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

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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

2005200620072008200920102011201320142015
Violent Crime Total827763536370658110395
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter3211032101
Revised Rape0000000263225
Legacy Rape8262014232714000
Robbery6643486423
Aggravated Assault65433835363243506966
Property Crime Total671724829717642741618579669568
Burglary270302265239275311227226198187
Larceny Theft331359492414311386347311424331
Motor Vehicle Theft70637264564444424750
Arson5312334295

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.

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