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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
$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
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
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.
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