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Knox County, TN jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Knox County holds 4 jails with a total of 304,222 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Knox County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Knox County Quick Facts
1,157
Knox County Population Total
142,408 / 124 / 176
Female Population, Rate & Count
137,518 / 608 / 836
Male Population, Rate & Count
$47,694
Median Income
5,317.6
Arrest Rate
359.8
Local Jail Rate
1,097
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
1,157
Population Total Confined
237
Pretrial Rate
8,028
Admit Rate
24,474
Admit Count
304,222
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Knox County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 42.94% of all the crimes committed in the county - 4,318 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.08% out of all the crimes in Knox County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
6.94
%
Violent Crime
0.08
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
0.30
%
Revised Rape
0.72
%
Robbery
5.85
%
Aggravated Assault
42.94
%
Property Crime
9.49
%
Burglary
29.46
%
Larceny Theft
4.00
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
0.24
%
Arson
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Violent Crime Total
523
499
519
557
584
650
625
539
474
534
619
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter
5
9
5
6
4
8
8
7
2
6
0
Revised Rape
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
37
22
Legacy Rape
15
22
22
23
18
27
23
30
0
0
0
Robbery
66
84
106
116
150
129
118
81
75
64
66
Aggravated Assault
437
384
386
412
412
486
476
421
377
427
531
Property Crime Total
5,394
5,089
5,761
5,604
5,412
5,996
5,778
5,589
5,259
5,442
5,559
Burglary
1,575
1,434
1,515
1,709
1,854
1,847
1,458
1,285
1,300
1,295
1,102
Larceny Theft
3,377
3,224
3,743
3,487
3,219
3,750
3,932
3,863
3,652
3,760
4,034
Motor Vehicle Theft
442
431
503
408
339
399
388
441
307
387
423
Arson
36
39
26
30
33
23
35
21
32
23
26
Knox County Jail Demographics
The county has 451,444 people confined with a jail population density of 600 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 155,017 women and 149,205 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
Year
Total Population
2005
404,234
2006
411,785
2007
419,096
2008
425,276
2009
429,475
2010
433,005
2011
436,523
2012
441,136
2013
444,350
2014
448,644
2015
451,444
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
Year
Male Population
Female Population
2005
137,518
142,408
2006
140,022
144,739
2007
142,641
147,137
2008
143,793
149,088
2009
145,329
150,074
2010
146,271
151,108
2011
147,681
152,210
2012
148,334
152,808
2013
148,422
153,440
2014
149,375
154,361
2015
149,205
155,017
A Timeline of Knox County Incarceration by Gender
Year
Male Rate
Female Rate
2005
608
124
2006
583
156
2007
605
139
2008
596
123
2009
647
159
2010
625
132
2011
600
133
2012
616
141
2013
556
144
2014
576
151
2015
609
163
Knox County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
56.84
%
White
6.27
%
Black
2.47
%
Latino
0.19
%
Asian
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 5,318 and a local jail rate of 360 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 237 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 8,028, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 13,170 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
8,028
Admit Rate
360
Local Jail Rate
237
Pretrial Rate
The average jail count for Knox is 1,097 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 845 imprisonments a day.
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