Search Lancaster County, PA Inmate Records

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

200520112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total300200
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter000000
Revised Rape000000
Legacy Rape000000
Robbery000000
Aggravated Assault300200
Property Crime Total000001
Burglary000000
Larceny Theft000001
Motor Vehicle Theft000000
Arson000000

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.

Lancaster County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 338
2006 324
2007 364
2008 345
2009 343
2010 332
2011 339
2012 349
2013 302
2014 291
2015 288

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 2,332 297
2006 2,140 304
2007 1,543 91
2008 2,602 276
2009 2,362 101
2010 1,864 270
2011 2,332 128
2012 1,947 289
2013 1,568 211
2014 2,200 227
2015 1,605 243

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 1,082
2006 1,051
2007 1,192
2008 1,140
2009 1,144
2010 1,113
2011 1,144
2012 1,178
2013 1,023
2014 987
2015 979