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

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Buchanan County Population Total
8,434 / 111 / 9
Female Population, Rate & Count
9,283 / 512 / 48
Male Population, Rate & Count
$29,848
Median Income
5,901.6
Arrest Rate
1,024.4
Local Jail Rate
153
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
153
Population Total Confined
485
Pretrial Rate
10,171
Admit Rate
1,514
Admit Count
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

7.45 %
Violent Crime
0.28 %
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
2.95 %
Revised Rape
4.22 %
Aggravated Assault
42.33 %
Property Crime
11.95 %
Burglary
27.57 %
Larceny Theft
2.81 %
Motor Vehicle Theft
0.42 %
Arson

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total4940444441312733423432
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter11115331011
Revised Rape0000000011914
Legacy Rape79364462000
Robbery55726213111
Aggravated Assault3625333526221727302316
Property Crime Total514596541468463422488429421321306
Burglary1831131461471331191311131157179
Larceny Theft282445352276292278325295276224208
Motor Vehicle Theft4938434538253221302619
Arson9915612102622

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

62.05 %
White
2.55 %
Black
0.36 %
Latino
0.07 %
Asian

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

10,171
Admit Rate
1,024
Local Jail Rate
485
Pretrial Rate

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