Search Somerset County, NJ Inmate Records

Somerset County, NJ jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Somerset County holds 2 jails with a total of 223,231 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Somerset County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Somerset County Quick Facts

216
Somerset County Population Total
106,485 / 33 / 35
Female Population, Rate & Count
103,335 / 217 / 224
Male Population, Rate & Count
$99,020
Median Income
2,607.1
Arrest Rate
97.1
Local Jail Rate
216
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
216
Population Total Confined
67
Pretrial Rate
1,407
Admit Rate
3,129
Admit Count
223,231
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

Somerset County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 50.00% of all the crimes committed in the county - 4 Property Crime Total cases. Violent Crime Total is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.00% out of all the crimes in Somerset County.

Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES

50.00 %
Property Crime
50.00 %
Larceny Theft

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

2009201020112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total3005001
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter0000000
Revised Rape0000000
Legacy Rape0000000
Robbery0000000
Aggravated Assault3005001
Property Crime Total0000001
Burglary0000000
Larceny Theft0000001
Motor Vehicle Theft0000000
Arson0000000

Somerset County Jail Demographics

The county has 333,015 people confined with a jail population density of 741 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 113,127 women and 110,104 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 312,617
2006 314,993
2007 317,128
2008 318,856
2009 321,564
2010 324,171
2011 326,795
2012 328,691
2013 331,297
2014 332,568
2015 333,015

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

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 103,335 106,485
2006 104,174 107,535
2007 105,068 108,207
2008 105,697 108,646
2009 106,641 109,732
2010 107,443 110,766
2011 108,369 111,461
2012 108,933 111,805
2013 109,834 112,567
2014 110,287 113,083
2015 110,104 113,127

A Timeline of Somerset County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 217 33
2006 209 31
2007 202 29
2008 195 27
2009 187 25
2010 180 23
2011 173 21
2012 166 20
2013 159 18
2014 159 18
2015 159 18

Somerset County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

38.66 %
White
6.55 %
Black
9.96 %
Latino
0.08 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 2,607 and a local jail rate of 97 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 67 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 1,407, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 2,088 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

1,407
Admit Rate
97
Local Jail Rate
67
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Somerset is 216 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 254 imprisonments a day.

Somerset County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 121
2006 118
2007 115
2008 112
2009 109
2010 106
2011 103
2012 100
2013 97
2014 97
2015 97

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 2,088 86
2006 1,995 84
2007 1,907 81
2008 1,825 79
2009 1,735 76
2010 1,649 74
2011 1,566 71
2012 1,488 69
2013 1,407 67
2014 1,407 67
2015 1,407 67

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 254
2006 249
2007 245
2008 240
2009 235
2010 230
2011 226
2012 221
2013 216
2014 216
2015 216