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Watauga County, NC jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Watauga County holds 1 jails with a total of 39,366 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Watauga County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Watauga County Quick Facts
77
Watauga County Population Total
17,638 / 51 / 9
Female Population, Rate & Count
18,106 / 342 / 62
Male Population, Rate & Count
$34,293
Median Income
3,577.1
Arrest Rate
195.6
Local Jail Rate
77
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
77
Population Total Confined
180
Pretrial Rate
5,028
Admit Rate
1,979
Admit Count
39,366
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Watauga County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 45.92% of all the crimes committed in the county - 293 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 Watauga County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
4.08
%
Violent Crime
0.00
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
0.47
%
Robbery
3.61
%
Aggravated Assault
45.92
%
Property Crime
4.39
%
Burglary
40.28
%
Larceny Theft
1.25
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
2005
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Violent Crime Total
25
19
16
22
24
23
32
21
20
15
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter
1
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
1
Revised Rape
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Legacy Rape
5
4
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Robbery
1
1
1
3
1
0
0
0
1
1
Aggravated Assault
18
14
14
18
20
23
31
21
19
13
Property Crime Total
506
537
529
497
486
377
364
283
308
323
Burglary
241
205
222
185
110
66
77
41
24
39
Larceny Theft
224
301
278
288
344
286
272
223
270
274
Motor Vehicle Theft
41
31
29
24
32
25
15
19
14
10
Arson
1
5
3
1
0
0
3
0
2
0
Watauga County Jail Demographics
The county has 53,024 people confined with a jail population density of 126 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 19,576 women and 19,790 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
Year
Total Population
2005
46,390
2006
47,748
2007
48,765
2008
50,266
2009
50,706
2010
50,993
2011
51,583
2012
52,064
2013
52,317
2014
52,560
2015
53,024
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
Year
Male Population
Female Population
2005
18,106
17,638
2006
18,636
18,071
2007
18,908
18,495
2008
19,513
19,003
2009
19,688
19,102
2010
19,681
19,191
2011
19,849
19,414
2012
19,858
19,559
2013
19,864
19,499
2014
19,865
19,480
2015
19,790
19,576
A Timeline of Watauga County Incarceration by Gender
Year
Male Rate
Female Rate
2005
342
51
2006
331
55
2007
324
58
2008
312
61
2009
307
65
2010
306
70
2011
301
73
2012
299
77
2013
297
82
2014
297
82
2015
297
82
Watauga County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
69.26
%
White
1.60
%
Black
2.43
%
Latino
0.24
%
Asian
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 3,577 and a local jail rate of 196 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 180 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 5,028, which is higher compared to the statistics of 2005 - 3,501 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
5,028
Admit Rate
196
Local Jail Rate
180
Pretrial Rate
The average jail count for Watauga is 77 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 65 imprisonments a day.
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