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Washington State County Criminal Justice Databook: 1985 to 1995

FEBRUARY 1996

STATE OF WASHINGTON

Capital: Olympia

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 (thousands)

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Age 0-17	1,165	1,173	1,184	1,201	1,224	1,268	1,315	1,359	1,403	1,434	1,463
Age 18-39	1,680	1,688	1,693	1,711	1,742	1,773	1,792	1,806	1,816	1,813	1,800
Age 40+	1,571	1,601	1,651	1,705	1,761	1,826	1,893	1,952	2,022	2,087	2,157
Total	4,416	4,462	4,527	4,617	4,728	4,867	5,000	5,117	5,241	5,334	5,420

 

Reported Index Crimes

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	226	218	250	257	207	236	210	257	268	286	NA
Forcible Rape	2,380	2,336	2,311	2,535	2,868	3,081	3,520	3,664	3,304	3,079	NA
Robbery	5,780	5,975	6,345	6,654	6,579	6,290	7,225	7,143	7,122	7,258	NA
Aggravated Assault	10,117	10,652	10,626	11,587	12,347	14,547	14,956	16,234	15,947	15,923	NA
Arson	1,799	1,855	2,169	1,847	1,774	1,794	2,039	2,366	1,975	2,351	NA
Burglary	78,402	71,155	83,277	82,960	71,656	60,801	60,252	57,269	54,646	54,394	NA
Theft	172,630	185,872	188,117	193,820	189,551	192,280	200,248	205,989	201,553	206,086	NA
Motor Vehicle Theft	12,511	13,750	17,506	19,506	21,270	21,563	21,701	24,038	23,490	26,127	NA
Total	283,845	291,813	310,601	319,166	306,252	300,592	310,151	316,960	308,305	315,504	NA

 

Adult Arrests

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	125	157	159	196	169	168	149	174	168	207	NA
Forcible Rape	664	592	598	747	811	838	863	840	878	809	NA
Robbery	916	1,001	990	1,113	1,182	1,008	1,055	1,256	1,137	1,246	NA
Aggravated Assault	3,949	3,341	3,141	4,091	3,984	4,603	5,921	5,680	5,853	4,310	NA
Arson	164	155	200	210	155	145	161	182	177	146	NA
Burglary	4,161	4,362	4,238	4,560	4,543	3,922	3,825	3,944	3,313	3,383	NA
Theft	25,809	28,258	28,634	30,547	30,180	30,481	28,995	29,764	28,244	28,161	NA
Motor Vehicle Theft	852	879	1,103	1,114	1,296	1,146	1,250	1,207	1,081	1,121	NA
Drug Crimes	5,356	6,403	9,620	10,135	15,102	13,049	12,160	12,587	13,564	16,307	NA
Other Crimes	120,245	124,831	124,400	139,710	157,053	169,896	166,465	175,539	170,664	166,647	NA
Total	162,241	169,979	173,083	192,423	214,475	225,256	220,844	231,173	225,079	222,337	NA

 

Superior Court Filings

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Homicide	258	243	247	351	265	319	316	337	312	382	348
Sex Crimes	1,701	1,682	1,545	1,717	1,847	1,809	1,965	2,026	2,024	1,794	1,694
Robbery	712	677	788	834	874	777	866	954	874	1,018	1,033
Assault	1,676	1,853	1,796	1,914	2,032	2,409	2,461	2,628	2,665	2,841	3,337
Property Crimes	7,086	7,904	7,470	8,566	9,007	8,514	8,886	9,413	8,760	8,953	9,777
Drug Crimes	2,630	3,121	4,772	7,431	9,114	7,613	7,443	8,115	8,044	9,017	10,730
Other Felonies	3,822	4,213	4,453	4,663	4,982	5,473	5,566	5,046	5,353	4,723	5,439
Total	17,885	19,693	21,071	25,476	28,121	26,914	27,503	28,519	28,032	28,728	32,358

 

Jail Average Daily Populations (ADP)

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Rated Capacity	4,359	4,799	5,100	5,396	5,533	6,010	6,058	6,332	6,535	6,808	NA
Pre-trial ADP	1,498	1,843	2,043	2,580	2,898	2,934	2,812	3,045	3,282	3,511	NA
Post-trial ADP	1,647	1,805	1,929	2,197	2,404	2,445	2,301	2,497	2,713	3,055	NA
Other ADP	653	735	749	820	900	884	799	794	959	1,036	NA
Total ADP	3,798	4,383	4,721	5,597	6,202	6,263	5,912	6,336	6,954	7,602	NA

 

Felony Jail Sentences

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Manslaughter	NA	9	11	16	15	17	18	17	10	13	11
Sex Crimes	NA	190	293	334	309	479	484	451	499	471	390
Robbery	NA	115	168	162	180	152	138	184	177	149	160
Assault	NA	468	672	657	772	1,003	1,144	1,285	1,460	1,490	1,780
Burglary	NA	1,071	1,616	1,480	1,433	1,417	1,215	1,358	1,219	1,050	1,018
Other Property Crimes	NA	1,707	2,855	3,248	3,351	4,037	4,079	4,421	4,599	4,557	5,016
Drug Crimes	NA	669	1,278	2,417	3,523	3,878	3,213	3,389	3,539	3,689	4,404
Other Crimes	NA	469	705	812	751	821	734	728	947	1,082	1,310
Total	NA	4,698	7,598	9,126	10,334	11,804	11,025	11,833	12,450	12,501	14,089

 

Average Felony Jail Sentences (Months)

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Manslaughter	NA	7.8	5.6	6.2	7.2	6.8	6.8	5.3	4.7	4.4	3.9
Sex Crimes	NA	4.6	2.8	2.9	2.9	4.1	4.5	4.7	5.0	4.9	5.0
Robbery	NA	5.9	4.6	4.7	3.4	5.6	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	6.0
Assault	NA	4.0	3.2	3.5	3.4	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.0
Burglary	NA	3.7	2.7	2.7	2.3	3.0	3.4	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.4
Other Property Crimes	NA	2.8	2.0	2.1	1.9	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.1
Drug Crimes	NA	2.7	1.8	2.0	1.9	2.4	2.5	2.4	2.6	2.6	2.4
Other Crimes	NA	3.3	2.5	2.6	2.2	2.5	2.3	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7
Average Sentence	NA	3.3	2.4	2.4	2.1	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.7

 

Prison Admissions

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
New Admissions	1,554	1,694	1,636	1,847	2,421	2,875	3,036	3,473	3,552	3,457	3,706
Readmissions	252	270	344	532	733	813	912	1,060	1,128	1,279	1,492
Parole/CCI Violations	478	521	429	224	280	576	623	538	486	641	714
Other Crimes	17	24	31	828	607	20	21	19	17	16	21
Total	2,301	2,509	2,440	3,431	4,041	4,284	4,284	5,096	5,183	5,393	5,933
*State totals include admissions from outside Washington State.

 

Prison Sentences

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	NA	75	94	92	116	108	97	115	135	148	165
Manslaughter	NA	72	62	81	93	88	93	109	104	93	110
Sex Crimes	NA	323	357	402	443	514	576	636	656	644	604
Robbery	NA	289	301	352	401	322	308	433	418	391	396
Assault	NA	182	239	253	312	344	421	492	532	578	765
Burglary	NA	368	554	610	676	720	725	818	724	717	665
Other Property Crimes	NA	137	241	212	344	423	459	531	632	647	722
Drug Crimes	NA	143	314	561	1,139	1,565	1,711	1,897	1,917	1,905	2,093
Other Crimes	NA	15	30	84	96	126	128	109	134	142	167
Total	NA	1,604	2,192	2,647	3,620	4,210	4,518	5,140	5,252	5,265	5,687

 

Average Prison Sentences (Months)

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	NA	228.4	258.0	245.1	233.9	309.6	296.4	266.6	278.3	325.6	262.8
Manslaughter	NA	26.8	30.4	30.5	31.4	36.1	37.9	36.1	36.1	51.4	39.2
Sex Crimes	NA	42.2	43.7	44.4	55.4	57.4	67.1	77.3	80.8	86.9	93.0
Robbery	NA	56.5	47.6	54.7	55.9	48.9	56.6	51.9	54.9	49.4	54.8
Assault	NA	36.7	32.8	38.7	42.3	39.0	34.7	37.1	40.7	40.7	44.2
Burglary	NA	27.8	24.0	24.7	26.0	28.4	33.2	32.7	34.0	35.5	33.5
Other Property Crimes	NA	22.4	21.2	21.7	20.3	21.1	19.3	22.0	22.2	20.4	21.6
Drug Crimes	NA	23.4	20.4	20.9	19.3	27.3	31.8	33.2	31.4	33.2	34.7
Other Crimes	NA	26.3	20.9	15.8	20.0	21.9	19.8	18.6	20.9	22.9	22.0
Average Sentence	NA	45.4	40.8	39.5	38.3	40.4	42.7	44.4	45.8	48.8	48.1

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