Top Local Agencies in Maryland by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, (2006)

      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
Ocean City
7,068
638 83% 638 9,027 17% 43% 133 55 709
2
Allegany
458
26 62% 25 5,459 12% 12% 16 25 214
3
Rising Sun
1,790
40 85% 40 2,235 3% 50% 7 1 23
4
Hampstead
5,466
85 97% 84 1,537 1% 27% 3 3 23
5
Cambridge
11,119
129 43% 123 1,106 41% 37% 168 95 540
6
Cumberland
20,972
237 44% 199 949 21% 23% 297 169 872
7
Baltimore
637,556
6,035 21% 5,768 905 91% 24% 22,846 2,254 13,196
8
Chestertown
4,686
40 65% 37 790 49% 38% 22 22 90
9
Easton
13,484
110 48% 89 660 33% 37% 119 45 409
10
Greensboro
1,949
13 87% 12 616 0% 33% 2 9 44
11
Elkton
14,506
99 37% 89 614 12% 35% 168 94 482
12
Princess Anne
2,808
17 46% 17 605 76% 47% 20 29 111
13
Berlin
3,721
22 88% 22 591 18% 5% 3 1 68
14
St. Michaels
1,124
6 100% 6 534 0% 50% 0 5 63
15
Delmar
2,296
12 100% 12 523 92% 33% 0 4 26
16
Ridgely
1,358
7 64% 7 515 29% 57% 4 6 42
17
Aberdeen
14,344
71 37% 66 460 47% 53% 121 31 261
18
Bel Air
10,041
50 82% 46 458 2% 57% 11 35 160
19
Pocomoke City
3,920
17 61% 17 434 53% 76% 11 7 104
20
Westminster
17,810
79 45% 75 421 16% 36% 96 62 481
21
Federalsburg
2,644
11 65% 11 416 64% 55% 6 17 76
22
Hancock
1,741
8 89% 7 402 0% 57% 1 5 11
23
Laurel
22,186
121 54% 89 401 69% 27% 102 48 364
24
Thurmont
6,053
25 83% 24 397 4% 33% 5 3 46
25
Frederick
58,066
264 54% 227 391 28% 19% 221 244 732
26
Smithsburg
2,867
12 92% 11 384 18% 73% 1 7 25
27
Charles
130,737
551 68% 500 382 61% 43% 255 572 2,639
28
Hurlock
2,008
7 78% 7 349 29% 14% 2 5 39
29
Cottage City
1,179
4 80% 4 339 100% 25% 1 4 2
30
Salisbury
26,367
109 28% 89 338 64% 21% 274 240 966
31
Centreville
2,667
9 75% 9 337 11% 67% 3 4 35
32
Calvert
88,166
328 64% 295 335 23% 39% 184 163 809
33
Baltimore County Police Department
788,266
2,807 63% 2,374 301 46% 41% 1,652 2,622 11,404
34
Kent
12,695
38 48% 38 299 45% 39% 42 15 108
35
Forest Heights
2,686
11 100% 8 298 100% 13% 0 1 11
36
Seat Pleasant
5,077
16 29% 15 295 93% 13% 39 9 40
37
Berwyn Heights
3,076
9 100% 9 293 67% 11% 0 7 24
38
Howard County Police Department
270,195
818 81% 779 288 40% 37% 194 335 1,880
39
Cheverly
6,686
19 70% 19 284 89% 21% 8 11 40
40
Garrett
28,090
84 71% 79 281 0% 19% 34 27 244
41
Hagerstown
38,431
119 46% 105 273 26% 34% 137 167 1,169
42
Dorchester
18,360
61 72% 50 272 32% 24% 24 29 228
43
District Heights
6,313
19 95% 17 269 100% 6% 1 6 22
44
Anne Arundel County Police Department
475,878
1,261 60% 1,260 265 37% 37% 856 570 6,084
45
Oakland
1,901
7 100% 5 263 0% 40% 0 1 43
46
St. Mary's
96,782
230 67% 229 237 39% 29% 113 175 1,045
47
Rock Hall
2,573
6 86% 6 233 0% 67% 1 1 21
48
Annapolis
36,399
97 31% 82 225 66% 32% 211 206 495
49
Havre De Grace
11,917
32 41% 26 218 31% 15% 47 25 166
50
Snow Hill
2,329
6 86% 5 215 0% 40% 1 8 10
51
North East
2,825
6 86% 6 212 0% 33% 1 9 100
52
Frederick
151,930
359 72% 314 207 17% 41% 143 70 646
53
North Brentwood
488
1 50% 1 205 100% 0% 1 0 0
54
Boonsboro
2,990
8 89% 6 201 0% 33% 1 0 8
55
Wicomico
58,023
134 49% 115 198 41% 32% 139 105 883
56
Harford
203,612
381 57% 376 185 32% 38% 282 189 1,474
57
Denton
3,261
7 88% 6 184 17% 50% 1 7 138
58
Preston
584
1 100% 1 171 100% 0% 0 0 1
59
Bladensburg
7,940
13 87% 13 164 100% 38% 2 22 45
60
Montgomery County Police Department
911,532
1,761 65% 1,476 162 49% 29% 953 1,041 4,216
61
Greenbelt
22,303
46 65% 35 157 63% 37% 25 68 219
62
Worcester
20,717
37 36% 32 154 44% 22% 66 98 193
63
Fruitland
3,964
9 50% 6 151 0% 33% 9 20 128
64
Queen Anne's
43,070
66 57% 61 142 16% 48% 50 65 337
65
Caroline
22,113
31 76% 31 140 32% 32% 10 17 202
66
Manchester
3,567
5 100% 5 140 0% 20% 0 5 26
67
Talbot
20,425
31 63% 28 137 25% 25% 18 1 72
68
Landover Hills
1,593
2 100% 2 126 0% 0% 0 2 6
69
Frostburg
7,980
12 92% 10 125 0% 50% 1 11 30
70
Hyattsville
16,723
28 85% 20 120 95% 35% 5 39 440
71
Takoma Park
18,591
26 67% 22 118 86% 23% 13 23 83
72
Prince George's County Police Department
705,672
1,243 52% 798 113 86% 29% 1,164 1,315 3,946
73
Riverdale Park
6,648
10 50% 7 105 100% 14% 10 9 37
74
New Carrollton
12,853
13 76% 13 101 77% 0% 4 6 29
75
Brunswick
5,256
6 100% 5 95 40% 60% 0 6 53
76
Taneytown
5,468
15 88% 5 91 0% 60% 2 2 46
77
Ocean Pines
11,129
10 83% 10 90 10% 60% 2 3 45
78
Sykesville
4,452
4 80% 4 90 25% 75% 1 2 13
79
Cecil
72,084
58 68% 58 80 21% 29% 27 44 575
80
Washington
96,255
106 31% 70 73 26% 27% 231 186 793
81
Crisfield
2,816
3 18% 2 71 0% 0% 14 11 90
82
La Plata
8,465
7 64% 6 71 67% 67% 4 13 54
83
Morningside
1,463
1 33% 1 68 100% 0% 2 0 4
84
University Park
2,408
1 50% 1 42 0% 0% 1 0 3
85
Capitol Heights
4,325
3 60% 1 23 100% 100% 2 1 7
86
Mount Rainier
8,775
1 4% 1 11 100% 0% 26 16 29
87
Somerset
20,292
3 100% 2 10 0% 50% 0 2 6

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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 local agencies that report 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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