Marijuana Arrests | Other Arrests | ||||||||||
Rank | Agency | Pop. |
Total
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Pct. of All Drug Arrests
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Poss.
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Poss. Rate
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Black Pct.
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Males Age
15 to 19 Pct. |
Other Drugs
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Violent
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Property
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1 | Tallapoosa Police Dept | 3,157 | 112 | 95% | 112 | 3,548 | 18% | 7% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Resaca Police Dept | 784 | 25 | 52% | 25 | 3,189 | 4% | 8% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
3 | City Of Port Wentworth Police Dept | 3,396 | 95 | 69% | 93 | 2,739 | 20% | 17% | 42 | 11 | 68 |
4 | Cochran Police Dept | 4,788 | 102 | 75% | 96 | 2,005 | 70% | 33% | 34 | 13 | 53 |
5 | Dooly County Sheriff Department | 5,092 | 95 | 66% | 95 | 1,866 | 52% | 5% | 48 | 12 | 15 |
6 | Morrow Police Dept | 5,425 | 99 | 83% | 95 | 1,751 | 79% | 15% | 21 | 28 | 553 |
7 | Twiggs County Sheriff Department | 8,906 | 157 | 78% | 154 | 1,729 | 64% | 8% | 44 | 14 | 118 |
8 | Doraville Police Dept | 10,364 | 191 | 62% | 179 | 1,727 | 71% | 10% | 119 | 41 | 73 |
9 | Jonesboro Police Dept | 3,909 | 61 | 74% | 59 | 1,509 | 66% | 25% | 21 | 2 | 10 |
10 | Treutlen County Sheriff Department | 6,847 | 109 | 83% | 101 | 1,475 | 51% | 18% | 22 | 13 | 84 |
11 | Bloomingdale Police Dept | 2,644 | 39 | 93% | 39 | 1,475 | 26% | 31% | 3 | 0 | 23 |
12 | East Dublin Police Dept | 2,738 | 39 | 93% | 39 | 1,424 | 38% | 13% | 3 | 1 | 29 |
13 | Cornelia Police Dept | 3,822 | 56 | 67% | 54 | 1,413 | 7% | 19% | 27 | 5 | 99 |
14 | Covington Police Dept | 14,680 | 207 | 61% | 205 | 1,396 | 48% | 25% | 135 | 33 | 189 |
15 | Conyers Police Dept | 12,704 | 183 | 70% | 176 | 1,385 | 61% | 16% | 79 | 37 | 534 |
16 | Pearson Police Dept | 1,927 | 27 | 53% | 26 | 1,349 | 31% | 15% | 24 | 9 | 15 |
17 | Byron Police Dept | 3,801 | 50 | 69% | 49 | 1,289 | 12% | 39% | 22 | 1 | 40 |
18 | Snellville Police Dept | 20,414 | 290 | 85% | 257 | 1,259 | 40% | 25% | 50 | 17 | 322 |
19 | Waycross Police Dept | 14,738 | 208 | 54% | 181 | 1,228 | 72% | 29% | 175 | 61 | 566 |
20 | Reidsville Police Dept | 2,458 | 30 | 77% | 30 | 1,221 | 60% | 27% | 9 | 5 | 54 |
21 | Chatsworth Police Dept | 4,100 | 51 | 59% | 49 | 1,195 | 0% | 33% | 36 | 9 | 47 |
22 | Hogansville Police Dept | 2,930 | 37 | 65% | 34 | 1,160 | 76% | 15% | 20 | 4 | 4 |
23 | Forsyth Police Dept | 4,174 | 50 | 75% | 46 | 1,102 | 57% | 13% | 17 | 7 | 62 |
24 | Senoia Police Dept | 3,213 | 34 | 83% | 34 | 1,058 | 35% | 26% | 7 | 1 | 6 |
25 | Marietta Police Dept | 63,523 | 595 | 50% | 562 | 885 | 71% | 19% | 585 | 131 | 668 |
26 | Austell City Police Dept | 6,976 | 60 | 91% | 58 | 831 | 48% | 9% | 6 | 17 | 42 |
27 | Thompson Police Dept | 6,922 | 62 | 95% | 57 | 823 | 58% | 12% | 3 | 4 | 1 |
28 | Forest Park Dept Of Public Safety | 22,174 | 187 | 59% | 182 | 821 | 71% | 22% | 132 | 53 | 498 |
29 | Acworth Police Dept | 19,646 | 161 | 56% | 149 | 758 | 30% | 32% | 128 | 22 | 125 |
30 | Griffin Police Dept | 23,478 | 193 | 49% | 178 | 758 | 68% | 22% | 198 | 55 | 579 |
31 | Montezuma Police Dept | 3,969 | 30 | 79% | 30 | 756 | 77% | 17% | 8 | 10 | 36 |
32 | Rabun County Sheriff Department | 13,007 | 112 | 68% | 98 | 753 | 3% | 12% | 52 | 20 | 88 |
33 | Adairsville Police Dept | 3,199 | 27 | 44% | 24 | 750 | 21% | 33% | 34 | 7 | 35 |
34 | Commerce Police Dept | 6,189 | 49 | 45% | 46 | 743 | 26% | 20% | 60 | 16 | 60 |
35 | Echols County Sheriff Department | 4,347 | 36 | 69% | 32 | 736 | 13% | 9% | 16 | 8 | 18 |
36 | Atlanta Police Dept | 497,290 | 3,586 | 48% | 3,523 | 708 | 93% | 19% | 3,954 | 2,698 | 8,246 |
37 | Clinch County Sheriff Department | 4,126 | 31 | 51% | 29 | 703 | 55% | 3% | 30 | 5 | 24 |
38 | Holly Springs Police Dept | 6,897 | 52 | 57% | 47 | 681 | 13% | 17% | 39 | 12 | 44 |
39 | Ft Oglenthorpe Police Dept | 9,809 | 70 | 54% | 66 | 673 | 6% | 29% | 59 | 13 | 227 |
40 | Decatur Police Dept | 19,180 | 130 | 63% | 129 | 673 | 76% | 18% | 76 | 50 | 158 |
41 | Blackshear Police Dept | 3,476 | 28 | 56% | 23 | 662 | 30% | 30% | 22 | 7 | 66 |
42 | Monroe County Sheriff Department | 20,657 | 152 | 73% | 134 | 649 | 35% | 24% | 57 | 18 | 140 |
43 | Sylvester Police Dept | 5,874 | 38 | 84% | 38 | 647 | 82% | 32% | 7 | 15 | 43 |
44 | Douglasville Police Dept | 30,422 | 208 | 57% | 193 | 634 | 53% | 26% | 159 | 75 | 793 |
45 | Peach County Sheriff Department | 12,586 | 80 | 56% | 77 | 612 | 61% | 17% | 62 | 15 | 78 |
46 | Tybee Island Police Dept | 3,774 | 24 | 49% | 23 | 609 | 17% | 17% | 25 | 10 | 48 |
47 | Garden City Police Dept | 9,387 | 63 | 52% | 57 | 607 | 58% | 19% | 59 | 62 | 104 |
48 | Clarkston Police Dept | 7,546 | 52 | 87% | 45 | 596 | 91% | 42% | 8 | 43 | 72 |
49 | Decatur County Sheriff Department | 15,847 | 93 | 55% | 93 | 587 | 59% | 31% | 75 | 40 | 144 |
50 | Jackson Police Dept | 4,478 | 26 | 54% | 25 | 558 | 40% | 24% | 22 | 4 | 23 |
51 | Brunswick Police Dept | 16,146 | 94 | 41% | 89 | 551 | 74% | 25% | 138 | 129 | 254 |
52 | Thomasville Police Dept | 19,108 | 123 | 71% | 105 | 550 | 82% | 27% | 50 | 47 | 483 |
53 | Lagrange Police Dept | 27,867 | 202 | 48% | 151 | 542 | 64% | 32% | 221 | 75 | 684 |
54 | Moultrie Co Police Dept | 15,375 | 89 | 63% | 83 | 540 | 59% | 19% | 53 | 61 | 312 |
55 | Hinesville Police Dept | 29,466 | 175 | 60% | 157 | 533 | 70% | 28% | 119 | 70 | 528 |
56 | Long County Sheriff Department | 9,982 | 53 | 62% | 52 | 521 | 35% | 12% | 33 | 14 | 40 |
57 | Tattnall County Sheriff Department | 15,468 | 96 | 59% | 80 | 517 | 48% | 11% | 66 | 6 | 60 |
58 | Union City Police Dept | 17,217 | 92 | 70% | 89 | 517 | 88% | 13% | 40 | 32 | 277 |
59 | Crisp County Sheriff Department | 10,559 | 58 | 39% | 54 | 511 | 54% | 24% | 90 | 73 | 224 |
60 | Eatonton Police Dept | 6,727 | 36 | 56% | 34 | 505 | 53% | 18% | 28 | 26 | 27 |
61 | Gainesville Police Dept | 34,494 | 175 | 46% | 174 | 504 | 29% | 35% | 206 | 75 | 770 |
62 | Jones County Sheriff Department | 24,724 | 124 | 53% | 124 | 502 | 45% | 26% | 110 | 40 | 243 |
63 | Lawrenceville Police Dept | 29,797 | 163 | 60% | 148 | 497 | 64% | 22% | 110 | 28 | 420 |
64 | White County Sheriff Department | 22,148 | 138 | 64% | 109 | 492 | 5% | 16% | 78 | 21 | 110 |
65 | Wilkinson County Sheriff Department | 4,911 | 26 | 48% | 24 | 489 | 46% | 8% | 28 | 7 | 42 |
66 | Statesboro Police Dept | 26,001 | 152 | 62% | 126 | 485 | 47% | 23% | 93 | 57 | 566 |
67 | Grovetown Dept Of Public Safety | 8,476 | 43 | 73% | 40 | 472 | 23% | 53% | 16 | 11 | 74 |
68 | Macon Police Dept | 93,205 | 540 | 64% | 435 | 467 | 83% | 19% | 307 | 271 | 2,074 |
69 | Richmond Hill Police Dept | 10,324 | 48 | 74% | 47 | 455 | 34% | 38% | 17 | 16 | 53 |
70 | Mc Donough Police Dept | 18,504 | 90 | 74% | 84 | 454 | 58% | 24% | 32 | 12 | 130 |
71 | Brantley County Sheriff Office | 14,285 | 84 | 58% | 64 | 448 | 0% | 19% | 62 | 27 | 194 |
72 | Norcross Police Dept | 10,378 | 47 | 44% | 46 | 443 | 57% | 22% | 59 | 24 | 61 |
73 | Jeff Davis County Sheriff Department | 9,536 | 50 | 50% | 42 | 440 | 52% | 19% | 51 | 6 | 43 |
74 | Dade County Sheriff Department | 13,984 | 67 | 64% | 61 | 436 | 16% | 10% | 38 | 6 | 51 |
75 | Camden County Sheriff Department | 15,139 | 66 | 69% | 66 | 436 | 36% | 11% | 29 | 12 | 85 |
76 | Valdosta Police Dept | 45,712 | 210 | 52% | 199 | 435 | 71% | 26% | 194 | 371 | 587 |
77 | Americus Police Dept | 16,448 | 73 | 75% | 70 | 426 | 80% | 33% | 24 | 46 | 302 |
78 | Coffee County Sheriff Department | 24,976 | 117 | 43% | 106 | 424 | 55% | 21% | 152 | 53 | 366 |
79 | Dalton Police Dept | 33,790 | 155 | 44% | 143 | 423 | 21% | 29% | 199 | 85 | 606 |
80 | Powder Springs Police Dept | 15,285 | 64 | 77% | 64 | 419 | 58% | 36% | 19 | 25 | 81 |
81 | Kingsland Police Dept | 12,705 | 55 | 50% | 51 | 401 | 43% | 25% | 54 | 35 | 149 |
82 | Augusta/Richmond County Sheriff Dept | 188,528 | 748 | 53% | 748 | 397 | 80% | 23% | 673 | 253 | 2,711 |
83 | Dodge County Sheriff Department | 11,970 | 56 | 44% | 47 | 393 | 70% | 15% | 72 | 10 | 79 |
84 | Duluth Police Dept | 26,272 | 107 | 79% | 102 | 388 | 35% | 20% | 29 | 20 | 71 |
85 | Jasper County Sheriff Department | 11,316 | 49 | 73% | 43 | 380 | 28% | 7% | 18 | 11 | 44 |
86 | Carrollton Police Dept | 22,149 | 107 | 49% | 84 | 379 | 63% | 18% | 110 | 146 | 417 |
87 | Kennesaw Police Dept | 32,643 | 125 | 81% | 123 | 377 | 38% | 27% | 30 | 28 | 131 |
88 | Thomas County Sheriff Department | 21,907 | 95 | 40% | 81 | 370 | 40% | 14% | 140 | 3 | 75 |
89 | Tifton City Police Dept | 16,803 | 74 | 46% | 62 | 369 | 45% | 29% | 87 | 65 | 443 |
90 | Fairburn Police Dept | 10,369 | 41 | 44% | 38 | 366 | 84% | 16% | 53 | 30 | 209 |
91 | Rincon Police Dept | 7,371 | 27 | 77% | 27 | 366 | 22% | 22% | 8 | 6 | 83 |
92 | Vidalia Police Dept | 11,253 | 41 | 38% | 41 | 364 | 71% | 27% | 67 | 26 | 291 |
93 | Monroe Police Dept | 12,813 | 58 | 41% | 46 | 359 | 37% | 22% | 83 | 31 | 180 |
94 | Newnan Police Dept | 29,117 | 114 | 53% | 102 | 350 | 62% | 30% | 103 | 27 | 403 |
95 | Jefferson Police Dept | 6,906 | 24 | 65% | 24 | 348 | 25% | 13% | 13 | 8 | 58 |
96 | Fort Valley Police Dept | 8,107 | 31 | 60% | 28 | 345 | 96% | 21% | 21 | 81 | 183 |
97 | Dublin Police Dept | 17,434 | 61 | 54% | 60 | 344 | 75% | 30% | 51 | 56 | 288 |
98 | Dawson County Sheriff Department | 21,351 | 78 | 58% | 73 | 342 | 0% | 26% | 56 | 13 | 135 |
99 | Houston County Sheriff Department | 51,679 | 175 | 61% | 175 | 339 | 47% | 18% | 110 | 57 | 424 |
100 | Glynn County Police Department | 58,360 | 206 | 47% | 195 | 334 | 49% | 30% | 237 | 124 | 887 |
101 | Toccoa Police Dept | 9,054 | 32 | 53% | 30 | 331 | 20% | 27% | 28 | 22 | 138 |
102 | Winder Police Dept | 13,607 | 52 | 40% | 45 | 331 | 31% | 16% | 78 | 31 | 147 |
103 | Lilburn Police Dept | 11,567 | 38 | 64% | 38 | 329 | 37% | 26% | 21 | 12 | 142 |
104 | Habersham County Sheriff Department | 30,960 | 107 | 64% | 101 | 326 | 12% | 22% | 60 | 21 | 124 |
105 | Canton (Cherokee Co) Police Dept | 22,071 | 77 | 66% | 72 | 326 | 15% | 26% | 39 | 40 | 204 |
106 | Spalding County Sheriff Department | 39,239 | 152 | 43% | 126 | 321 | 45% | 14% | 204 | 83 | 394 |
107 | Cairo Police Dept | 9,655 | 33 | 63% | 31 | 321 | 52% | 45% | 19 | 18 | 88 |
108 | Roswell Police Dept | 88,879 | 296 | 73% | 285 | 321 | 36% | 20% | 108 | 41 | 549 |
109 | Cartersville Police Dept | 17,680 | 63 | 38% | 56 | 317 | 21% | 11% | 104 | 23 | 156 |
110 | Laurens County Sheriff Department | 27,476 | 89 | 41% | 87 | 317 | 53% | 18% | 129 | 90 | 360 |
111 | Newton County Sheriff Department | 77,523 | 283 | 56% | 244 | 315 | 55% | 24% | 221 | 135 | 489 |
112 | Lamar County Sheriff Department | 10,204 | 44 | 68% | 32 | 314 | 19% | 19% | 21 | 20 | 28 |
113 | Savannah Police Dept | 208,116 | 738 | 40% | 650 | 312 | 71% | 19% | 1,107 | 493 | 2,528 |
114 | Polk County Police Department | 26,007 | 78 | 48% | 74 | 285 | 20% | 11% | 84 | 36 | 60 |
115 | Douglas County Sheriff Department | 91,480 | 276 | 36% | 258 | 282 | 55% | 18% | 488 | 182 | 1,255 |
116 | Towns County Sheriff Department | 9,858 | 35 | 51% | 27 | 274 | 0% | 19% | 33 | 14 | 67 |
117 | Bainbridge Police Dept | 12,110 | 36 | 51% | 33 | 273 | 70% | 30% | 35 | 36 | 205 |
118 | Lowndes County Sheriff Department | 49,186 | 198 | 50% | 134 | 272 | 51% | 18% | 200 | 62 | 365 |
119 | Rockdale County Sheriff Department | 69,109 | 205 | 52% | 186 | 269 | 56% | 23% | 190 | 225 | 455 |
120 | Calhoun Police Dept | 14,522 | 60 | 49% | 39 | 269 | 13% | 15% | 62 | 19 | 478 |
121 | Athens-Clarke County Police Department | 113,389 | 348 | 48% | 301 | 265 | 62% | 22% | 370 | 150 | 1,380 |
122 | Tift County Sheriff Department | 23,967 | 67 | 42% | 63 | 263 | 56% | 19% | 92 | 41 | 128 |
123 | Alpharetta Police Dept | 43,909 | 116 | 99% | 114 | 260 | 24% | 22% | 1 | 2 | 109 |
124 | Greene County Sheriff Department | 10,858 | 49 | 38% | 27 | 249 | 56% | 19% | 80 | 16 | 72 |
125 | Bartow County Sheriff Department | 65,719 | 182 | 46% | 162 | 247 | 35% | 18% | 215 | 89 | 756 |
126 | Lumpkin County Sheriff Department | 26,137 | 65 | 42% | 64 | 245 | 8% | 25% | 89 | 16 | 190 |
127 | Riverdale Police Dept | 15,977 | 76 | 27% | 39 | 244 | 90% | 23% | 210 | 23 | 364 |
128 | Brooks County Sheriff Department | 10,821 | 29 | 53% | 26 | 240 | 38% | 27% | 26 | 75 | 64 |
129 | Fayette County Sheriff Department | 51,175 | 141 | 62% | 116 | 227 | 47% | 30% | 85 | 27 | 213 |
130 | Paulding County Sheriff Department | 116,068 | 270 | 75% | 262 | 226 | 21% | 20% | 91 | 71 | 636 |
131 | Pike County Sheriff Department | 15,554 | 44 | 61% | 34 | 219 | 12% | 12% | 28 | 6 | 63 |
132 | Milledgeville Police Dept | 19,896 | 46 | 75% | 43 | 216 | 49% | 33% | 15 | 37 | 292 |
133 | Upson County Sheriff Department | 18,574 | 41 | 71% | 39 | 210 | 31% | 18% | 17 | 11 | 77 |
134 | Putnam County Sheriff Department | 13,356 | 28 | 50% | 28 | 210 | 32% | 25% | 28 | 28 | 91 |
135 | Baldwin County Sheriff Department | 25,443 | 70 | 52% | 53 | 208 | 55% | 32% | 65 | 70 | 392 |
136 | Columbus Police Dept | 188,944 | 483 | 43% | 391 | 207 | 76% | 23% | 631 | 568 | 3,683 |
137 | Woodstock Police Dept | 23,754 | 48 | 55% | 48 | 202 | 25% | 29% | 39 | 4 | 97 |
138 | Liberty County Sheriff Department | 32,254 | 72 | 60% | 63 | 195 | 51% | 19% | 49 | 37 | 89 |
139 | Smyrna Police Dept | 49,259 | 94 | 99% | 94 | 191 | 63% | 36% | 1 | 6 | 110 |
140 | Rome Police Dept | 36,233 | 89 | 32% | 68 | 188 | 40% | 18% | 186 | 59 | 580 |
141 | Ware County Sheriff Department | 21,044 | 43 | 42% | 38 | 181 | 24% | 26% | 59 | 22 | 322 |
142 | Bryan County Sheriff Department | 17,795 | 35 | 56% | 32 | 180 | 22% | 25% | 27 | 6 | 64 |
143 | Murray County Sheriff Department | 37,484 | 65 | 42% | 62 | 165 | 3% | 24% | 89 | 31 | 212 |
144 | Peachtree City Police Dept | 35,431 | 57 | 81% | 56 | 158 | 9% | 45% | 13 | 12 | 141 |
145 | Sandy Springs | 85,830 | 141 | 67% | 135 | 157 | 64% | 15% | 71 | 48 | 321 |
146 | St Marys Police Dept | 16,153 | 25 | 38% | 24 | 149 | 50% | 13% | 41 | 47 | 173 |
147 | Floyd County Police Department | 58,712 | 94 | 45% | 77 | 131 | 18% | 27% | 117 | 96 | 474 |
148 | Hall County Sheriff Department | 136,336 | 230 | 43% | 178 | 131 | 29% | 20% | 300 | 78 | 497 |
149 | Barrow County Sheriff Department | 42,634 | 70 | 30% | 55 | 129 | 13% | 27% | 164 | 98 | 242 |
150 | Coweta County Sheriff Department | 83,741 | 160 | 50% | 108 | 129 | 45% | 24% | 157 | 57 | 522 |
151 | Henry Police Dept | 160,080 | 252 | 52% | 202 | 126 | 57% | 17% | 232 | 109 | 848 |
152 | Carroll County Sheriff Department | 68,934 | 88 | 31% | 83 | 120 | 47% | 39% | 197 | 142 | 311 |
153 | Gordon County Sheriff Department | 36,374 | 67 | 40% | 43 | 118 | 28% | 14% | 100 | 57 | 159 |
154 | Jackson County Sheriff Department | 38,697 | 66 | 39% | 44 | 114 | 14% | 20% | 104 | 71 | 218 |
155 | Lee County Sheriff Department | 29,840 | 77 | 59% | 33 | 111 | 36% | 24% | 53 | 78 | 207 |
156 | Madison County Sheriff Department | 26,445 | 35 | 23% | 29 | 110 | 28% | 17% | 117 | 57 | 179 |
157 | Catoosa County Sheriff Department | 51,216 | 57 | 41% | 55 | 107 | 20% | 24% | 82 | 62 | 304 |
158 | Walker County Sheriff Department | 50,153 | 54 | 31% | 51 | 102 | 20% | 39% | 120 | 104 | 292 |
159 | Whitefield County Sheriff Department | 57,518 | 73 | 27% | 58 | 101 | 16% | 24% | 196 | 106 | 403 |
160 | Dekalb County Public Safety Department | 635,588 | 719 | 51% | 527 | 83 | 91% | 25% | 691 | 908 | 4,856 |
161 | Columbia County Sheriff Department | 99,276 | 106 | 65% | 82 | 83 | 30% | 49% | 56 | 25 | 493 |
162 | Bulloch County Sheriff Department | 36,434 | 31 | 49% | 27 | 74 | 19% | 15% | 32 | 30 | 372 |
163 | Fulton County Police Department | 185,732 | 136 | 45% | 93 | 50 | 76% | 33% | 164 | 226 | 1,550 |
164 | Forsyth County Sheriff Department | 153,849 | 59 | 78% | 51 | 33 | 18% | 20% | 17 | 14 | 237 |
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 164 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