Search Shelby County, TN Inmate Records
Shelby County, TN jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Shelby County holds 9 jails with a total of 627,488 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Shelby County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Shelby County Quick Facts
4,408
Shelby County Population Total
319,179 / 145 / 462
Female Population, Rate & Count
295,524 / 1,628 / 4,811
Male Population, Rate & Count
4,320
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
4,408
Population Total Confined
627,488
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Shelby County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 40.10% of all the crimes committed in the county - 2,490 Property Crime Total cases. Arson is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.24% out of all the crimes in Shelby County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
0.29
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
7.34
%
Aggravated Assault
3.09
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|
| Violent Crime Total | 480 | 523 | 489 | 488 | 461 | 474 | 500 | 601 | 507 | 588 | 464 |
| Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Revised Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 29 | 23 |
| Legacy Rape | 34 | 19 | 32 | 38 | 36 | 39 | 35 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 54 | 71 | 80 | 82 | 76 | 69 | 55 | 79 | 75 | 82 | 85 |
| Aggravated Assault | 387 | 430 | 371 | 364 | 343 | 360 | 406 | 484 | 387 | 471 | 355 |
| Property Crime Total | 3,255 | 3,628 | 3,555 | 3,696 | 3,466 | 3,538 | 3,327 | 3,073 | 2,964 | 3,008 | 2,653 |
| Burglary | 1,098 | 1,294 | 1,122 | 1,295 | 1,270 | 1,291 | 1,123 | 945 | 889 | 772 | 789 |
| Larceny Theft | 1,828 | 2,015 | 2,140 | 2,155 | 1,958 | 1,987 | 1,979 | 1,966 | 1,928 | 2,063 | 1,692 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 329 | 319 | 293 | 246 | 238 | 260 | 225 | 162 | 147 | 173 | 172 |
| Arson | 24 | 10 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 10 |
Shelby County Jail Demographics
The county has 936,131 people confined with a jail population density of 820 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 326,362 women and 301,126 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
| Year |
Total Population |
| 2005 |
913,201 |
| 2006 |
920,106 |
| 2007 |
921,119 |
| 2008 |
920,685 |
| 2009 |
922,541 |
| 2010 |
928,786 |
| 2011 |
933,756 |
| 2012 |
939,942 |
| 2013 |
939,365 |
| 2014 |
938,803 |
| 2015 |
936,131 |
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
| Year |
Male Population |
Female Population |
| 2005 |
295,524 |
319,179 |
| 2006 |
297,773 |
323,076 |
| 2007 |
299,544 |
324,432 |
| 2008 |
298,789 |
325,234 |
| 2009 |
300,407 |
326,748 |
| 2010 |
302,819 |
329,450 |
| 2011 |
304,544 |
331,480 |
| 2012 |
306,067 |
332,100 |
| 2013 |
303,249 |
330,856 |
| 2014 |
301,346 |
329,128 |
| 2015 |
301,126 |
326,362 |
A Timeline of Shelby County Incarceration by Gender
| Year |
Male Rate |
Female Rate |
| 2005 |
1,628 |
145 |
| 2006 |
1,659 |
147 |
| 2007 |
1,744 |
160 |
| 2008 |
1,795 |
172 |
| 2009 |
1,816 |
155 |
| 2010 |
1,678 |
146 |
| 2011 |
816 |
76 |
| 2012 |
1,812 |
189 |
| 2013 |
1,361 |
109 |
| 2014 |
730 |
69 |
| 2015 |
1,353 |
117 |
Shelby County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 6,391 and a local jail rate of 691 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 368 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 7,899, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 7,982 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
The average jail count for Shelby is 4,320 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 5,049 imprisonments a day.
Shelby County Incarceration Rates
| Year |
Jail Rate |
| 2005 |
821 |
| 2006 |
849 |
| 2007 |
887 |
| 2008 |
917 |
| 2009 |
940 |
| 2010 |
901 |
| 2011 |
837 |
| 2012 |
950 |
| 2013 |
733 |
| 2014 |
876 |
| 2015 |
691 |
Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline
| Year |
Admit Rate |
Pretrial Rate |
| 2005 |
7,982 |
413 |
| 2006 |
9,591 |
418 |
| 2007 |
9,727 |
419 |
| 2008 |
10,111 |
442 |
| 2009 |
9,586 |
453 |
| 2010 |
11,150 |
427 |
| 2011 |
11,232 |
420 |
| 2012 |
10,687 |
399 |
| 2013 |
9,459 |
355 |
| 2014 |
9,296 |
381 |
| 2015 |
7,899 |
368 |
The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day
| Year |
Jail Count |
| 2005 |
5,049 |
| 2006 |
5,271 |
| 2007 |
5,535 |
| 2008 |
5,723 |
| 2009 |
5,895 |
| 2010 |
5,694 |
| 2011 |
5,324 |
| 2012 |
6,064 |
| 2013 |
4,649 |
| 2014 |
5,521 |
| 2015 |
4,320 |
