Search Putnam County, WV Inmate Records

Putnam County, WV jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Putnam County holds 0 jails with a total of 36,557 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Putnam County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Putnam County Quick Facts

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Putnam County Population Total
18,249 / 62 / 11
Female Population, Rate & Count
17,896 / 534 / 96
Male Population, Rate & Count
$54,854
Median Income
1,743.2
Arrest Rate
373.1
Local Jail Rate
136
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
137
Population Total Confined
207
Pretrial Rate
4,275
Admit Rate
1,559
Admit Count
36,557
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

Putnam County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 35.93% of all the crimes committed in the county - 337 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.00% out of all the crimes in Putnam County.

Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES

13.97 %
Violent Crime
0.00 %
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
1.28 %
Revised Rape
0.21 %
Robbery
12.47 %
Aggravated Assault
35.93 %
Property Crime
9.49 %
Burglary
21.22 %
Larceny Theft
5.22 %
Motor Vehicle Theft
0.21 %
Arson

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

2005200620072008200920102011201320142015
Violent Crime Total64896655544149103221218
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter1200201011
Revised Rape0000000385
Legacy Rape1161310625000
Robbery813851312125
Aggravated Assault5458454033384199210207
Property Crime Total1,105936930922756180210297490461
Burglary3161951621591974057569587
Larceny Theft689623685688485127143219358325
Motor Vehicle Theft1001188375741310223749
Arson5697310112

Putnam County Jail Demographics

The county has 56,799 people confined with a jail population density of 105 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 18,375 women and 18,182 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 53,614
2006 54,207
2007 54,669
2008 55,051
2009 55,178
2010 55,694
2011 56,140
2012 56,589
2013 56,586
2014 56,770
2015 56,799

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

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 17,896 18,249
2006 17,977 18,392
2007 18,086 18,451
2008 18,081 18,488
2009 18,065 18,463
2010 18,149 18,556
2011 18,314 18,678
2012 18,321 18,676
2013 18,241 18,564
2014 18,194 18,458
2015 18,182 18,375

A Timeline of Putnam County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 534 62
2006 515 69
2007 491 69
2008 576 94
2009 601 85
2010 490 168
2011 550 129
2012 694 114
2013 629 122
2014 565 132
2015 609 139

Putnam County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

61.92 %
White
0.76 %
Black
0.71 %
Latino
0.17 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 1,743 and a local jail rate of 373 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 207 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 4,275, which is higher compared to the statistics of 2005 - 3,632 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

4,275
Admit Rate
373
Local Jail Rate
207
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Putnam is 136 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 103 imprisonments a day.

Putnam County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 284
2006 301
2007 299
2008 293
2009 327
2010 329
2011 346
2012 377
2013 369
2014 362
2015 373

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 3,632 118
2006 3,432 193
2007 3,948 110
2008 3,752 126
2009 3,260 145
2010 3,741 131
2011 4,292 147
2012 3,835 185
2013 3,936 190
2014 4,049 196
2015 4,275 207

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 103
2006 110
2007 109
2008 107
2009 119
2010 121
2011 128
2012 140
2013 136
2014 133
2015 136