cameron county inmates
Cameron County, TX jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Cameron County holds 5 jails with a total of 256,325 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Cameron County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Cameron County Quick Facts
1,247
Cameron County Population Total
119,409 / 54 / 65
Female Population, Rate & Count
108,111 / 981 / 1,061
Male Population, Rate & Count
935
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
1,247
Population Total Confined
256,325
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Cameron County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 42.21% of all the crimes committed in the county - 1,068 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 Cameron County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
0.08
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
4.98
%
Aggravated Assault
1.66
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
---|
Violent Crime Total | 293 | 193 | 201 | 352 | 364 | 157 | 159 | 143 | 114 | 191 | 217 |
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Revised Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 51 |
Legacy Rape | 16 | 15 | 12 | 39 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
Robbery | 26 | 16 | 23 | 24 | 35 | 31 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 22 | 34 |
Aggravated Assault | 242 | 160 | 164 | 285 | 310 | 119 | 123 | 105 | 76 | 121 | 129 |
Property Crime Total | 1,774 | 1,725 | 1,845 | 1,726 | 1,817 | 1,734 | 1,745 | 1,732 | 1,510 | 1,447 | 1,359 |
Burglary | 801 | 740 | 828 | 806 | 783 | 754 | 615 | 619 | 523 | 491 | 429 |
Larceny Theft | 800 | 827 | 858 | 804 | 873 | 873 | 1,029 | 1,027 | 916 | 891 | 865 |
Motor Vehicle Theft | 173 | 158 | 159 | 116 | 161 | 107 | 101 | 86 | 71 | 65 | 65 |
Arson | 10 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
Cameron County Jail Demographics
The county has 419,893 people confined with a jail population density of 288 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 132,974 women and 123,351 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
Year |
Total Population |
2005 |
373,429 |
2006 |
380,169 |
2007 |
386,306 |
2008 |
393,000 |
2009 |
400,303 |
2010 |
407,672 |
2011 |
413,188 |
2012 |
416,048 |
2013 |
418,217 |
2014 |
420,392 |
2015 |
419,893 |
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
Year |
Male Population |
Female Population |
2005 |
108,111 |
119,409 |
2006 |
110,223 |
121,786 |
2007 |
112,474 |
124,033 |
2008 |
114,628 |
126,323 |
2009 |
116,865 |
128,718 |
2010 |
119,313 |
131,208 |
2011 |
121,248 |
132,872 |
2012 |
122,030 |
133,293 |
2013 |
122,788 |
133,435 |
2014 |
123,700 |
133,788 |
2015 |
123,351 |
132,974 |
A Timeline of Cameron County Incarceration by Gender
Year |
Male Rate |
Female Rate |
2005 |
981 |
54 |
2006 |
997 |
69 |
2007 |
999 |
81 |
2008 |
832 |
75 |
2009 |
1,017 |
82 |
2010 |
1,125 |
66 |
2011 |
1,093 |
65 |
2012 |
1,037 |
62 |
2013 |
1,080 |
62 |
2014 |
978 |
67 |
2015 |
943 |
68 |
Cameron County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 4,897 and a local jail rate of 364 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 425 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 3,498, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 6,417 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
The average jail count for Cameron is 935 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 968 imprisonments a day.
Cameron County Incarceration Rates
Year |
Jail Rate |
2005 |
425 |
2006 |
396 |
2007 |
403 |
2008 |
296 |
2009 |
370 |
2010 |
327 |
2011 |
406 |
2012 |
440 |
2013 |
387 |
2014 |
362 |
2015 |
364 |
Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline
Year |
Admit Rate |
Pretrial Rate |
2005 |
6,417 |
445 |
2006 |
4,899 |
432 |
2007 |
4,498 |
451 |
2008 |
4,826 |
334 |
2009 |
4,140 |
407 |
2010 |
4,579 |
460 |
2011 |
4,288 |
28 |
2012 |
4,636 |
148 |
2013 |
20,086 |
268 |
2014 |
5,225 |
204 |
2015 |
3,498 |
425 |
The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day
Year |
Jail Count |
2005 |
968 |
2006 |
919 |
2007 |
954 |
2008 |
714 |
2009 |
908 |
2010 |
818 |
2011 |
1,032 |
2012 |
1,124 |
2013 |
991 |
2014 |
933 |
2015 |
935 |