Search Lehigh County, PA Inmate Records
Lehigh County, PA jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Lehigh County holds 0 jails with a total of 234,368 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Lehigh County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Lehigh County Quick Facts
1,221
Lehigh County Population Total
110,341 / 139 / 153
Female Population, Rate & Count
107,388 / 1,039 / 1,116
Male Population, Rate & Count
1,202
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
1,221
Population Total Confined
234,368
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Lehigh County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 44.93% of all the crimes committed in the county - 5,275 Property Crime Total cases. Revised Rape is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.00% out of all the crimes in Lehigh County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
0.13
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
1.93
%
Aggravated Assault
2.96
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|
| Violent Crime Total | 1,190 | 1,128 | 1,178 | 1,094 | 1,046 | 1,017 | 913 | 934 | 843 | 863 | 555 |
| Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter | 23 | 16 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 9 |
| Revised Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Legacy Rape | 71 | 48 | 47 | 50 | 94 | 88 | 80 | 73 | 92 | 98 | 60 |
| Robbery | 635 | 693 | 661 | 613 | 585 | 584 | 443 | 508 | 409 | 405 | 263 |
| Aggravated Assault | 461 | 371 | 444 | 415 | 353 | 335 | 377 | 335 | 325 | 350 | 223 |
| Property Crime Total | 8,568 | 6,662 | 8,235 | 8,915 | 7,849 | 7,788 | 7,077 | 7,179 | 6,917 | 6,169 | 3,747 |
| Burglary | 1,842 | 1,499 | 1,838 | 1,937 | 1,873 | 1,866 | 1,566 | 1,713 | 1,724 | 1,307 | 738 |
| Larceny Theft | 6,047 | 4,649 | 5,708 | 6,320 | 5,350 | 5,391 | 4,961 | 4,997 | 4,787 | 4,474 | 2,751 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 679 | 514 | 689 | 658 | 626 | 531 | 550 | 469 | 406 | 388 | 258 |
| Arson | 64 | 40 | 62 | 40 | 39 | 43 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 26 | 20 |
Lehigh County Jail Demographics
The county has 360,852 people confined with a jail population density of 681 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 118,825 women and 115,543 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
| Year |
Total Population |
| 2005 |
331,327 |
| 2006 |
336,794 |
| 2007 |
340,848 |
| 2008 |
344,743 |
| 2009 |
347,237 |
| 2010 |
350,172 |
| 2011 |
353,653 |
| 2012 |
355,269 |
| 2013 |
355,768 |
| 2014 |
357,823 |
| 2015 |
360,852 |
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
| Year |
Male Population |
Female Population |
| 2005 |
107,388 |
110,341 |
| 2006 |
109,338 |
112,665 |
| 2007 |
110,555 |
114,196 |
| 2008 |
111,592 |
115,391 |
| 2009 |
112,378 |
116,426 |
| 2010 |
113,466 |
117,519 |
| 2011 |
115,024 |
118,593 |
| 2012 |
115,062 |
118,256 |
| 2013 |
115,026 |
117,972 |
| 2014 |
115,381 |
118,163 |
| 2015 |
115,543 |
118,825 |
A Timeline of Lehigh County Incarceration by Gender
| Year |
Male Rate |
Female Rate |
| 2005 |
1,039 |
139 |
| 2006 |
1,103 |
173 |
| 2007 |
1,138 |
163 |
| 2008 |
1,072 |
159 |
| 2009 |
1,126 |
133 |
| 2010 |
1,033 |
125 |
| 2011 |
962 |
139 |
| 2012 |
1,007 |
151 |
| 2013 |
933 |
129 |
| 2014 |
972 |
154 |
| 2015 |
850 |
131 |
Lehigh County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 3,354 and a local jail rate of 512 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 430 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 2,508, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 3,065 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
The average jail count for Lehigh is 1,202 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 1,242 imprisonments a day.
Lehigh County Incarceration Rates
| Year |
Jail Rate |
| 2005 |
570 |
| 2006 |
565 |
| 2007 |
612 |
| 2008 |
617 |
| 2009 |
588 |
| 2010 |
592 |
| 2011 |
547 |
| 2012 |
567 |
| 2013 |
552 |
| 2014 |
544 |
| 2015 |
512 |
Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline
| Year |
Admit Rate |
Pretrial Rate |
| 2005 |
3,065 |
162 |
| 2006 |
1,503 |
175 |
| 2007 |
3,132 |
180 |
| 2008 |
3,101 |
186 |
| 2009 |
3,259 |
191 |
| 2010 |
2,325 |
196 |
| 2011 |
2,254 |
252 |
| 2012 |
2,369 |
311 |
| 2013 |
3,151 |
370 |
| 2014 |
1,831 |
401 |
| 2015 |
2,508 |
430 |
The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day
| Year |
Jail Count |
| 2005 |
1,242 |
| 2006 |
1,254 |
| 2007 |
1,375 |
| 2008 |
1,400 |
| 2009 |
1,346 |
| 2010 |
1,368 |
| 2011 |
1,279 |
| 2012 |
1,323 |
| 2013 |
1,285 |
| 2014 |
1,271 |
| 2015 |
1,202 |
