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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
88
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
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
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.
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