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Top Local Agencies in Michigan by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, 27 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
Three Rivers
7,324
 81 70% 69 942 29% 22% 35 49 248
2
Center Line
8,287
 73 77% 71 857 21% 25% 22 9 80
3
Grand Haven
10,560
 96 81% 89 843 6% 29% 23 6 105
4
Springfield
5,190
 43 51% 42 809 50% 24% 42 13 43
5
Berrien Springs-Oronoko
9,627
 70 86% 69 717 20% 38% 11 8 41
6
Belleville
3,843
 28 78% 27 703 26% 56% 8 6 37
7
Fraser
15,057
 116 57% 105 697 21% 31% 87 13 183
8
Kalamazoo
72,519
 562 53% 468 645 59% 20% 494 218 1,403
9
South Haven
5,144
 34 72% 33 642 21% 42% 13 23 67
10
Fenton
11,916
 86 77% 72 604 4% 35% 25 17 148
11
Walled Lake
6,902
 44 72% 41 594 20% 56% 17 18 59
12
Niles
11,709
 74 51% 69 589 19% 33% 72 24 190
13
St. Joseph
8,653
 47 77% 45 520 11% 36% 14 11 90
14
Eaton Rapids
5,253
 32 84% 27 514 4% 56% 6 8 65
15
Petoskey
6,183
 29 83% 29 469 3% 7% 6 6 57
16
New Baltimore
11,137
 53 73% 50 449 2% 44% 20 5 62
17
Ypsilanti
21,778
 103 42% 93 427 69% 20% 144 89 231
18
Holland
34,343
 153 77% 142 413 15% 32% 45 66 427
19
Wayne
18,543
 85 53% 75 404 32% 21% 75 57 218
20
Menominee
8,731
 35 90% 35 401 9% 31% 4 7 78
21
Clinton
30,492
 119 77% 118 387 13% 18% 35 5 34
22
Blackman Township
24,785
 101 77% 94 379 23% 17% 30 24 293
23
Eastpointe
33,097
 161 41% 124 375 31% 20% 234 98 373
24
Westland
85,410
 327 62% 315 369 34% 28% 204 133 1,501
25
Coldwater
10,756
 39 70% 39 363 0% 21% 17 29 80
26
Jackson
34,792
 127 64% 124 356 36% 22% 71 69 319
27
Port Huron
31,423
 121 69% 111 353 25% 30% 55 86 269
28
Ferndale
21,407
 88 53% 75 350 61% 31% 79 44 188
29
Ludington
8,271
 28 76% 28 339 4% 36% 9 11 102
30
Grand Blanc Township
35,033
 116 85% 116 331 26% 28% 20 20 236
31
Berkley
15,051
 52 76% 49 326 37% 14% 16 6 50
32
Farmington
10,010
 32 76% 32 320 56% 22% 10 14 62
33
Dearborn
93,856
 324 56% 298 318 41% 29% 252 169 1,956
34
Auburn Hills
20,959
 64 59% 61 291 33% 23% 45 34 470
35
Lincoln Park
38,142
 130 30% 108 283 20% 28% 307 82 838
36
Traverse City
14,477
 41 87% 40 276 0% 25% 6 22 167
37
Grand Rapids
193,297
 640 50% 532 275 64% 23% 632 378 1,620
38
Walker
23,362
 64 84% 63 270 17% 29% 12 74 372
39
Farmington Hills
80,023
 252 66% 215 269 42% 22% 131 71 334
40
Royal Oak
58,154
 162 71% 156 268 26% 18% 65 40 278
41
Livonia
97,733
 361 79% 252 258 29% 33% 94 90 705
42
Inkster
28,798
 72 50% 71 247 83% 21% 71 60 176
43
Redford Township
49,431
 117 60% 117 237 45% 27% 79 83 327
44
Grosse Pointe Park
11,875
 28 70% 28 236 43% 36% 12 21 121
45
Oak Park
31,116
 104 80% 73 235 90% 18% 26 88 378
46
Wyandotte
26,873
 64 59% 63 234 11% 38% 45 94 38
47
Novi
52,983
 122 84% 122 230 15% 30% 24 28 499
48
Adrian
21,730
 54 49% 50 230 14% 46% 56 49 416
49
Dearborn Heights
56,036
 140 43% 128 228 38% 30% 184 68 479
50
Sault Ste. Marie
14,282
 32 76% 32 224 6% 28% 10 7 121
51
Canton Township
85,862
 194 78% 191 222 27% 36% 54 51 717
52
Milford
16,114
 38 88% 35 217 0% 37% 5 5 47
53
Garden City
28,888
 91 72% 62 215 34% 40% 36 35 222
54
Saginaw
58,216
 163 33% 123 211 62% 28% 335 243 577
55
Kentwood
46,375
 98 77% 97 209 41% 28% 30 70 818
56
Taylor
64,800
 132 68% 132 204 28% 33% 61 51 948
57
Owosso
15,384
 36 68% 31 202 3% 26% 17 15 92
58
Macomb
156,562
 328 62% 314 201 21% 29% 197 355 863
59
St. Clair Shores
61,408
 169 60% 114 186 34% 30% 111 45 109
60
Cass
38,129
 116 69% 69 181 22% 16% 53 18 111
61
Battle Creek
62,628
 131 40% 111 177 57% 23% 196 193 782
62
Allegan
85,891
 151 89% 148 172 5% 29% 18 45 425
63
Gratiot
22,097
 38 88% 38 172 18% 18% 5 3 41
64
Berrien
56,437
 118 74% 97 172 37% 19% 42 21 110
65
White Lake Township
29,846
 55 80% 51 171 8% 45% 14 11 161
66
Benton Township
15,894
 29 58% 27 170 85% 26% 21 45 325
67
Madison Heights
30,176
 52 63% 51 169 37% 18% 31 25 320
68
Wyoming
69,947
 125 63% 118 169 21% 25% 75 90 881
69
Bloomfield Township
41,547
 77 76% 69 166 43% 19% 24 14 131
70
Grand Traverse
69,433
 116 82% 115 166 2% 27% 25 52 455
71
Troy
80,966
 136 76% 131 162 19% 27% 42 41 856
72
Brownstown Township
29,074
 48 79% 47 162 15% 26% 13 20 137
73
Warren
134,974
 282 27% 218 162 38% 16% 758 350 1,117
74
Saginaw
41,517
 73 73% 66 159 27% 18% 27 34 176
75
Kalamazoo Township
21,511
 38 76% 34 158 50% 26% 12 32 231
76
Southgate
29,498
 52 64% 46 156 24% 26% 29 32 130
77
Portage
45,164
 70 62% 69 153 25% 49% 43 53 834
78
Birmingham
19,033
 29 81% 29 152 17% 21% 7 17 84
79
East Lansing
46,303
 79 77% 67 145 27% 25% 24 37 43
80
Detroit
884,462
 1,557 38% 1,271 144 94% 27% 2,504 3,859 7,289
81
Muskegon
39,820
 64 66% 57 143 53% 35% 33 104 314
82
Waterford Township
71,491
 123 69% 101 141 13% 38% 56 48 563
83
Lansing
115,230
 212 52% 161 140 68% 32% 199 392 1,154
84
Ann Arbor
112,989
 167 75% 153 135 32% 37% 55 149 637
85
Monroe
21,737
 29 71% 29 133 17% 17% 12 49 263
86
Flint
118,256
 212 28% 157 133 85% 21% 535 369 817
87
Clinton Township
96,587
 147 74% 128 133 53% 41% 52 111 444
88
Ottawa
199,337
 269 86% 261 131 8% 33% 45 108 868
89
Plymouth Township
27,153
 33 83% 33 122 12% 39% 7 9 90
90
Chesterfield Township
43,729
 54 73% 52 119 15% 35% 20 59 130
91
Mount Pleasant
26,188
 29 91% 29 111 10% 34% 3 28 222
92
Midland
41,656
 49 74% 46 110 11% 43% 17 60 260
93
Genesee
54,344
 74 61% 60 110 23% 15% 48 52 71
94
Pontiac
67,163
 86 37% 69 103 78% 22% 147 236 503
95
Lenawee
29,471
 29 97% 29 98 0% 21% 1 7 158
96
Flint Township
32,941
 32 60% 32 97 47% 19% 21 32 647
97
Southfield
76,627
 80 53% 73 95 89% 16% 70 365 636
98
Van Buren
55,654
 61 71% 53 95 9% 43% 25 24 181
99
Oakland
293,252
 346 77% 270 92 8% 33% 105 174 1,031
100
Kent
218,219
 219 76% 192 88 14% 58% 71 116 1,045
101
Lapeer
61,476
 53 68% 52 85 0% 33% 25 53 71
102
Pittsfield Township
33,539
 28 57% 28 83 50% 18% 21 23 397
103
Ingham
60,421
 53 71% 50 83 26% 30% 22 45 169
104
Barry
41,105
 36 90% 32 78 3% 16% 4 15 64
105
Bay
56,907
 44 80% 43 76 19% 23% 11 19 113
106
Sterling Heights
127,715
 130 59% 87 68 24% 29% 91 107 927
107
Midland
41,167
 28 42% 27 66 4% 33% 38 102 29
108
Kalamazoo
91,775
 59 69% 57 62 21% 28% 27 60 495
109
Shelby Township
69,735
 94 79% 43 62 16% 30% 25 40 295
110
Roseville
47,589
 41 30% 29 61 41% 14% 94 84 490
111
West Bloomfield Township
64,834
 36 80% 34 52 18% 41% 9 19 153
112
Washtenaw
147,350
 72 47% 72 49 63% 19% 80 158 169
113
Monroe
119,091
 46 71% 39 33 10% 41% 19 49 576
114
St. Clair
100,203
 67 30% 29 29 31% 17% 159 63 393

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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 114 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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