Search Nicholas County, WV Inmate Records

Nicholas County, WV jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Nicholas County holds 0 jails with a total of 16,173 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Nicholas County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Nicholas County Quick Facts

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Nicholas County Population Total
8,751 / 61 / 5
Female Population, Rate & Count
8,631 / 752 / 65
Male Population, Rate & Count
$40,064
Median Income
3,079.7
Arrest Rate
512.3
Local Jail Rate
82
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
83
Population Total Confined
290
Pretrial Rate
5,223
Admit Rate
838
Admit Count
16,173
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

Nicholas County is well known for its Violent Crime Totals, it has a share of 26.39% of all the crimes committed in the county - 123 Violent Crime Total cases. Arson is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.00% out of all the crimes in Nicholas County.

Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES

26.39 %
Violent Crime
0.21 %
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
1.07 %
Revised Rape
0.43 %
Robbery
24.68 %
Aggravated Assault
23.61 %
Property Crime
6.87 %
Burglary
16.52 %
Larceny Theft
0.21 %
Motor Vehicle Theft

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

200520062007200920112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total55314243167154119152134
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter000000110
Revised Rape000000285
Legacy Rape527235000
Robbery213222300
Aggravated Assault48283239162147113143129
Property Crime Total481493418451209200166158104
Burglary10110592954658416025
Larceny Theft3473372943291531311209876
Motor Vehicle Theft335132271011503
Arson433257031

Nicholas County Jail Demographics

The county has 25,547 people confined with a jail population density of 25 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 8,112 women and 8,061 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 26,195
2006 26,205
2007 26,130
2008 26,138
2009 26,253
2010 26,233
2011 26,149
2012 26,252
2013 25,987
2014 25,827
2015 25,547

A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 8,631 8,751
2006 8,656 8,754
2007 8,616 8,688
2008 8,497 8,671
2009 8,533 8,730
2010 8,514 8,714
2011 8,467 8,730
2012 8,389 8,635
2013 8,209 8,459
2014 8,073 8,297
2015 8,061 8,112

A Timeline of Nicholas County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 752 61
2006 700 95
2007 714 64
2008 708 64
2009 664 118
2010 859 104
2011 815 137
2012 868 148
2013 812 194
2014 751 241
2015 791 189

Nicholas County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

61.50 %
White
0.36 %
Black
0.47 %
Latino
0.25 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 3,080 and a local jail rate of 512 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 290 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 5,223, which is higher compared to the statistics of 2005 - 2,916 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

5,223
Admit Rate
512
Local Jail Rate
290
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Nicholas is 82 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 67 imprisonments a day.

Nicholas County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 384
2006 354
2007 357
2008 345
2009 370
2010 384
2011 443
2012 446
2013 450
2014 452
2015 512

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 2,916 208
2006 10,793 208
2007 18,758 191
2008 3,387 127
2009 4,134 163
2010 5,905 207
2011 3,859 216
2012 4,368 231
2013 4,972 283
2014 5,586 336
2015 5,223 290

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 67
2006 62
2007 62
2008 59
2009 64
2010 66
2011 76
2012 76
2013 75
2014 74
2015 82