Search Jefferson County, TN Inmate Records
Jefferson County, TN jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Jefferson County holds 3 jails with a total of 33,900 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Jefferson County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Jefferson County Quick Facts
259
Jefferson County Population Total
16,184 / 154 / 25
Female Population, Rate & Count
15,871 / 743 / 118
Male Population, Rate & Count
257
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
259
Population Total Confined
33,900
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Jefferson County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 43.27% of all the crimes committed in the county - 469 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.09% out of all the crimes in Jefferson County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
0.09
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
5.72
%
Aggravated Assault
4.24
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|
| Violent Crime Total | 91 | 100 | 104 | 89 | 90 | 93 | 80 | 107 | 76 | 57 |
| Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Revised Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 10 |
| Legacy Rape | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 4 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Aggravated Assault | 76 | 81 | 91 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 63 | 84 | 62 | 41 |
| Property Crime Total | 792 | 747 | 827 | 887 | 835 | 952 | 960 | 774 | 633 | 491 |
| Burglary | 224 | 239 | 291 | 388 | 334 | 375 | 343 | 274 | 196 | 165 |
| Larceny Theft | 425 | 404 | 461 | 418 | 456 | 510 | 541 | 459 | 403 | 281 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 143 | 104 | 75 | 81 | 45 | 67 | 76 | 41 | 34 | 45 |
| Arson | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Jefferson County Jail Demographics
The county has 53,288 people confined with a jail population density of 125 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 17,158 women and 16,742 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
| Year |
Total Population |
| 2005 |
47,785 |
| 2006 |
49,079 |
| 2007 |
50,184 |
| 2008 |
51,014 |
| 2009 |
51,288 |
| 2010 |
51,610 |
| 2011 |
51,938 |
| 2012 |
52,309 |
| 2013 |
52,296 |
| 2014 |
52,677 |
| 2015 |
53,288 |
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
| Year |
Male Population |
Female Population |
| 2005 |
15,871 |
16,184 |
| 2006 |
16,257 |
16,458 |
| 2007 |
16,446 |
16,841 |
| 2008 |
16,595 |
17,101 |
| 2009 |
16,696 |
17,128 |
| 2010 |
16,661 |
17,182 |
| 2011 |
16,737 |
17,121 |
| 2012 |
16,779 |
17,077 |
| 2013 |
16,610 |
16,992 |
| 2014 |
16,744 |
16,993 |
| 2015 |
16,742 |
17,158 |
A Timeline of Jefferson County Incarceration by Gender
| Year |
Male Rate |
Female Rate |
| 2005 |
743 |
154 |
| 2006 |
810 |
166 |
| 2007 |
883 |
177 |
| 2008 |
957 |
188 |
| 2009 |
1,033 |
201 |
| 2010 |
1,117 |
215 |
| 2011 |
1,193 |
229 |
| 2012 |
1,272 |
244 |
| 2013 |
1,367 |
259 |
| 2014 |
1,299 |
332 |
| 2015 |
1,242 |
402 |
Jefferson County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 5,952 and a local jail rate of 753 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 375 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 8,775, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 9,760 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
The average jail count for Jefferson is 257 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 138 imprisonments a day.
Jefferson County Incarceration Rates
| Year |
Jail Rate |
| 2005 |
431 |
| 2006 |
471 |
| 2007 |
512 |
| 2008 |
554 |
| 2009 |
600 |
| 2010 |
647 |
| 2011 |
695 |
| 2012 |
743 |
| 2013 |
796 |
| 2014 |
777 |
| 2015 |
753 |
Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline
| Year |
Admit Rate |
Pretrial Rate |
| 2005 |
9,760 |
128 |
| 2006 |
9,515 |
152 |
| 2007 |
9,304 |
175 |
| 2008 |
9,144 |
198 |
| 2009 |
9,062 |
223 |
| 2010 |
9,011 |
249 |
| 2011 |
8,960 |
274 |
| 2012 |
8,914 |
299 |
| 2013 |
8,934 |
327 |
| 2014 |
8,888 |
353 |
| 2015 |
8,775 |
375 |
The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day
| Year |
Jail Count |
| 2005 |
138 |
| 2006 |
154 |
| 2007 |
170 |
| 2008 |
187 |
| 2009 |
203 |
| 2010 |
219 |
| 2011 |
235 |
| 2012 |
251 |
| 2013 |
268 |
| 2014 |
262 |
| 2015 |
257 |
