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Lancaster County, PA jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Lancaster County holds 2 jails with a total of 339,371 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Lancaster County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Lancaster County Quick Facts
979
Lancaster County Population Total
161,619 / 90 / 146
Female Population, Rate & Count
158,074 / 643 / 1,017
Male Population, Rate & Count
$56,483
Median Income
3,039.1
Arrest Rate
288.1
Local Jail Rate
979
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
979
Population Total Confined
243
Pretrial Rate
1,605
Admit Rate
5,454
Admit Count
339,371
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Lancaster County is well known for its Violent Crime Totals, it has a share of 50.00% of all the crimes committed in the county - 2 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 Lancaster 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
2005
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Violent Crime Total
3
0
0
2
0
0
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter
0
0
0
0
0
0
Revised Rape
0
0
0
0
0
0
Legacy Rape
0
0
0
0
0
0
Robbery
0
0
0
0
0
0
Aggravated Assault
3
0
0
2
0
0
Property Crime Total
0
0
0
0
0
1
Burglary
0
0
0
0
0
0
Larceny Theft
0
0
0
0
0
1
Motor Vehicle Theft
0
0
0
0
0
0
Arson
0
0
0
0
0
0
Lancaster County Jail Demographics
The county has 536,349 people confined with a jail population density of 360 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 171,612 women and 167,759 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
Year
Total Population
2005
494,722
2006
500,922
2007
506,639
2008
511,957
2009
516,577
2010
520,317
2011
523,670
2012
526,766
2013
530,122
2014
533,320
2015
536,349
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
Year
Male Population
Female Population
2005
158,074
161,619
2006
160,278
163,751
2007
162,093
165,712
2008
163,613
167,054
2009
164,969
168,366
2010
166,077
169,643
2011
166,910
170,753
2012
166,730
170,661
2013
167,170
171,029
2014
167,570
171,391
2015
167,759
171,612
A Timeline of Lancaster County Incarceration by Gender
Year
Male Rate
Female Rate
2005
643
90
2006
689
83
2007
639
75
2008
607
77
2009
627
71
2010
614
71
2011
590
95
2012
568
80
2013
470
74
2014
528
77
2015
495
72
Lancaster County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
52.65
%
White
2.58
%
Black
6.44
%
Latino
0.10
%
Asian
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 3,039 and a local jail rate of 288 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 243 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 1,605, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 2,332 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
1,605
Admit Rate
288
Local Jail Rate
243
Pretrial Rate
The average jail count for Lancaster is 979 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 1,082 imprisonments a day.
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