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Whatcom County, WA jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Whatcom County holds 3 jails with a total of 142,446 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Whatcom County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Whatcom County Quick Facts
411
Whatcom County Population Total
65,216 / 84 / 55
Female Population, Rate & Count
64,648 / 418 / 27
Male Population, Rate & Count
$51,939
Median Income
3,401.7
Arrest Rate
276.3
Local Jail Rate
391
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
411
Population Total Confined
230
Pretrial Rate
5,710
Admit Rate
8,082
Admit Count
142,446
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Whatcom County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 43.85% of all the crimes committed in the county - 1,216 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.14% out of all the crimes in Whatcom County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
5.99
%
Violent Crime
0.14
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
1.48
%
Revised Rape
0.50
%
Robbery
3.86
%
Aggravated Assault
43.85
%
Property Crime
15.40
%
Burglary
25.42
%
Larceny Theft
3.03
%
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
128
125
157
131
120
126
132
158
157
126
98
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter
2
0
0
0
3
2
0
1
0
1
5
Revised Rape
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
23
Legacy Rape
29
36
45
35
28
28
38
35
30
0
0
Robbery
16
6
8
5
16
16
7
7
12
10
9
Aggravated Assault
81
83
104
91
73
80
87
115
115
88
61
Property Crime Total
1,985
1,728
1,520
1,376
1,254
1,355
1,339
1,130
1,330
1,215
1,094
Burglary
702
632
540
493
430
501
485
412
417
469
380
Larceny Theft
1,083
934
857
761
737
765
789
648
828
676
638
Motor Vehicle Theft
200
162
123
122
87
89
65
70
85
70
76
Arson
23
11
8
5
12
6
12
11
10
11
10
Whatcom County Jail Demographics
The county has 212,164 people confined with a jail population density of 68 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 71,957 women and 70,489 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
Year
Total Population
2005
185,450
2006
188,926
2007
192,837
2008
196,708
2009
199,865
2010
201,518
2011
203,329
2012
204,827
2013
206,248
2014
208,351
2015
212,164
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
Year
Male Population
Female Population
2005
64,648
65,216
2006
65,983
66,411
2007
67,258
67,867
2008
68,600
69,128
2009
69,538
69,983
2010
69,703
70,245
2011
70,242
70,586
2012
70,234
70,615
2013
70,421
70,592
2014
70,723
70,810
2015
70,489
71,957
A Timeline of Whatcom County Incarceration by Gender
Year
Male Rate
Female Rate
2005
418
84
2006
374
93
2007
547
88
2008
531
101
2009
588
87
2010
521
130
2011
484
81
2012
430
76
2013
435
72
2014
489
89
2015
489
89
Whatcom County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
54.95
%
White
1.05
%
Black
5.95
%
Latino
1.98
%
Asian
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 3,402 and a local jail rate of 276 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 230 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 5,710, which is higher compared to the statistics of 2005 - 3,935 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
5,710
Admit Rate
276
Local Jail Rate
230
Pretrial Rate
The average jail count for Whatcom is 391 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 317 imprisonments a day.
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