Search Lancaster County, SC Inmate Records

Lancaster County, SC 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 53,059 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

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Lancaster County Population Total
21,453 / 98 / 21
Female Population, Rate & Count
21,969 / 651 / 143
Male Population, Rate & Count
$42,217
Median Income
4,087.8
Arrest Rate
236.9
Local Jail Rate
124
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
125
Population Total Confined
187
Pretrial Rate
6,674
Admit Rate
3,494
Admit Count
53,059
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

Lancaster County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 43.46% of all the crimes committed in the county - 1,715 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.13% out of all the crimes in Lancaster County.

Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES

6.44 %
Violent Crime
0.13 %
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
0.63 %
Revised Rape
0.73 %
Robbery
4.94 %
Aggravated Assault
43.46 %
Property Crime
11.86 %
Burglary
29.73 %
Larceny Theft
1.88 %
Motor Vehicle Theft
0.20 %
Arson

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total237228206269202273230245283300275
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter223213310615
Revised Rape00000000183526
Legacy Rape2728202716172118000
Robbery3240463238513645313834
Aggravated Assault176158137208147202170172228226210
Property Crime Total1,7081,6951,9342,0641,8342,0641,9922,4972,1651,9981,935
Burglary472433590751661639591764656509569
Larceny Theft1,1401,1791,2291,1681,0761,3011,2981,6371,4251,3961,282
Motor Vehicle Theft96831151459712410396849384
Arson6910883101361012

Lancaster County Jail Demographics

The county has 86,026 people confined with a jail population density of 97 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 26,980 women and 26,079 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 65,875
2006 66,992
2007 69,504
2008 72,733
2009 75,394
2010 76,945
2011 77,758
2012 79,193
2013 80,520
2014 83,160
2015 86,026

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

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 21,969 21,453
2006 22,243 21,791
2007 23,051 22,564
2008 24,057 23,655
2009 24,790 24,542
2010 25,103 25,105
2011 25,226 25,132
2012 25,279 25,293
2013 25,501 25,588
2014 26,103 26,244
2015 26,079 26,980

A Timeline of Lancaster County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 651 98
2006 629 55
2007 612 66
2008 549 76
2009 492 81
2010 530 64
2011 345 40
2012 550 40
2013 412 51
2014 483 57
2015 483 57

Lancaster County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

42.88 %
White
15.23 %
Black
3.09 %
Latino
0.21 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 4,088 and a local jail rate of 237 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 187 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 6,674, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 10,567 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

6,674
Admit Rate
237
Local Jail Rate
187
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Lancaster is 124 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 118 imprisonments a day.

Lancaster County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 272
2006 286
2007 343
2008 310
2009 367
2010 301
2011 264
2012 253
2013 243
2014 237
2015 237

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 10,567 214
2006 8,289 191
2007 9,145 178
2008 8,197 161
2009 6,870 205
2010 5,712 203
2011 5,488 131
2012 6,702 204
2013 6,589 186
2014 6,674 187
2015 6,674 187

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 118
2006 126
2007 156
2008 148
2009 181
2010 151
2011 133
2012 128
2013 124
2014 124
2015 124