Search Galveston County, TX Inmate Records

Galveston County, TX jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Galveston County holds 4 jails with a total of 211,694 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Galveston County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Galveston County Quick Facts

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Galveston County Population Total
93,899 / 143 / 134
Female Population, Rate & Count
92,368 / 892 / 824
Male Population, Rate & Count
$61,877
Median Income
7,408.9
Arrest Rate
420.7
Local Jail Rate
899
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
929
Population Total Confined
375
Pretrial Rate
8,020
Admit Rate
17,140
Admit Count
211,694
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

Galveston County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 43.56% of all the crimes committed in the county - 1,007 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.04% out of all the crimes in Galveston County.

Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES

6.10 %
Violent Crime
0.04 %
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
0.99 %
Revised Rape
0.95 %
Robbery
4.11 %
Aggravated Assault
43.56 %
Property Crime
12.63 %
Burglary
26.82 %
Larceny Theft
4.11 %
Motor Vehicle Theft
0.69 %
Arson

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total1891401471441651128110685147125
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter01552020313
Revised Rape0000000001829
Legacy Rape21111516211314162000
Robbery1917231924131622272821
Aggravated Assault1491111041041188649683510072
Property Crime Total8818129009821,1018738477949319521,046
Burglary345353365398424288288302327314275
Larceny Theft467394474506601516478441543549678
Motor Vehicle Theft6965617876698151618993
Arson17181919519161413612

Galveston County Jail Demographics

The county has 321,538 people confined with a jail population density of 565 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 107,689 women and 104,005 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 274,806
2006 279,182
2007 283,770
2008 288,643
2009 287,428
2010 292,574
2011 295,673
2012 301,469
2013 307,465
2014 314,198
2015 321,538

A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 92,368 93,899
2006 93,752 95,385
2007 95,618 96,906
2008 97,604 98,544
2009 97,079 97,638
2010 98,637 99,293
2011 99,358 100,454
2012 100,915 102,167
2013 102,496 103,814
2014 104,201 105,805
2015 104,005 107,689

A Timeline of Galveston County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 892 143
2006 918 154
2007 950 144
2008 945 151
2009 823 130
2010 883 131
2011 824 140
2012 745 119
2013 788 132
2014 822 163
2015 763 156

Galveston County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

39.37 %
White
8.65 %
Black
15.66 %
Latino
0.29 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 7,409 and a local jail rate of 421 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 8,020, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 8,846 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

8,020
Admit Rate
421
Local Jail Rate
375
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Galveston is 899 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 894 imprisonments a day.

Galveston County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 480
2006 477
2007 513
2008 527
2009 492
2010 498
2011 464
2012 408
2013 422
2014 432
2015 421

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 8,846 356
2006 10,917 381
2007 12,892 387
2008 10,314 396
2009 10,872 307
2010 9,905 351
2011 9,577 358
2012 10,989 308
2013 9,975 340
2014 7,846 390
2015 8,020 375

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 894
2006 903
2007 988
2008 1,033
2009 958
2010 986
2011 927
2012 829
2013 870
2014 907
2015 899