Search Berks County, PA Inmate Records

Berks County, PA jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Berks County holds 1 jails with a total of 270,423 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Berks County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Berks County Quick Facts

1,171
Berks County Population Total
130,505 / 121 / 158
Female Population, Rate & Count
129,750 / 872 / 1,131
Male Population, Rate & Count
$55,170
Median Income
3,950.4
Arrest Rate
433.3
Local Jail Rate
1,171
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
1,171
Population Total Confined
282
Pretrial Rate
2,413
Admit Rate
6,522
Admit Count
270,423
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

Berks County is well known for its Violent Crime Totals, it has a share of 50.00% of all the crimes committed in the county - 3 Violent 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 Berks County.

Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES

50.00 %
Violent Crime
0.00 %
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
50.00 %
Aggravated Assault

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

201320142015
Violent Crime Total452
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter000
Revised Rape000
Legacy Rape000
Robbery000
Aggravated Assault452
Property Crime Total000
Burglary000
Larceny Theft000
Motor Vehicle Theft000
Arson000

Berks County Jail Demographics

The county has 414,635 people confined with a jail population density of 316 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 135,480 women and 134,943 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 395,933
2006 401,834
2007 405,223
2008 407,737
2009 409,904
2010 411,905
2011 412,580
2012 413,252
2013 413,652
2014 413,691
2015 414,635

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

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 129,750 130,505
2006 132,023 132,808
2007 133,460 134,161
2008 133,926 135,233
2009 134,650 136,139
2010 135,455 136,876
2011 135,828 137,219
2012 135,402 136,632
2013 135,245 135,924
2014 134,910 135,469
2015 134,943 135,480

A Timeline of Berks County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 872 121
2006 891 104
2007 830 85
2008 763 104
2009 727 102
2010 676 82
2011 646 98
2012 736 86
2013 741 140
2014 772 95
2015 661 72

Berks County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

48.43 %
White
3.20 %
Black
12.37 %
Latino
0.11 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 3,950 and a local jail rate of 433 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 282 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 2,413, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 2,905 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

2,413
Admit Rate
433
Local Jail Rate
282
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Berks is 1,171 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 1,228 imprisonments a day.

Berks County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 472
2006 489
2007 433
2008 426
2009 383
2010 384
2011 386
2012 385
2013 429
2014 434
2015 433

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 2,905 335
2006 2,382 327
2007 2,845 268
2008 3,565 285
2009 3,100 287
2010 2,661 267
2011 2,253 266
2012 2,530 284
2013 1,557 416
2014 3,143 288
2015 2,413 282

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 1,228
2006 1,294
2007 1,160
2008 1,146
2009 1,037
2010 1,046
2011 1,055
2012 1,046
2013 1,163
2014 1,174
2015 1,171