Search Rensselaer County, NY Inmate Records
Rensselaer County, NY jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Rensselaer County holds 1 jails with a total of 108,936 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Rensselaer County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Rensselaer County Quick Facts
281
Rensselaer County Population Total
53,020 / 66 / 35
Female Population, Rate & Count
53,675 / 531 / 285
Male Population, Rate & Count
213
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
281
Population Total Confined
108,936
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Rensselaer County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 46.98% of all the crimes committed in the county - 249 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.19% out of all the crimes in Rensselaer County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
0.19
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
1.70
%
Aggravated Assault
1.70
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 |
|---|
| Violent Crime Total | 33 | 42 | 40 | 34 | 29 | 37 | 24 | 12 |
| Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Revised Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Legacy Rape | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Aggravated Assault | 31 | 29 | 33 | 31 | 24 | 32 | 21 | 9 |
| Property Crime Total | 158 | 222 | 208 | 248 | 212 | 200 | 211 | 289 |
| Burglary | 40 | 61 | 56 | 64 | 55 | 70 | 59 | 43 |
| Larceny Theft | 109 | 148 | 148 | 168 | 149 | 126 | 146 | 240 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 9 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rensselaer County Jail Demographics
The county has 160,101 people confined with a jail population density of 167 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 54,124 women and 54,812 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
| Year |
Total Population |
| 2005 |
156,104 |
| 2006 |
157,312 |
| 2007 |
158,243 |
| 2008 |
159,011 |
| 2009 |
159,150 |
| 2010 |
159,346 |
| 2011 |
159,654 |
| 2012 |
159,572 |
| 2013 |
159,653 |
| 2014 |
159,774 |
| 2015 |
160,101 |
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
| Year |
Male Population |
Female Population |
| 2005 |
53,675 |
53,020 |
| 2006 |
54,367 |
53,627 |
| 2007 |
54,763 |
54,090 |
| 2008 |
55,027 |
54,489 |
| 2009 |
55,234 |
54,561 |
| 2010 |
55,533 |
54,737 |
| 2011 |
55,645 |
55,054 |
| 2012 |
55,297 |
54,675 |
| 2013 |
55,013 |
54,420 |
| 2014 |
54,768 |
54,229 |
| 2015 |
54,812 |
54,124 |
A Timeline of Rensselaer County Incarceration by Gender
| Year |
Male Rate |
Female Rate |
| 2005 |
531 |
66 |
| 2006 |
517 |
65 |
| 2007 |
505 |
63 |
| 2008 |
495 |
62 |
| 2009 |
486 |
61 |
| 2010 |
476 |
61 |
| 2011 |
468 |
59 |
| 2012 |
463 |
59 |
| 2013 |
458 |
59 |
| 2014 |
458 |
59 |
| 2015 |
458 |
59 |
Rensselaer County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 3,048 and a local jail rate of 195 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 186 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 2,890, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 4,007 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
The average jail count for Rensselaer is 213 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 276 imprisonments a day.
Rensselaer County Incarceration Rates
| Year |
Jail Rate |
| 2005 |
259 |
| 2006 |
248 |
| 2007 |
239 |
| 2008 |
231 |
| 2009 |
223 |
| 2010 |
215 |
| 2011 |
207 |
| 2012 |
201 |
| 2013 |
195 |
| 2014 |
195 |
| 2015 |
195 |
Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline
| Year |
Admit Rate |
Pretrial Rate |
| 2005 |
4,007 |
164 |
| 2006 |
3,830 |
165 |
| 2007 |
3,672 |
167 |
| 2008 |
3,523 |
169 |
| 2009 |
3,388 |
172 |
| 2010 |
3,247 |
175 |
| 2011 |
3,109 |
177 |
| 2012 |
3,003 |
181 |
| 2013 |
2,890 |
186 |
| 2014 |
2,890 |
186 |
| 2015 |
2,890 |
186 |
The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day
| Year |
Jail Count |
| 2005 |
276 |
| 2006 |
268 |
| 2007 |
260 |
| 2008 |
253 |
| 2009 |
245 |
| 2010 |
237 |
| 2011 |
229 |
| 2012 |
221 |
| 2013 |
213 |
| 2014 |
213 |
| 2015 |
213 |
