Search Matagorda County, TX Inmate Records
Matagorda County, TX jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Matagorda County holds 1 jails with a total of 23,027 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Matagorda County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Matagorda County Quick Facts
96
Matagorda County Population Total
11,839 / 84 / 1
Female Population, Rate & Count
12,032 / 582 / 7
Male Population, Rate & Count
96
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
96
Population Total Confined
23,027
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Matagorda County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 41.84% of all the crimes committed in the county - 336 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.12% out of all the crimes in Matagorda County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
0.12
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
6.10
%
Aggravated Assault
2.24
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|
| Violent Crime Total | 39 | 42 | 43 | 50 | 52 | 44 | 53 | 58 | 54 | 57 | 42 |
| Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Revised Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| Legacy Rape | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Aggravated Assault | 33 | 36 | 38 | 50 | 47 | 41 | 51 | 52 | 44 | 50 | 32 |
| Property Crime Total | 339 | 282 | 284 | 270 | 270 | 332 | 261 | 246 | 266 | 267 | 295 |
| Burglary | 126 | 97 | 101 | 96 | 107 | 139 | 87 | 96 | 91 | 92 | 103 |
| Larceny Theft | 202 | 169 | 166 | 160 | 154 | 184 | 161 | 143 | 154 | 159 | 184 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 11 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 8 |
| Arson | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Matagorda County Jail Demographics
The county has 36,840 people confined with a jail population density of 21 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 11,489 women and 11,538 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
| Year |
Total Population |
| 2005 |
37,132 |
| 2006 |
36,743 |
| 2007 |
36,452 |
| 2008 |
36,708 |
| 2009 |
36,579 |
| 2010 |
36,721 |
| 2011 |
36,714 |
| 2012 |
36,566 |
| 2013 |
36,537 |
| 2014 |
36,519 |
| 2015 |
36,840 |
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
| Year |
Male Population |
Female Population |
| 2005 |
12,032 |
11,839 |
| 2006 |
11,978 |
11,703 |
| 2007 |
11,806 |
11,631 |
| 2008 |
11,920 |
11,650 |
| 2009 |
11,830 |
11,659 |
| 2010 |
11,853 |
11,684 |
| 2011 |
11,828 |
11,669 |
| 2012 |
11,733 |
11,541 |
| 2013 |
11,660 |
11,552 |
| 2014 |
11,506 |
11,462 |
| 2015 |
11,538 |
11,489 |
A Timeline of Matagorda County Incarceration by Gender
| Year |
Male Rate |
Female Rate |
| 2005 |
582 |
84 |
| 2006 |
801 |
120 |
| 2007 |
1,143 |
146 |
| 2008 |
797 |
112 |
| 2009 |
719 |
103 |
| 2010 |
1,021 |
180 |
| 2011 |
1,040 |
120 |
| 2012 |
997 |
182 |
| 2013 |
909 |
182 |
| 2014 |
756 |
105 |
| 2015 |
823 |
70 |
Matagorda County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 6,453 and a local jail rate of 416 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 399 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 9,471, which is higher compared to the statistics of 2005 - 3,932 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
The average jail count for Matagorda is 96 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 84 imprisonments a day.
Matagorda County Incarceration Rates
| Year |
Jail Rate |
| 2005 |
352 |
| 2006 |
359 |
| 2007 |
388 |
| 2008 |
378 |
| 2009 |
462 |
| 2010 |
680 |
| 2011 |
711 |
| 2012 |
498 |
| 2013 |
560 |
| 2014 |
557 |
| 2015 |
416 |
Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline
| Year |
Admit Rate |
Pretrial Rate |
| 2005 |
3,932 |
243 |
| 2006 |
2,202 |
422 |
| 2007 |
8,009 |
631 |
| 2008 |
8,849 |
395 |
| 2009 |
10,322 |
483 |
| 2010 |
11,741 |
569 |
| 2011 |
13,093 |
506 |
| 2012 |
3,585 |
460 |
| 2013 |
7,634 |
483 |
| 2014 |
9,308 |
401 |
| 2015 |
9,471 |
399 |
The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day
| Year |
Jail Count |
| 2005 |
84 |
| 2006 |
85 |
| 2007 |
91 |
| 2008 |
89 |
| 2009 |
109 |
| 2010 |
160 |
| 2011 |
167 |
| 2012 |
116 |
| 2013 |
130 |
| 2014 |
128 |
| 2015 |
96 |
