Search Watauga County, NC Inmate Records
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
77
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
77
Population Total Confined
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
0.00
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
3.61
%
Aggravated Assault
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
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
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.
Watauga County Incarceration Rates
| Year |
Jail Rate |
| 2005 |
182 |
| 2006 |
181 |
| 2007 |
182 |
| 2008 |
180 |
| 2009 |
183 |
| 2010 |
187 |
| 2011 |
188 |
| 2012 |
192 |
| 2013 |
196 |
| 2014 |
196 |
| 2015 |
196 |
Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline
| Year |
Admit Rate |
Pretrial Rate |
| 2005 |
3,501 |
187 |
| 2006 |
3,657 |
184 |
| 2007 |
3,832 |
182 |
| 2008 |
3,957 |
178 |
| 2009 |
4,164 |
178 |
| 2010 |
4,389 |
179 |
| 2011 |
4,577 |
178 |
| 2012 |
4,790 |
179 |
| 2013 |
5,028 |
180 |
| 2014 |
5,028 |
180 |
| 2015 |
5,028 |
180 |
The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day
| Year |
Jail Count |
| 2005 |
65 |
| 2006 |
67 |
| 2007 |
68 |
| 2008 |
70 |
| 2009 |
71 |
| 2010 |
73 |
| 2011 |
74 |
| 2012 |
76 |
| 2013 |
77 |
| 2014 |
77 |
| 2015 |
77 |
