The Bulletin of Cannabis Reform

			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	Hartford	124,203	1,190	36%	1,190	958	60%	23%	2,087	690	5,561
2	Manchester	55,485	330	61%	310	559	32%	40%	210	1,494	874
3	Plainville	17,355	89	57%	85	490	19%	13%	68	11	373
4	Stonington	18,307	78	60%	76	415	8%	45%	53	5	122
5	Enfield	45,370	201	60%	182	401	7%	32%	136	51	702
6	Windsor	28,733	122	67%	114	397	53%	32%	60	17	442
7	Meriden	59,560	303	56%	236	396	30%	26%	236	105	740
8	Bloomfield	20,549	81	66%	77	375	75%	34%	42	19	280
9	Wethersfield	26,179	144	51%	91	348	24%	20%	141	28	360
10	Waterbury	107,733	367	32%	361	335	48%	34%	770	308	1,922
11	New Britain	71,143	245	38%	218	306	19%	26%	406	166	1,152
12	Vernon	29,445	93	62%	90	306	13%	37%	56	37	158
13	Old Saybrook	10,496	33	77%	30	286	3%	50%	10	2	66
14	Willimantic	16,284	46	38%	46	282	9%	28%	75	23	265
15	Hamden	58,089	165	62%	158	272	47%	31%	100	42	893
16	Norwich	36,541	119	45%	99	271	31%	27%	148	119	1,015
17	Newington	29,630	79	55%	76	257	20%	25%	64	137	187
18	Middletown	47,364	120	28%	120	253	36%	18%	311	51	530
19	Milford	54,716	154	41%	128	234	16%	19%	225	15	495
20	West Hartford	61,077	139	46%	134	219	21%	32%	160	44	631
21	Rocky Hill	18,731	50	79%	40	214	18%	28%	13	23	87
22	North Branford	14,375	32	64%	30	209	3%	47%	18	12	85
23	Waterford	18,910	39	71%	39	206	18%	41%	16	27	422
24	Bristol	61,257	128	38%	124	202	10%	31%	209	133	692
25	Stratford	49,865	106	49%	97	195	64%	19%	111	38	414
26	Winchester	10,840	24	65%	21	194	0%	43%	13	8	194
27	Ansonia	18,715	39	34%	36	192	28%	33%	76	19	304
28	Avon	17,182	33	92%	33	192	6%	45%	3	6	63
29	East Windsor	10,431	20	74%	19	182	11%	42%	7	3	157
30	Groton	9,478	17	61%	17	179	47%	18%	11	9	125
31	Canton	9,916	18	90%	17	171	0%	35%	2	4	72
32	Suffield	14,681	26	63%	25	170	4%	20%	15	6	71
33	Derby	12,516	23	38%	21	168	24%	38%	37	12	100
34	East Hartford	49,096	95	71%	81	165	53%	35%	39	99	1,123
35	Berlin	19,559	31	58%	31	158	10%	29%	22	7	195
36	Bridgeport	138,791	236	25%	213	153	50%	28%	724	511	2,072
37	New London	26,133	39	46%	39	149	36%	18%	45	9	131
38	Plainfield	15,419	26	72%	23	149	4%	30%	10	8	68
39	New Canaan	19,953	30	73%	28	140	7%	43%	11	1	47
40	East Hampton	12,175	17	81%	17	140	6%	59%	4	1	31
41	Newtown	26,954	37	76%	37	137	5%	41%	12	2	128
42	Windsor Locks	12,392	18	49%	17	137	12%	29%	19	2	126
43	Greenwich	62,139	86	78%	83	134	13%	57%	24	20	295
44	Torrington	35,939	72	51%	47	131	17%	30%	70	118	217
45	Ridgefield	24,172	32	76%	31	128	0%	61%	10	1	29
46	Watertown	22,295	30	71%	28	126	7%	57%	12	21	219
47	Putnam	9,273	12	40%	11	119	9%	18%	18	10	210
48	Connecticut State Police	526,122	656	60%	620	118	13%	31%	432	192	2,625
49	Danbury	78,613	94	54%	92	117	29%	39%	81	52	565
50	Simsbury	23,619	29	69%	27	114	0%	44%	13	6	95
51	Norwalk	84,305	96	28%	95	113	49%	32%	251	185	1,225
52	Stamford	119,857	191	37%	133	111	58%	29%	321	202	938
53	Wallingford	44,666	50	43%	49	110	8%	43%	67	16	361
54	Darien	20,420	23	58%	21	103	14%	43%	17	5	95
55	Farmington	24,902	27	42%	25	100	12%	32%	38	9	416
56	Woodbridge	9,250	10	77%	9	97	22%	22%	3	2	20
57	Guilford	22,272	22	79%	21	94	0%	38%	6	17	70
58	Orange	13,948	13	57%	13	93	31%	31%	10	3	132
59	North Haven	23,871	24	41%	22	92	14%	50%	35	12	159
60	Naugatuck	31,814	31	58%	29	91	17%	45%	22	15	102
61	Coventry	12,171	12	75%	11	90	18%	45%	4	2	47
62	Granby	11,071	10	83%	10	90	10%	20%	2	2	52
63	Wilton	17,932	16	84%	16	89	6%	50%	3	0	58
64	Seymour	16,119	14	67%	14	87	7%	21%	7	34	106
65	Groton Town	31,144	27	55%	27	87	37%	52%	22	12	224
66	Easton	7,476	6	67%	6	80	0%	33%	3	2	7
67	Brookfield	16,328	13	52%	13	80	0%	31%	12	6	83
68	Westport	26,573	26	63%	20	75	0%	35%	15	8	135
69	Portland	9,528	8	73%	7	73	0%	0%	3	3	85
70	Branford	29,044	23	42%	21	72	5%	33%	32	29	400
71	Shelton	39,415	30	46%	28	71	4%	25%	35	25	277
72	Southington	42,011	29	57%	28	67	7%	32%	22	11	230
73	Glastonbury	33,037	30	57%	22	67	9%	59%	23	8	211
74	Cromwell	13,573	9	69%	9	66	33%	33%	4	9	106
75	New Milford	28,622	18	72%	18	63	0%	39%	7	15	219
76	East Haven	28,710	23	32%	17	59	0%	47%	49	26	169
77	Monroe	19,619	11	61%	11	56	0%	45%	7	6	60
78	Bethel	18,731	10	71%	10	53	10%	50%	4	1	126
79	Thomaston	7,926	4	80%	4	50	0%	25%	1	0	88
80	Fairfield	57,723	30	75%	28	49	7%	57%	10	34	281
81	Trumbull	35,244	18	78%	17	48	0%	65%	5	6	386
82	Cheshire	29,052	15	54%	14	48	21%	50%	13	7	70
83	Madison	18,783	7	88%	7	37	0%	29%	1	7	65
84	Plymouth	12,164	5	45%	4	33	0%	75%	6	9	27
85	Wolcott	16,203	7	78%	5	31	0%	40%	2	6	76
86	Clinton	13,591	8	32%	4	29	0%	25%	17	10	159
87	Weston	10,260	4	100%	3	29	0%	67%	0	1	24
88	Middlebury	6,963	2	67%	2	29	0%	50%	1	0	38
89	West Haven	52,840	12	48%	11	21	55%	0%	13	21	409
90	Redding	8,632	1	20%	1	12	0%	100%	4	2	8
91	South Windsor	25,944	48	48%	2	8	0%	0%	51	14	265

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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. 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. In many areas of Connecticut, the State Police are the primary law enforcement agency and are responsible for most ot the arrests for marijuana and other criminal offenses.

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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