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Polk County, TX jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Polk County holds 2 jails with a total of 29,570 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Polk County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Polk County Quick Facts
162
Polk County Population Total
13,191 / 136 / 18
Female Population, Rate & Count
15,867 / 618 / 98
Male Population, Rate & Count
$37,855
Median Income
3,798.8
Arrest Rate
536.3
Local Jail Rate
160
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
162
Population Total Confined
486
Pretrial Rate
11,037
Admit Rate
3,293
Admit Count
29,570
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Polk County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 44.40% of all the crimes committed in the county - 523 Property Crime Total cases. Arson is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.00% out of all the crimes in Polk County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
5.60
%
Violent Crime
0.08
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
2.46
%
Revised Rape
0.68
%
Robbery
2.38
%
Aggravated Assault
44.40
%
Property Crime
15.70
%
Burglary
25.13
%
Larceny Theft
3.57
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2013
2014
2015
Violent Crime Total
82
77
63
53
63
70
65
81
103
95
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter
3
2
1
1
0
3
2
1
0
1
Revised Rape
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
26
32
25
Legacy Rape
8
26
20
14
23
27
14
0
0
0
Robbery
6
6
4
3
4
8
6
4
2
3
Aggravated Assault
65
43
38
35
36
32
43
50
69
66
Property Crime Total
671
724
829
717
642
741
618
579
669
568
Burglary
270
302
265
239
275
311
227
226
198
187
Larceny Theft
331
359
492
414
311
386
347
311
424
331
Motor Vehicle Theft
70
63
72
64
56
44
44
42
47
50
Arson
5
3
1
2
3
3
4
2
9
5
Polk County Jail Demographics
The county has 46,984 people confined with a jail population density of 28 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 13,375 women and 16,195 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
Year
Total Population
2005
45,472
2006
45,495
2007
45,727
2008
45,794
2009
45,537
2010
45,443
2011
45,645
2012
45,745
2013
45,871
2014
46,079
2015
46,984
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
Year
Male Population
Female Population
2005
15,867
13,191
2006
15,983
13,239
2007
16,067
13,223
2008
16,167
13,122
2009
16,086
12,956
2010
16,079
12,796
2011
16,078
12,957
2012
16,084
12,875
2013
16,014
12,896
2014
16,110
12,964
2015
16,195
13,375
A Timeline of Polk County Incarceration by Gender
Year
Male Rate
Female Rate
2005
618
136
2006
1,031
166
2007
1,441
197
2008
1,845
229
2009
2,269
262
2010
2,685
297
2011
3,101
324
2012
3,514
357
2013
3,947
388
2014
2,346
332
2015
766
269
Polk County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
43.57
%
White
8.12
%
Black
10.05
%
Latino
1.22
%
Asian
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 3,799 and a local jail rate of 536 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 486 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 11,037, which is higher compared to the statistics of 2005 - 10,767 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
11,037
Admit Rate
536
Local Jail Rate
486
Pretrial Rate
The average jail count for Polk is 160 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 73 imprisonments a day.
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