Search Polk County, TX Inmate Records
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
160
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
162
Population Total Confined
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
0.08
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
2.38
%
Aggravated Assault
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
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
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.
Polk County Incarceration Rates
| Year |
Jail Rate |
| 2005 |
252 |
| 2006 |
367 |
| 2007 |
482 |
| 2008 |
598 |
| 2009 |
720 |
| 2010 |
842 |
| 2011 |
954 |
| 2012 |
1,074 |
| 2013 |
1,193 |
| 2014 |
868 |
| 2015 |
536 |
Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline
| Year |
Admit Rate |
Pretrial Rate |
| 2005 |
10,767 |
282 |
| 2006 |
12,714 |
516 |
| 2007 |
14,687 |
750 |
| 2008 |
16,691 |
985 |
| 2009 |
18,853 |
1,231 |
| 2010 |
20,994 |
1,477 |
| 2011 |
22,899 |
1,706 |
| 2012 |
24,985 |
1,948 |
| 2013 |
27,056 |
2,190 |
| 2014 |
19,115 |
1,338 |
| 2015 |
11,037 |
486 |
The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day
| Year |
Jail Count |
| 2005 |
73 |
| 2006 |
107 |
| 2007 |
141 |
| 2008 |
175 |
| 2009 |
209 |
| 2010 |
243 |
| 2011 |
277 |
| 2012 |
311 |
| 2013 |
345 |
| 2014 |
253 |
| 2015 |
160 |
