Washington State County Criminal Justice Databook: 1985 to 1995

FEBRUARY 1996

SPOKANE COUNTY

County Seat: Spokane

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

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Age 0-17	94,423	93,873	92,899	92,526	92,951	95,789	97,580	100,318	103,200	105,443	107,719
Age 18-39	129,809	128,530	126,362	125,505	125,942	127,452	127,911	129,947	131,622	133,031	134,536
Age 40+	127,184	127,944	129,441	131,384	133,822	138,123	140,481	144,305	148,778	153,526	158,947
Total	351,417	350,348	348,703	349,415	352,715	361,364	365,971	374,571	383,600	392,000	401,202

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	14	12	21	14	10	12	8	21	17	12	NA
Forcible Rape	104	115	104	123	171	144	126	144	178	157	NA
Robbery	366	495	539	464	432	354	400	450	438	598	NA
Aggravated Assault	716	660	575	732	778	817	870	1,277	1,283	1,362	NA
Arson	101	145	119	122	90	84	72	112	106	169	NA
Burglary	5,722	6,495	7,096	7,215	6,248	5,450	4,308	4,670	4,200	4,923	NA
Theft	13,168	13,553	13,817	14,240	14,210	14,191	13,325	15,877	16,229	17,801	NA
Motor Vehicle Theft	977	1,095	1,017	1,146	1,273	1,136	975	1,055	1,103	1,450	NA
Total	21,168	22,570	23,288	24,056	23,212	22,188	20,084	23,606	23,554	26,472	NA

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	7	14	12	10	15	6	6	17	13	5	NA
Forcible Rape	27	36	41	76	75	45	30	23	30	28	NA
Robbery	73	134	95	103	124	112	86	104	93	145	NA
Aggravated Assault	216	171	164	188	206	275	190	235	235	272	NA
Arson	16	15	25	29	16	13	8	20	17	18	NA
Burglary	405	419	414	465	487	431	330	475	366	347	NA
Theft	2,102	2,587	2,325	2,900	2,867	2,666	2,341	2,449	2,361	2,484	NA
Motor Vehicle Theft	83	76	114	109	145	114	87	123	116	138	NA
Drug Crimes	758	897	1,096	1,686	2,029	1,948	1,501	1,290	1,353	1,777	NA
Other Crimes	5,525	7,184	8,116	10,539	12,991	17,769	13,201	14,011	14,053	12,242	NA
Total	9,212	11,533	12,402	16,105	18,955	23,379	17,780	18,747	18,637	17,456	NA

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Homicide	11	12	16	19	18	17	12	29	22	15	28
Sex Crimes	115	119	98	93	138	83	124	102	114	101	141
Robbery	29	27	51	37	40	44	44	49	56	102	106
Assault	37	60	47	49	59	101	87	144	144	152	240
Property Crimes	385	361	249	431	481	493	822	752	717	746	941
Drug Crimes	196	170	33	151	338	423	463	372	425	572	613
Other Felony	401	263	286	329	377	435	499	457	532	457	530
Total	1,174	1,012	780	1,109	1,451	1,596	2,051	1,905	2,010	2,145	2,599

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Rated Capacity	352	461	461	461	461	518	518	518	518	473	NA
Pre-trial ADP	155	182	164	180	195	224	16	0	265	284	NA
Post-trial ADP	107	100	112	93	90	100	5	0	84	92	NA
Other ADP	92	103	112	145	181	180	11	0	169	141	NA
Total ADP	354	385	388	418	466	504	32	0	518	517	NA

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Manslaughter	NA	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	0	1	1
Sex Crimes	NA	9	11	21	17	44	39	26	37	33	18
Robbery	NA	11	12	17	19	8	14	3	5	7	12
Assault	NA	23	41	21	31	44	44	56	70	72	72
Burglary	NA	85	113	103	102	74	84	100	73	76	58
Other Property Crimes	NA	136	203	172	193	247	289	301	341	385	297
Drug Crimes	NA	60	68	38	117	173	176	167	132	208	224
Other Crimes	NA	36	48	30	40	34	47	38	40	60	44
Total	NA	360	497	402	520	627	693	693	698	842	726

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Manslaughter	NA	-	12.0	-	0.0	11.9	-	7.0	-	3.0	1.0
Sex Crimes	NA	4.4	3.2	3.3	2.9	4.0	3.1	3.2	5.0	4.4	6.0
Robbery	NA	6.0	3.9	5.5	2.7	6.0	5.1	7.0	4.4	5.2	9.4
Assault	NA	3.3	2.8	2.4	2.5	4.8	3.5	4.6	4.0	4.3	4.6
Burglary	NA	3.2	2.3	2.6	2.4	2.8	3.5	3.8	4.2	3.6	3.9
Other Property Crimes	NA	2.4	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.5	2.2	2.4	2.8	2.7	2.5
Drug Crimes	NA	2.9	1.8	3.1	1.4	2.7	2.5	2.3	2.7	3.4	3.4
Other Crimes	NA	2.8	1.9	2.4	2.8	2.7	2.7	3.2	2.4	2.8	3.4
Average Sentence	NA	3.0	2.2	2.6	2.1	2.9	2.6	2.9	3.2	3.2	3.3

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
New Admissions	68	74	59	72	85	108	111	138	145	164	173
Readmissions	11	13	21	30	38	37	38	58	63	75	68
Parole/CCI Violations	38	34	28	16	21	22	47	34	26	35	46
Total	117	121	108	118	144	167	196	230	234	274	287

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	NA	2	7	7	6	4	4	4	9	9	6
Manslaughter	NA	1	5	5	3	5	3	5	5	12	3
Sex Crimes	NA	14	21	20	20	32	12	25	24	27	34
Robbery	NA	15	17	27	14	12	21	23	24	27	45
Assault	NA	8	6	3	11	8	16	20	28	19	37
Burglary	NA	17	25	24	36	35	33	64	73	61	54
Other Property Crimes	NA	6	10	8	27	29	27	32	46	75	53
Drug Crimes	NA	12	6	2	12	37	61	63	48	75	73
Other Crimes	NA	3	0	1	10	3	10	14	8	14	10
Total	NA	78	97	97	139	165	187	250	265	319	315

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	NA	181.5	276.3	208.6	294.0	377.0	345.0	313.3	226.9	319.0	199.6
Manslaughter	NA	20.0	28.4	28.0	23.7	27.9	63.3	44.8	47.6	47.2	30.7
Sex Crimes	NA	30.4	56.0	33.2	148.1	33.9	50.8	62.6	86.0	69.4	63.4
Robbery	NA	62.4	38.3	32.7	51.3	38.0	55.1	51.3	62.5	52.3	60.0
Assault	NA	80.0	23.8	120.7	61.5	54.3	23.4	25.8	50.3	55.3	30.7
Burglary	NA	19.1	26.7	23.7	26.6	31.3	33.1	35.7	39.3	37.7	36.4
Other Property Crimes	NA	16.8	23.3	14.4	20.4	20.3	18.4	23.4	22.3	23.1	24.7
Drug Crimes	NA	28.0	53.8	16.5	20.2	21.4	35.8	38.4	33.0	33.0	31.5
Other Crimes	NA	30.7	-	22.0	19.8	17.3	28.0	21.1	26.4	22.6	17.9
Average Sentence	NA	41.5	54.3	43.8	58.6	37.3	41.5	42.0	48.8	45.8	41.4