Search Otero County, NM Inmate Records

Otero County, NM jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Otero County holds 2 jails with a total of 41,057 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Otero County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Otero County Quick Facts

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Otero County Population Total
20,108 / 209 / 42
Female Population, Rate & Count
20,718 / 951 / 197
Male Population, Rate & Count
$39,263
Median Income
5,377.8
Arrest Rate
603.5
Local Jail Rate
252
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
262
Population Total Confined
402
Pretrial Rate
7,829
Admit Rate
3,269
Admit Count
41,057
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

Otero County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 34.78% of all the crimes committed in the county - 272 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 Otero County.

Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES

15.66 %
Violent Crime
0.00 %
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
14.39 %
Aggravated Assault
34.34 %
Property Crime
14.52 %
Burglary
17.55 %
Larceny Theft
2.27 %
Motor Vehicle Theft

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

2005200920102011201320142015
Violent Crime Total411371056565101163
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter0100000
Revised Rape0000000
Legacy Rape09197131710
Robbery0200221
Aggravated Assault4112586585082152
Property Crime Total253240255339324342267
Burglary98101118147136146104
Larceny Theft151124120167164167149
Motor Vehicle Theft4151725242914
Arson0000000

Otero County Jail Demographics

The county has 64,430 people confined with a jail population density of 6 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 19,418 women and 21,639 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 62,533
2006 62,200
2007 62,466
2008 62,498
2009 62,462
2010 64,396
2011 65,597
2012 66,102
2013 65,900
2014 65,082
2015 64,430

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

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 20,718 20,108
2006 20,662 20,010
2007 20,759 19,936
2008 20,722 19,809
2009 20,464 19,690
2010 21,189 20,128
2011 21,674 20,332
2012 21,759 20,267
2013 21,716 20,039
2014 21,367 19,621
2015 21,639 19,418

A Timeline of Otero County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 951 209
2006 938 217
2007 918 226
2008 904 235
2009 899 244
2010 853 246
2011 819 251
2012 801 259
2013 787 269
2014 787 269
2015 787 269

Otero County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

31.74 %
White
2.61 %
Black
23.77 %
Latino
4.19 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 5,378 and a local jail rate of 604 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 402 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 7,829, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 9,196 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

7,829
Admit Rate
604
Local Jail Rate
402
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Otero is 252 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 209 imprisonments a day.

Otero County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 512
2006 527
2007 540
2008 555
2009 574
2010 571
2011 574
2012 587
2013 604
2014 604
2015 604

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 9,196 451
2006 9,081 447
2007 8,927 442
2008 8,814 439
2009 8,745 438
2010 8,352 421
2011 8,071 409
2012 7,923 405
2013 7,829 402
2014 7,829 402
2015 7,829 402

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 209
2006 214
2007 220
2008 225
2009 231
2010 236
2011 241
2012 247
2013 252
2014 252
2015 252