Search Cherokee County, SC Inmate Records

Cherokee County, SC jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Cherokee County holds 1 jails with a total of 36,657 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Cherokee County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Cherokee County Quick Facts

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Cherokee County Population Total
18,185 / 60 / 11
Female Population, Rate & Count
17,598 / 540 / 95
Male Population, Rate & Count
$34,202
Median Income
3,789.5
Arrest Rate
492.4
Local Jail Rate
179
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
182
Population Total Confined
426
Pretrial Rate
4,003
Admit Rate
1,456
Admit Count
36,657
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

Cherokee County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 45.68% of all the crimes committed in the county - 1,236 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.04% out of all the crimes in Cherokee County.

Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES

4.25 %
Violent Crime
0.04 %
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
0.52 %
Revised Rape
0.92 %
Robbery
2.77 %
Aggravated Assault
45.68 %
Property Crime
13.23 %
Burglary
29.82 %
Larceny Theft
2.62 %
Motor Vehicle Theft
0.15 %
Arson

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

200520062007200820122015
Violent Crime Total24718614711879102
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter310412
Revised Rape000008
Legacy Rape25151000
Robbery172925241212
Aggravated Assault202141121906680
Property Crime Total1,5801,5331,5421,3124401,154
Burglary390376467436190323
Larceny Theft1,0691,009969765187772
Motor Vehicle Theft1211481061116359
Arson974535

Cherokee County Jail Demographics

The county has 56,493 people confined with a jail population density of 94 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 18,690 women and 17,967 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 53,772
2006 54,166
2007 54,467
2008 54,981
2009 55,149
2010 55,511
2011 55,588
2012 55,671
2013 55,743
2014 56,024
2015 56,493

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

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 17,598 18,185
2006 17,734 18,357
2007 17,805 18,457
2008 18,013 18,624
2009 18,011 18,660
2010 18,058 18,672
2011 18,004 18,642
2012 17,816 18,608
2013 17,855 18,515
2014 17,834 18,516
2015 17,967 18,690

A Timeline of Cherokee County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 540 60
2006 575 153
2007 932 190
2008 727 102
2009 944 166
2010 753 129
2011 844 161
2012 949 220
2013 801 97
2014 875 140
2015 875 140

Cherokee County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

47.97 %
White
13.87 %
Black
2.53 %
Latino
0.20 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 3,789 and a local jail rate of 492 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 426 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 4,003, which is higher compared to the statistics of 2005 - 3,060 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

4,003
Admit Rate
492
Local Jail Rate
426
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Cherokee is 179 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 126 imprisonments a day.

Cherokee County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 351
2006 408
2007 447
2008 404
2009 482
2010 399
2011 421
2012 469
2013 542
2014 492
2015 492

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 3,060 226
2006 4,912 310
2007 9,778 430
2008 569 355
2009 5,830 464
2010 3,549 378
2011 6,118 338
2012 8,732 500
2013 4,003 390
2014 4,003 426
2015 4,003 426

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 126
2006 147
2007 162
2008 148
2009 177
2010 146
2011 154
2012 171
2013 197
2014 179
2015 179