Search Buchanan County, VA Inmate Records
Buchanan County, VA jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Buchanan County holds 2 jails with a total of 15,113 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Buchanan County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Buchanan County Quick Facts
153
Buchanan County Population Total
8,434 / 111 / 9
Female Population, Rate & Count
9,283 / 512 / 48
Male Population, Rate & Count
153
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
153
Population Total Confined
15,113
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Buchanan County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 42.33% of all the crimes committed in the county - 301 Property Crime Total cases. Robbery is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.00% out of all the crimes in Buchanan County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
0.28
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
4.22
%
Aggravated Assault
2.81
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
---|
Violent Crime Total | 49 | 40 | 44 | 44 | 41 | 31 | 27 | 33 | 42 | 34 | 32 |
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Revised Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 14 |
Legacy Rape | 7 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Robbery | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Aggravated Assault | 36 | 25 | 33 | 35 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 27 | 30 | 23 | 16 |
Property Crime Total | 514 | 596 | 541 | 468 | 463 | 422 | 488 | 429 | 421 | 321 | 306 |
Burglary | 183 | 113 | 146 | 147 | 133 | 119 | 131 | 113 | 115 | 71 | 79 |
Larceny Theft | 282 | 445 | 352 | 276 | 292 | 278 | 325 | 295 | 276 | 224 | 208 |
Motor Vehicle Theft | 49 | 38 | 43 | 45 | 38 | 25 | 32 | 21 | 30 | 26 | 19 |
Arson | 9 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
Buchanan County Jail Demographics
The county has 22,780 people confined with a jail population density of 30 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 7,073 women and 8,040 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
Year |
Total Population |
2005 |
25,315 |
2006 |
25,009 |
2007 |
24,670 |
2008 |
24,371 |
2009 |
24,234 |
2010 |
24,028 |
2011 |
23,888 |
2012 |
23,837 |
2013 |
23,555 |
2014 |
23,106 |
2015 |
22,780 |
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
Year |
Male Population |
Female Population |
2005 |
9,283 |
8,434 |
2006 |
9,190 |
8,332 |
2007 |
9,054 |
8,216 |
2008 |
8,880 |
8,047 |
2009 |
8,784 |
7,949 |
2010 |
8,672 |
7,870 |
2011 |
8,536 |
7,697 |
2012 |
8,434 |
7,607 |
2013 |
8,291 |
7,463 |
2014 |
8,044 |
7,257 |
2015 |
8,040 |
7,073 |
A Timeline of Buchanan County Incarceration by Gender
Year |
Male Rate |
Female Rate |
2005 |
512 |
111 |
2006 |
1,071 |
242 |
2007 |
1,160 |
307 |
2008 |
978 |
252 |
2009 |
1,069 |
276 |
2010 |
1,201 |
298 |
2011 |
1,335 |
323 |
2012 |
1,417 |
360 |
2013 |
1,436 |
413 |
2014 |
1,466 |
470 |
2015 |
1,459 |
455 |
Buchanan County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 5,902 and a local jail rate of 1,024 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 485 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 10,171, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 10,244 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
The average jail count for Buchanan is 153 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 53 imprisonments a day.
Buchanan County Incarceration Rates
Year |
Jail Rate |
2005 |
302 |
2006 |
628 |
2007 |
657 |
2008 |
204 |
2009 |
674 |
2010 |
743 |
2011 |
815 |
2012 |
871 |
2013 |
913 |
2014 |
961 |
2015 |
1,024 |
Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline
Year |
Admit Rate |
Pretrial Rate |
2005 |
10,244 |
327 |
2006 |
7,363 |
237 |
2007 |
8,353 |
270 |
2008 |
6,563 |
238 |
2009 |
6,500 |
275 |
2010 |
7,249 |
267 |
2011 |
8,040 |
260 |
2012 |
8,409 |
311 |
2013 |
8,919 |
411 |
2014 |
9,495 |
516 |
2015 |
10,171 |
485 |
The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day
Year |
Jail Count |
2005 |
53 |
2006 |
110 |
2007 |
114 |
2008 |
34 |
2009 |
113 |
2010 |
123 |
2011 |
132 |
2012 |
140 |
2013 |
144 |
2014 |
147 |
2015 |
153 |