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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
125
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
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Violent Crime Total
237
228
206
269
202
273
230
245
283
300
275
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter
2
2
3
2
1
3
3
10
6
1
5
Revised Rape
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
35
26
Legacy Rape
27
28
20
27
16
17
21
18
0
0
0
Robbery
32
40
46
32
38
51
36
45
31
38
34
Aggravated Assault
176
158
137
208
147
202
170
172
228
226
210
Property Crime Total
1,708
1,695
1,934
2,064
1,834
2,064
1,992
2,497
2,165
1,998
1,935
Burglary
472
433
590
751
661
639
591
764
656
509
569
Larceny Theft
1,140
1,179
1,229
1,168
1,076
1,301
1,298
1,637
1,425
1,396
1,282
Motor Vehicle Theft
96
83
115
145
97
124
103
96
84
93
84
Arson
6
9
10
8
8
3
10
13
6
10
12
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.
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