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Lea County, NM jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Lea County holds 2 jails with a total of 44,640 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Lea County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Lea County Quick Facts
411
Lea County Population Total
18,330 / 235 / 43
Female Population, Rate & Count
19,515 / 1,056 / 206
Male Population, Rate & Count
$50,694
Median Income
3,781.6
Arrest Rate
736.3
Local Jail Rate
321
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
411
Population Total Confined
223
Pretrial Rate
17,512
Admit Rate
7,634
Admit Count
44,640
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Lea County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 47.58% of all the crimes committed in the county - 384 Property Crime Total cases. Revised Rape is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.00% out of all the crimes in Lea County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
2.71
%
Violent Crime
0.12
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
0.25
%
Robbery
1.72
%
Aggravated Assault
47.29
%
Property Crime
16.63
%
Burglary
26.48
%
Larceny Theft
4.19
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
2005
2006
2007
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Violent Crime Total
31
58
43
52
32
52
39
56
51
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter
1
0
0
1
1
4
1
3
0
Revised Rape
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Legacy Rape
10
23
10
9
8
6
3
13
7
Robbery
1
1
3
4
2
1
1
5
3
Aggravated Assault
19
34
30
38
21
41
34
35
41
Property Crime Total
465
416
477
328
374
450
585
554
443
Burglary
135
162
163
130
136
139
151
148
100
Larceny Theft
300
230
274
169
213
288
392
367
297
Motor Vehicle Theft
30
24
40
29
25
23
42
39
46
Arson
0
2
3
1
3
2
1
1
1
Lea County Jail Demographics
The county has 70,848 people confined with a jail population density of 10 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 21,356 women and 23,284 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
Year
Total Population
2005
58,331
2006
59,541
2007
61,058
2008
62,737
2009
64,483
2010
64,644
2011
65,103
2012
66,286
2013
68,347
2014
69,999
2015
70,848
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
Year
Male Population
Female Population
2005
19,515
18,330
2006
19,955
18,617
2007
20,571
19,094
2008
20,982
19,591
2009
21,672
19,973
2010
21,642
19,937
2011
21,822
19,954
2012
22,203
20,225
2013
22,853
20,741
2014
23,454
21,134
2015
23,284
21,356
A Timeline of Lea County Incarceration by Gender
Year
Male Rate
Female Rate
2005
1,056
235
2006
1,133
241
2007
1,196
245
2008
1,268
248
2009
1,320
253
2010
1,414
263
2011
1,494
272
2012
1,558
278
2013
1,602
280
2014
1,602
280
2015
1,602
280
Lea County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
24.17
%
White
2.59
%
Black
35.84
%
Latino
0.57
%
Asian
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 3,782 and a local jail rate of 736 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 223 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 17,512, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 22,596 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
17,512
Admit Rate
736
Local Jail Rate
223
Pretrial Rate
The average jail count for Lea is 321 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 244 imprisonments a day.
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