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Washington State County Criminal Justice Databook: 1985 to 1995

FEBRUARY 1996

PIERCE COUNTY

County Seat: Tacoma

Population - Office of Financial Management
Reported Index Crimes - Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs
Adult Arrests - Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs
Superior Court Filings - Office of the Administrator for the Courts
Jail Average Daily Populations (ADP) - Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs
Felony Jail Sentences - Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Average Felony Jail Sentences (Months) - Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Prison Admissions - Department of Corrections
Prison Sentences - Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Average Prison Sentences (Months) - Sentencing Guidelines Commission

Population

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Age 0-17	145,272	146,984	149,244	151,957	155,796	160,487	166,370	172,941	178,317	180,644	183,477
Age 18-39	208,082	209,537	211,250	214,293	219,165	221,708	225,543	230,392	233,302	232,997	233,622
Age 40+	176,399	179,731	185,811	192,008	198,611	204,008	211,891	220,671	229,081	235,259	243,102
Total	529,753	536,252	546,305	558,259	573,572	586,203	603,804	624,004	640,700	648,900	660,201

 

Reported Index Crimes

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	32	33	35	58	46	46	57	56	57	64	NA
Forcible Rape	476	455	481	561	561	523	606	657	414	442	NA
Robbery	955	964	1,088	1,578	1,683	1,315	1,633	1,548	1,443	1,445	NA
Aggravated Assault	1,922	2,136	2,212	2,274	2,506	2,989	3,430	3,449	3,663	3,990	NA
Arson	246	252	316	267	229	275	355	296	317	357	NA
Burglary	13,439	12,707	12,859	13,281	10,789	8,192	8,125	7,749	8,370	7,895	NA
Theft	20,227	23,272	23,974	24,860	24,879	24,641	25,382	24,934	24,868	26,527	NA
Motor Vehicle Theft	1,688	1,890	2,149	2,702	3,316	3,236	2,787	3,235	3,804	5,364	NA
Total	38,985	41,709	43,114	45,581	44,009	41,217	42,375	41,924	42,936	46,084	NA

 

Adult Arrests

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	18	20	14	40	32	34	39	40	32	51	NA
Forcible Rape	96	95	96	103	96	106	117	92	111	107	NA
Robbery	147	181	161	250	242	239	252	276	229	244	NA
Aggravated Assault	792	605	519	837	614	672	731	720	695	809	NA
Arson	24	22	17	18	16	14	22	18	27	14	NA
Burglary	616	645	618	697	664	395	483	504	478	510	NA
Theft	2,699	2,933	3,018	3,120	3,050	3,164	3,208	3,292	2,555	2,849	NA
Motor Vehicle Theft	124	75	75	70	85	65	75	102	71	84	NA
Drug Crimes	500	793	1,242	1,678	1,955	1,937	1,836	1,950	2,147	2,551	NA
Other Crimes	11,385	11,405	12,449	15,331	15,919	16,278	19,126	21,756	21,927	23,536	NA
Total	16,401	16,774	18,209	22,144	22,673	22,904	25,889	28,750	28,272	30,755	NA

 

Superior Court Filings

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Homicide	37	29	23	66	38	57	74	56	58	69	57
Sex Crimes	216	202	169	253	231	231	247	285	292	245	205
Robbery	121	110	125	155	177	170	140	177	139	163	170
Assault	220	239	250	236	263	338	341	359	386	375	437
Property Crimes	797	1,066	1,068	1,391	1,337	1,254	1,125	1,701	1,396	1,393	1,511
Drug Crimes	272	401	830	1,301	1,741	1,692	1,492	1,589	1,788	2,161	2,300
Other Felony	841	984	1,060	983	1,135	1,264	1,285	714	743	479	544
Total	2,504	3,031	3,525	4,385	4,922	5,006	4,704	4,881	4,802	4,885	5,224

 

Jail Average Daily Populations (ADP)

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Rated Capacity	470	470	506	506	652	768	768	768	768	782	NA
Pre-trial ADP	130	254	251	341	385	429	399	424	449	518	NA
Post-trial ADP	121	187	203	241	278	278	265	334	375	457	NA
Other ADP	45	58	60	88	88	95	120	121	107	131	NA
Total ADP	296	499	514	670	751	802	784	879	931	1,106	NA

 

Felony Jail Sentences

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Manslaughter	NA	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	0	5	1
Sex Crimes	NA	33	51	56	65	68	66	44	53	71	50
Robbery	NA	20	27	20	36	27	25	27	24	21	29
Assault	NA	58	84	94	111	146	141	143	181	204	279
Burglary	NA	146	211	182	181	161	112	141	131	116	138
Other Property Crimes	NA	161	330	413	524	525	455	489	476	557	742
Drug Crimes	NA	68	161	485	856	859	643	678	798	1,012	1,231
Other Crimes	NA	77	160	169	127	130	106	110	93	140	189
Total	NA	565	1,026	1,421	1,903	1,918	1,549	1,633	1,756	2,126	2,659

 

Average Felony Jail Sentences (Months)

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Manslaughter	NA	10.5	9.0	7.5	3.0	3.0	3.0	1.5	-	5.6	0.1
Sex Crimes	NA	3.9	3.1	2.6	2.0	2.8	3.8	4.7	3.5	4.3	4.2
Robbery	NA	6.9	5.7	6.1	4.4	5.5	5.3	4.8	6.5	6.0	6.5
Assault	NA	4.2	3.4	3.6	4.4	3.8	3.3	3.4	3.9	3.7	3.6
Burglary	NA	3.6	3.6	2.9	2.5	2.4	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.3	2.3
Other Property Crimes	NA	2.8	2.3	2.4	1.9	2.0	2.2	1.7	1.6	2.0	2.0
Drug Crimes	NA	3.2	1.9	2.2	2.0	2.2	2.0	2.3	2.5	2.8	2.2
Other Crimes	NA	3.6	3.1	2.6	2.2	2.1	2.0	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.0
Average Sentence	NA	3.6	2.8	2.6	2.2	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.8	2.4

 

Prison Admissions

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
New Admissions	196	213	193	182	264	344	436	425	441	480	637
Readmissions	37	37	30	56	106	125	119	149	158	212	267
Parole/CCI Violations	43	50	49	10	30	66	75	59	60	68	94
Total	276	300	272	248	400	535	630	633	659	760	998

 

Prison Sentences

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	NA	9	8	6	22	20	12	25	26	23	30
Manslaughter	NA	13	9	15	16	10	20	28	14	15	17
Sex Crimes	NA	35	43	46	46	38	49	61	58	70	59
Robbery	NA	50	53	55	77	64	36	67	63	64	54
Assault	NA	18	27	24	38	50	55	62	72	98	115
Burglary	NA	48	71	89	81	91	58	80	69	86	94
Other Property Crimes	NA	22	34	23	37	42	46	54	67	50	107
Drug Crimes	NA	12	33	47	140	197	267	238	306	378	493
Other Crimes	NA	2	8	22	19	22	28	14	25	19	22
Total	NA	209	286	327	476	534	571	629	700	803	991

 

Average Prison Sentences (Months)

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	NA	290.3	377.7	200.3	251.8	356.1	284.4	238.2	239.9	415.3	251.4
Manslaughter	NA	32.3	25.7	24.9	31.2	31.1	38.6	46.4	46.8	44.1	38.1
Sex Crimes	NA	46.7	60.4	53.0	58.0	93.1	58.7	75.0	96.0	99.5	102.0
Robbery	NA	63.2	50.4	48.2	49.3	46.4	44.4	53.3	51.5	59.8	70.0
Assault	NA	38.5	38.3	36.5	44.6	34.3	35.4	38.2	47.9	39.3	49.4
Burglary	NA	27.7	23.6	25.2	24.2	27.6	32.7	36.6	36.5	36.9	33.0
Other Property Crimes	NA	24.0	19.2	22.6	19.0	19.9	18.9	22.9	23.2	19.1	20.7
Drug Crimes	NA	23.0	19.9	22.8	20.5	29.5	30.3	27.7	26.2	32.3	35.3
Other Crimes	NA	57.0	15.4	14.4	18.8	22.8	22.1	18.7	16.8	28.1	19.6
Average Sentence	NA	51.5	44.3	35.8	42.2	47.4	38.7	45.8	45.2	52.0	47.2

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