Top Local Agencies in California by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, 108 Arrest Minimum, (2006)

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      Marijuana Arrests Other Arrests
Rank Agency Population
Total
Pct. of All Drug Arrests
Poss.
Poss. Rate
Black Pct.
Males Age
15 to 19 Pct.
Other Drugs
Violent
Property
1
Carpinteria
13,671
135 48% 131 958 6% 33% 144 36 102
2
El Segundo
16,666
172 62% 159 954 35% 24% 107 40 131
3
Newport Beach
80,553
695 61% 677 840 6% 32% 447 133 455
4
Laguna Beach
24,344
204 58% 200 822 5% 31% 148 47 136
5
Palos Verdes Estates
13,936
115 78% 110 789 5% 44% 33 10 15
6
Burbank
105,046
710 52% 667 635 8% 22% 662 281 940
7
Colton
51,812
345 30% 328 633 14% 37% 819 287 465
8
Fountain Valley
56,446
337 54% 323 572 6% 34% 283 72 373
9
San Juan Capistrano
34,985
193 47% 184 526 3% 31% 217 63 105
10
Brea
38,811
216 64% 202 520 5% 33% 119 50 427
11
Orange
136,165
734 45% 708 520 4% 30% 881 275 941
12
Glendale
201,867
1,080 54% 1,024 507 6% 29% 924 507 2,100
13
Covina
48,281
262 42% 236 489 13% 24% 365 129 421
14
Fairfield
105,417
564 41% 503 477 45% 32% 810 508 1,407
15
Chino
78,277
397 43% 367 469 7% 41% 520 308 785
16
Atwater
27,351
122 43% 117 428 3% 33% 163 144 323
17
Newark
42,334
193 34% 177 418 21% 36% 373 112 627
18
Santa Barbara
86,673
376 41% 355 410 6% 17% 538 280 822
19
Goleta
29,631
125 38% 121 408 2% 36% 203 58 132
20
Long Beach
478,283
2,202 34% 1,939 405 43% 30% 4,236 2,384 3,513
21
Monrovia
38,296
167 60% 154 402 15% 35% 112 102 241
22
Pasadena
145,025
624 38% 559 385 47% 27% 1,002 546 987
23
Laguna Hills
32,488
128 46% 122 376 5% 32% 149 52 154
24
San Clemente
60,777
228 50% 220 362 0% 29% 227 125 199
25
Culver City
39,960
179 25% 143 358 44% 21% 543 159 545
26
Montclair
35,793
134 31% 128 358 20% 33% 305 123 1,109
27
Monterey Park
62,624
230 53% 223 356 3% 27% 207 66 201
28
Merced
74,431
301 28% 264 355 19% 24% 767 471 1,619
29
Dana Point
36,190
130 48% 127 351 1% 32% 141 52 152
30
El Centro
39,993
141 29% 136 340 10% 48% 347 100 441
31
El Cajon
93,320
323 22% 301 323 18% 26% 1,150 431 1,111
32
Glendora
50,995
170 36% 160 314 3% 36% 297 96 352
33
Irvine
188,535
616 56% 579 307 7% 29% 481 176 694
34
Lake Forest
77,100
239 47% 233 302 4% 29% 269 148 274
35
Bell
37,859
124 30% 111 293 1% 41% 296 133 131
36
Tustin
69,718
214 32% 200 287 9% 34% 453 135 358
37
Santa Barbara
133,023
406 40% 381 286 3% 39% 600 229 509
38
Upland
74,252
220 23% 205 276 19% 29% 740 249 551
39
Calaveras
43,498
126 43% 118 271 2% 30% 168 165 238
40
Gardena
60,430
186 30% 162 268 64% 22% 430 319 412
41
Torrance
143,666
438 44% 381 265 23% 26% 567 298 1,289
42
Inglewood
115,498
376 39% 306 265 79% 21% 589 469 673
43
Santa Monica
88,591
257 43% 234 264 20% 15% 336 464 1,356
44
Whittier
85,234
237 35% 216 253 1% 41% 437 254 695
45
Santa Cruz
55,253
153 20% 139 252 3% 27% 597 158 546
46
Murrieta
83,523
243 53% 210 251 12% 39% 215 189 457
47
Garden Grove
167,571
440 29% 406 242 6% 34% 1,101 421 1,261
48
San Bernardino
200,338
673 21% 485 242 48% 23% 2,547 790 1,866
49
Petaluma
55,340
156 35% 132 239 5% 50% 287 141 438
50
Hanford
47,913
121 21% 114 238 16% 38% 467 207 625
51
Alameda
71,212
205 37% 169 237 25% 33% 347 188 545
52
Orange
129,981
332 35% 302 232 5% 30% 617 217 310
53
Mission Viejo
95,837
232 53% 221 231 5% 37% 204 97 312
54
Temecula
86,572
219 41% 195 225 9% 38% 309 200 739
55
Humboldt
69,359
196 36% 151 218 2% 12% 356 212 407
56
Yorba Linda
65,057
150 55% 140 215 5% 40% 122 37 147
57
Redding
90,448
223 24% 186 206 4% 28% 694 402 1,119
58
San Rafael
56,218
130 40% 115 205 13% 37% 196 197 498
59
Escondido
135,293
269 21% 256 189 7% 31% 1,040 546 1,205
60
Simi Valley
119,756
246 31% 226 189 3% 42% 546 210 556
61
Downey
110,706
221 39% 204 184 12% 51% 351 295 930
62
Laguna Niguel
65,246
123 42% 120 184 4% 29% 172 48 144
63
Vallejo
118,541
313 25% 218 184 62% 36% 953 774 1,814
64
La Habra
59,860
116 25% 108 180 2% 35% 351 126 369
65
Sacramento
460,552
1,137 16% 820 178 53% 29% 5,938 3,317 5,591
66
Hemet
68,676
152 15% 121 176 31% 21% 885 451 785
67
Carlsbad
91,590
170 29% 159 174 8% 30% 425 206 573
68
Alhambra
88,197
178 54% 153 173 5% 44% 152 142 521
69
Huntington Beach
196,208
379 31% 329 168 3% 40% 849 269 1,069
70
San Diego
1,266,847
2,431 20% 2,102 166 27% 22% 10,036 3,855 8,166
71
Oceanside
167,604
327 24% 278 166 15% 30% 1,054 770 1,104
72
Santa Rosa
154,537
286 26% 246 159 10% 30% 806 563 1,162
73
Fresno
465,269
915 14% 716 154 26% 27% 5,400 2,982 6,481
74
Merced
85,142
154 21% 130 153 6% 29% 587 332 425
75
Clovis
87,306
158 29% 131 150 6% 31% 380 218 1,025
76
Oxnard
185,282
294 11% 274 148 6% 37% 2,294 733 1,954
77
Chula Vista
212,393
388 28% 302 142 12% 26% 1,000 638 1,723
78
Los Angeles
3,879,455
6,966 23% 5,378 139 35% 30% 23,528 14,395 17,252
79
Palmdale
135,782
240 24% 187 138 41% 56% 765 680 1,487
80
Anaheim
334,792
517 17% 456 136 9% 29% 2,443 1,084 1,937
81
San Jose
920,548
1,475 23% 1,246 135 12% 36% 5,052 2,796 6,408
82
Fontana
165,336
260 24% 211 128 13% 35% 839 617 1,015
83
Roseville
106,894
147 15% 125 117 5% 30% 844 308 1,000
84
El Dorado
143,926
202 29% 166 115 4% 34% 493 378 675
85
Fremont
202,273
263 19% 223 110 16% 27% 1,102 338 1,006
86
Corona
150,732
175 19% 166 110 11% 40% 726 407 929
87
Lancaster
135,239
223 21% 147 109 44% 66% 864 797 1,242
88
Riverside
292,698
374 17% 303 104 23% 34% 1,782 764 2,224
89
Bakersfield
298,198
435 12% 300 101 36% 29% 3,325 1,766 4,362
90
Santa Ana
343,433
389 16% 343 100 3% 39% 2,079 868 1,668
91
Fullerton
133,983
187 14% 133 99 9% 37% 1,163 351 1,081
92
Salinas
147,750
160 19% 145 98 7% 42% 690 707 1,608
93
Modesto
208,875
304 16% 187 90 13% 45% 1,592 983 2,878
94
Los Angeles
1,067,567
1,378 15% 919 86 39% 29% 7,993 3,569 4,507
95
Moreno Valley
179,973
227 26% 154 86 45% 43% 654 608 1,288
96
Ontario
174,234
172 11% 136 78 16% 29% 1,356 624 1,306
97
Sonoma
150,056
153 16% 113 75 5% 26% 799 403 645
98
Kern
336,459
316 8% 250 74 3% 20% 3,493 1,391 2,054
99
Santa Clarita
169,768
155 23% 117 69 6% 68% 507 349 937
100
Riverside
534,828
420 14% 315 59 9% 29% 2,639 1,363 1,779

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Notes:

For financial and other reasons some local police agencies are not able to report arrest data to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Of the agencies reporting data to the UCR program, these are the top 100 agencies that report the most arrests for marijuana possession in this state. The table above ranks the reporting agencies with the most marijuana arrests by the arrest rate for marijuana possession.

The population listing in the table refers to the coverage population of the local police agency. University police stations, many divisions of the state police (SP), and some other agencies do not have applicable coverage populations that are reported along with arrest data reported to the UCR program. Consequently arrest rates per 100,000 population can not be calculated and reported for these agencies and they are not included in the above rankings.

Other drug crimes refers to drug-related offenses that to no include marijuana. These include sales and possession offenses involving the following catefories of drugs:

Opiates/Cocaine: This category includes opium, cocaine, and their derivatives. Opiate derivatives include, for example, morphine, heroin, and codeine. Cocaine derivative include crack cocaine.

Synthetic Narcotics: This category includes manufactured narcotics and includes, for example, Demerol , methadone, and Oxycontin.

Other Drugs: This category includes dangerous non-narcotic drugs and includes, for example, barbiturates, benzedrine, LSD, methamphetamine, and PCP.

Violent crimes include murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.

Property crimes include burglary, larceny-theft, motor-vehicle theft, and arson.

 

Source: Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data

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