 324 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 298 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 5,574, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 7,296 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
5,574
Admit Rate
324
Local Jail Rate
298
Pretrial Rate
The average jail count for Mcdowell is 94 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 60 imprisonments a day.
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