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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
$33,179
Median Income
4,897.2
Arrest Rate
363.9
Local Jail Rate
935
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
1,247
Population Total Confined
425
Pretrial Rate
3,498
Admit Rate
8,988
Admit Count
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
7.71
%
Violent Crime
0.08
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
2.02
%
Revised Rape
0.63
%
Robbery
4.98
%
Aggravated Assault
42.21
%
Property Crime
12.69
%
Burglary
27.87
%
Larceny Theft
1.66
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
0.16
%
Arson
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
4.86
%
White
0.26
%
Black
55.54
%
Latino
0.06
%
Asian
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
3,498
Admit Rate
364
Local Jail Rate
425
Pretrial Rate
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.
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