Roanoke City Jail Inmate Search

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Roanoke City Jail Inmate Services Information

Phone: 540-853-2621

Physical Address:
 324 Campbell Avenue
Roanoke, VA 24016

Mailing Address (personal mail):
 Smart Communications - Roanoke City Jail
INMATE NAME - ID NUMBER
3735 Franklin Road SW, #275
Roanoke, VA 24014-2260

Mailing Address (legal mail or subscriptions):
 Roanoke City Jail
INMATE NAME - ID NUMBER
324 Campbell Avenue SW
Roanoke, VA 24016-3625

Every year Roanoke city law enforcement agencies arrest and detain 41,700 offenders, and maintain an average of 2,085 inmates (county-wide) in their custody on any given day.

The weekly turnover rate of inmates is approximately 55%, meaning that every week more than half of these inmates are released and then replaced with new offenders being booked into jail.

The charts below break down the men, women, races, ethnicities and the types of crimes that people are arrested and incarcerated for in both Roanoke city and state prisons throughout the country. This information is compiled from local police and the Roanoke city Sheriff's Department, as well as the state of Virginia and the United States Department of Justice and Census Bureau.

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Roanoke city Inmate Race & Ethnicity - 11/1/2026

Race Inmates % Total
White 282 17.30%
Black 877 53.80%
Hispanic or Latino 273 16.75%
American Indian/Native Alaskan 39 2.39%
Asian 78 4.79%
Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian 37 2.27%
Other 44 2.70%
Total 1,630 100.0%
Demographic, Crime and Inmate data is compiled from public reports provided by the Roanoke city Sheriff’s Department, Virginia Corrections, United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Census Bureau.

Roanoke city Inmate Criminal Charges - 11/1/2026

(many inmates have multiple charges)

Charge Inmates % Total
Felony (3rd Degree) 368 22.58%
Felony (2rd Degree) 363 22.27%
Felony (1st Degree) 75 4.60%
State Jail Felony 148 9.08%
Felony (Uncategorized) 385 23.62%
Misdemeanor (Class A) 291 17.85%
Misdemeanor (Class C) 0 0.00%
Holds 0 0.00%
Uncategorized 0 0.00%
Demographic, Crime and Inmate data is compiled from public reports provided by the Roanoke city Sheriff’s Department, Virginia Corrections, United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Census Bureau.

Roanoke city Inmate Sex - 11/1/2026

Sex Inmates % Total
Male 1,474 90.43%
Female 156 9.57%
Total 1,630 100.0%
Demographic, Crime and Inmate data is compiled from public reports provided by the Roanoke city Sheriff’s Department, Virginia Corrections, United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Census Bureau.

Roanoke city Inmate Age - 11/1/2026

Age Inmates % Total
Under 18 16 0.98%
18-20 85 5.21%
21-24 156 9.57%
25-30 339 20.80%
31-35 275 16.87%
36-40 253 15.52%
41-45 186 11.41%
46-50 105 6.44%
51-55 89 5.46%
56-60 69 4.23%
61-65 31 1.90%
66-75 21 1.29%
76-85 5 0.31%
Total 1,630 100.0%
Demographic, Crime and Inmate data is compiled from public reports provided by the Roanoke city Sheriff’s Department, Virginia Corrections, United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Census Bureau.
Demographic, Crime and Inmate data is compiled from public reports provided by the Roanoke city Sheriff’s Department, Virginia Corrections, United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Census Bureau.
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