Search Potter County, TX Inmate Records
Potter County, TX jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Potter County holds 3 jails with a total of 79,062 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Potter County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Potter County Quick Facts
477
Potter County Population Total
37,121 / 299 / 111
Female Population, Rate & Count
41,059 / 1,147 / 471
Male Population, Rate & Count
456
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
477
Population Total Confined
79,062
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Potter County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 42.34% of all the crimes committed in the county - 235 Property Crime Total cases. Arson is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.18% out of all the crimes in Potter County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
0.54
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
5.23
%
Aggravated Assault
6.49
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|
| Violent Crime Total | 16 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 30 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 31 | 34 |
| Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Revised Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Legacy Rape | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 11 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 32 |
| Property Crime Total | 252 | 211 | 238 | 226 | 183 | 211 | 251 | 182 | 205 | 158 | 188 |
| Burglary | 77 | 47 | 72 | 67 | 51 | 67 | 75 | 68 | 54 | 57 | 54 |
| Larceny Theft | 153 | 142 | 141 | 142 | 119 | 128 | 159 | 97 | 138 | 89 | 112 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 22 | 22 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 22 |
| Arson | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Potter County Jail Demographics
The county has 121,374 people confined with a jail population density of 87 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 36,960 women and 42,102 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
| Year |
Total Population |
| 2005 |
118,771 |
| 2006 |
119,780 |
| 2007 |
119,537 |
| 2008 |
119,740 |
| 2009 |
120,118 |
| 2010 |
121,390 |
| 2011 |
122,350 |
| 2012 |
122,754 |
| 2013 |
122,146 |
| 2014 |
121,627 |
| 2015 |
121,374 |
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
| Year |
Male Population |
Female Population |
| 2005 |
41,059 |
37,121 |
| 2006 |
41,476 |
37,399 |
| 2007 |
41,372 |
37,189 |
| 2008 |
41,580 |
37,199 |
| 2009 |
41,445 |
37,372 |
| 2010 |
41,933 |
37,626 |
| 2011 |
42,304 |
37,901 |
| 2012 |
42,282 |
37,867 |
| 2013 |
42,044 |
37,556 |
| 2014 |
41,749 |
37,277 |
| 2015 |
42,102 |
36,960 |
A Timeline of Potter County Incarceration by Gender
| Year |
Male Rate |
Female Rate |
| 2005 |
1,147 |
299 |
| 2006 |
979 |
259 |
| 2007 |
1,078 |
304 |
| 2008 |
1,075 |
218 |
| 2009 |
948 |
217 |
| 2010 |
1,018 |
252 |
| 2011 |
1,054 |
224 |
| 2012 |
963 |
235 |
| 2013 |
1,054 |
248 |
| 2014 |
891 |
266 |
| 2015 |
981 |
219 |
Potter County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 4,845 and a local jail rate of 580 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 418 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 8,663, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 15,740 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
The average jail count for Potter is 456 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 582 imprisonments a day.
Potter County Incarceration Rates
| Year |
Jail Rate |
| 2005 |
745 |
| 2006 |
683 |
| 2007 |
674 |
| 2008 |
665 |
| 2009 |
598 |
| 2010 |
618 |
| 2011 |
676 |
| 2012 |
586 |
| 2013 |
587 |
| 2014 |
616 |
| 2015 |
580 |
Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline
| Year |
Admit Rate |
Pretrial Rate |
| 2005 |
15,740 |
404 |
| 2006 |
10,974 |
437 |
| 2007 |
8,297 |
490 |
| 2008 |
8,671 |
470 |
| 2009 |
7,608 |
471 |
| 2010 |
8,192 |
495 |
| 2011 |
9,297 |
497 |
| 2012 |
8,327 |
525 |
| 2013 |
9,043 |
448 |
| 2014 |
16,759 |
478 |
| 2015 |
8,663 |
418 |
The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day
| Year |
Jail Count |
| 2005 |
582 |
| 2006 |
539 |
| 2007 |
529 |
| 2008 |
524 |
| 2009 |
471 |
| 2010 |
492 |
| 2011 |
542 |
| 2012 |
470 |
| 2013 |
467 |
| 2014 |
487 |
| 2015 |
456 |
