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

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Jefferson County Population Total
16,184 / 154 / 25
Female Population, Rate & Count
15,871 / 743 / 118
Male Population, Rate & Count
$39,745
Median Income
5,951.6
Arrest Rate
752.9
Local Jail Rate
257
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
259
Population Total Confined
375
Pretrial Rate
8,775
Admit Rate
2,995
Admit Count
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

6.55 %
Violent Crime
0.09 %
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
0.46 %
Revised Rape
0.28 %
Robbery
5.72 %
Aggravated Assault
43.27 %
Property Crime
13.47 %
Burglary
25.55 %
Larceny Theft
4.24 %
Motor Vehicle Theft
0.37 %
Arson

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

2005200620072008200920102011201320142015
Violent Crime Total91100104899093801077657
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter0011131002
Revised Rape0000000191310
Legacy Rape1110810776000
Robbery494810910414
Aggravated Assault76819170727463846241
Property Crime Total792747827887835952960774633491
Burglary224239291388334375343274196165
Larceny Theft425404461418456510541459403281
Motor Vehicle Theft1431047581456776413445
Arson74410533250

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

59.96 %
White
1.53 %
Black
1.92 %
Latino
0.20 %
Asian

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

8,775
Admit Rate
753
Local Jail Rate
375
Pretrial Rate

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