Search Amherst County, VA Inmate Records
Amherst County, VA jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Amherst County holds 0 jails with a total of 20,334 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Amherst County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Amherst County Quick Facts
88
Amherst County Population Total
11,206 / 89 / 1
Female Population, Rate & Count
10,203 / 774 / 79
Male Population, Rate & Count
86
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
88
Population Total Confined
20,334
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Amherst County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 44.71% of all the crimes committed in the county - 279 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.16% out of all the crimes in Amherst County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
0.16
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
1.92
%
Aggravated Assault
3.53
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|
| Violent Crime Total | 38 | 39 | 49 | 32 | 35 | 29 | 28 | 15 | 32 | 37 | 25 |
| Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Revised Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 8 |
| Legacy Rape | 5 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 8 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Aggravated Assault | 24 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 14 | 11 |
| Property Crime Total | 355 | 392 | 463 | 529 | 511 | 461 | 525 | 504 | 372 | 362 | 311 |
| Burglary | 52 | 60 | 40 | 59 | 81 | 53 | 63 | 125 | 49 | 40 | 39 |
| Larceny Theft | 280 | 312 | 395 | 435 | 403 | 388 | 441 | 365 | 298 | 303 | 251 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 23 | 20 | 28 | 35 | 27 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 25 | 19 | 21 |
| Arson | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Amherst County Jail Demographics
The county has 31,636 people confined with a jail population density of 43 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 10,334 women and 10,000 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
| Year |
Total Population |
| 2005 |
31,955 |
| 2006 |
32,094 |
| 2007 |
32,203 |
| 2008 |
32,510 |
| 2009 |
32,447 |
| 2010 |
32,388 |
| 2011 |
32,120 |
| 2012 |
32,445 |
| 2013 |
32,193 |
| 2014 |
32,041 |
| 2015 |
31,636 |
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
| Year |
Male Population |
Female Population |
| 2005 |
10,203 |
11,206 |
| 2006 |
10,256 |
11,224 |
| 2007 |
10,223 |
11,261 |
| 2008 |
10,343 |
11,237 |
| 2009 |
10,266 |
11,210 |
| 2010 |
10,245 |
11,205 |
| 2011 |
10,129 |
11,084 |
| 2012 |
10,230 |
11,095 |
| 2013 |
10,096 |
10,988 |
| 2014 |
9,982 |
10,824 |
| 2015 |
10,000 |
10,334 |
A Timeline of Amherst County Incarceration by Gender
| Year |
Male Rate |
Female Rate |
| 2005 |
774 |
89 |
| 2006 |
536 |
116 |
| 2007 |
724 |
160 |
| 2008 |
773 |
116 |
| 2009 |
896 |
125 |
| 2010 |
576 |
62 |
| 2011 |
790 |
90 |
| 2012 |
790 |
90 |
| 2013 |
790 |
90 |
| 2014 |
790 |
90 |
| 2015 |
790 |
90 |
Amherst County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 2,309 and a local jail rate of 405 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 99 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 7,128, which is higher compared to the statistics of 2005 - 2,436 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
The average jail count for Amherst is 86 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 80 imprisonments a day.
Amherst County Incarceration Rates
| Year |
Jail Rate |
| 2005 |
374 |
| 2006 |
331 |
| 2007 |
396 |
| 2008 |
408 |
| 2009 |
466 |
| 2010 |
368 |
| 2011 |
405 |
| 2012 |
405 |
| 2013 |
405 |
| 2014 |
405 |
| 2015 |
405 |
Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline
| Year |
Admit Rate |
Pretrial Rate |
| 2005 |
2,436 |
131 |
| 2006 |
7,040 |
102 |
| 2007 |
9,466 |
223 |
| 2008 |
22,471 |
222 |
| 2009 |
4,856 |
107 |
| 2010 |
1,215 |
70 |
| 2011 |
7,128 |
99 |
| 2012 |
7,128 |
99 |
| 2013 |
7,128 |
99 |
| 2014 |
7,128 |
99 |
| 2015 |
7,128 |
99 |
The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day
| Year |
Jail Count |
| 2005 |
80 |
| 2006 |
71 |
| 2007 |
85 |
| 2008 |
88 |
| 2009 |
100 |
| 2010 |
79 |
| 2011 |
86 |
| 2012 |
86 |
| 2013 |
86 |
| 2014 |
86 |
| 2015 |
86 |
