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 1 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

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Amherst County Population Total
11,206 / 89 / 1
Female Population, Rate & Count
10,203 / 774 / 79
Male Population, Rate & Count
$44,945
Median Income
2,309.2
Arrest Rate
405.4
Local Jail Rate
86
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
88
Population Total Confined
99
Pretrial Rate
7,128
Admit Rate
1,512
Admit Count
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

5.13 %
Violent Crime
0.16 %
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
2.08 %
Revised Rape
0.96 %
Robbery
1.92 %
Aggravated Assault
44.71 %
Property Crime
5.61 %
Burglary
35.58 %
Larceny Theft
3.53 %
Motor Vehicle Theft
0.32 %
Arson

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total3839493235292815323725
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter10110000121
Revised Rape000000009178
Legacy Rape5101073777000
Robbery881768321245
Aggravated Assault242121182419197201411
Property Crime Total355392463529511461525504372362311
Burglary52604059815363125494039
Larceny Theft280312395435403388441365298303251
Motor Vehicle Theft2320283527202114251921
Arson16573322103

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

48.61 %
White
13.04 %
Black
1.50 %
Latino
0.52 %
Asian

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

7,128
Admit Rate
405
Local Jail Rate
99
Pretrial Rate

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