Search Harris County, TX Inmate Records
Harris County, TX jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Harris County holds 12 jails with a total of 3,041,338 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Harris County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Harris County Quick Facts
8,914
Harris County Population Total
1,256,907 / 107 / 1,343
Female Population, Rate & Count
1,267,828 / 606 / 7,688
Male Population, Rate & Count
8,912
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
8,914
Population Total Confined
3,041,338
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Harris County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 41.70% of all the crimes committed in the county - 45,228 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 Harris County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
0.08
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
4.78
%
Aggravated Assault
5.63
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|
| Violent Crime Total | 6,952 | 7,539 | 6,731 | 7,924 | 8,439 | 8,089 | 7,416 | 8,589 | 8,668 | 9,209 |
| Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter | 66 | 67 | 65 | 74 | 96 | 77 | 77 | 106 | 68 | 89 |
| Revised Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 433 | 454 |
| Legacy Rape | 327 | 338 | 354 | 351 | 281 | 212 | 295 | 281 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 1,912 | 2,214 | 1,987 | 2,441 | 2,975 | 3,059 | 2,744 | 3,260 | 3,384 | 3,452 |
| Aggravated Assault | 4,647 | 4,920 | 4,325 | 5,058 | 5,087 | 4,741 | 4,300 | 4,942 | 4,783 | 5,214 |
| Property Crime Total | 41,087 | 43,004 | 48,319 | 47,432 | 54,903 | 55,841 | 52,551 | 50,729 | 48,689 | 45,700 |
| Burglary | 10,840 | 11,543 | 13,286 | 13,017 | 15,053 | 15,240 | 13,848 | 13,447 | 11,858 | 9,966 |
| Larceny Theft | 25,364 | 25,710 | 28,382 | 28,560 | 33,921 | 35,318 | 32,259 | 31,501 | 30,520 | 29,300 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 4,883 | 5,751 | 6,651 | 5,855 | 5,929 | 5,283 | 6,444 | 5,781 | 6,311 | 6,434 |
| Arson | 403 | 463 | 0 | 424 | 435 | 401 | 331 | 241 | 235 | 194 |
Harris County Jail Demographics
The county has 4,533,341 people confined with a jail population density of 1,803 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 1,530,809 women and 1,510,529 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
| Year |
Total Population |
| 2005 |
3,681,829 |
| 2006 |
3,807,435 |
| 2007 |
3,863,344 |
| 2008 |
3,938,580 |
| 2009 |
4,034,866 |
| 2010 |
4,108,909 |
| 2011 |
4,181,948 |
| 2012 |
4,263,060 |
| 2013 |
4,352,752 |
| 2014 |
4,441,370 |
| 2015 |
4,533,341 |
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
| Year |
Male Population |
Female Population |
| 2005 |
1,267,828 |
1,256,907 |
| 2006 |
1,305,651 |
1,302,032 |
| 2007 |
1,326,570 |
1,321,452 |
| 2008 |
1,351,523 |
1,344,939 |
| 2009 |
1,383,717 |
1,375,824 |
| 2010 |
1,407,092 |
1,399,023 |
| 2011 |
1,429,778 |
1,424,849 |
| 2012 |
1,456,365 |
1,448,182 |
| 2013 |
1,484,347 |
1,475,480 |
| 2014 |
1,512,976 |
1,503,009 |
| 2015 |
1,510,529 |
1,530,809 |
A Timeline of Harris County Incarceration by Gender
| Year |
Male Rate |
Female Rate |
| 2005 |
606 |
107 |
| 2006 |
619 |
107 |
| 2007 |
634 |
113 |
| 2008 |
636 |
109 |
| 2009 |
711 |
110 |
| 2010 |
634 |
96 |
| 2011 |
587 |
86 |
| 2012 |
531 |
82 |
| 2013 |
487 |
67 |
| 2014 |
488 |
75 |
| 2015 |
481 |
62 |
Harris County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 3,909 and a local jail rate of 290 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 172 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 3,107, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 5,209 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
The average jail count for Harris is 8,912 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 8,915 imprisonments a day.
Harris County Incarceration Rates
| Year |
Jail Rate |
| 2005 |
353 |
| 2006 |
347 |
| 2007 |
335 |
| 2008 |
335 |
| 2009 |
271 |
| 2010 |
328 |
| 2011 |
345 |
| 2012 |
289 |
| 2013 |
299 |
| 2014 |
294 |
| 2015 |
290 |
Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline
| Year |
Admit Rate |
Pretrial Rate |
| 2005 |
5,209 |
187 |
| 2006 |
5,521 |
188 |
| 2007 |
5,813 |
194 |
| 2008 |
4,890 |
192 |
| 2009 |
4,979 |
189 |
| 2010 |
4,792 |
187 |
| 2011 |
4,333 |
185 |
| 2012 |
4,079 |
183 |
| 2013 |
4,298 |
181 |
| 2014 |
3,928 |
179 |
| 2015 |
3,107 |
172 |
The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day
| Year |
Jail Count |
| 2005 |
8,915 |
| 2006 |
9,057 |
| 2007 |
8,865 |
| 2008 |
9,025 |
| 2009 |
7,470 |
| 2010 |
9,190 |
| 2011 |
9,859 |
| 2012 |
8,393 |
| 2013 |
8,848 |
| 2014 |
8,879 |
| 2015 |
8,912 |
