Top Local Agencies in North Carolina by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, 37 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
Carolina Beach
5,496
109 67% 101 1,838 4% 33% 53 28 199
2
Woodfin
3,342
63 60% 60 1,795 0% 20% 42 13 67
3
Pineville
3,723
70 83% 62 1,665 55% 18% 14 20 344
4
Lexington
20,805
335 59% 335 1,610 41% 19% 235 145 1,283
5
Oxford
8,700
143 55% 128 1,471 84% 20% 118 85 343
6
Dare
17,314
256 74% 253 1,461 8% 19% 92 52 362
7
Kill Devil Hills
6,681
93 74% 93 1,392 2% 19% 33 16 107
8
Dunn
10,086
140 65% 135 1,338 52% 20% 77 89 371
9
Aberdeen
4,890
70 67% 65 1,329 45% 25% 34 23 165
10
Mount Airy
8,623
114 61% 114 1,322 17% 24% 74 26 341
11
Tarboro
10,812
140 76% 139 1,286 60% 30% 44 34 339
12
Statesville
25,371
322 61% 311 1,226 63% 25% 207 126 866
13
King
6,480
81 75% 78 1,204 9% 15% 27 11 126
14
Raeford
3,666
44 83% 42 1,146 57% 14% 9 15 106
15
Oak Island
7,832
86 85% 85 1,085 2% 20% 15 14 111
16
Kitty Hawk
3,425
37 95% 37 1,080 3% 24% 2 4 51
17
Hendersonville
11,623
121 46% 121 1,041 27% 30% 144 69 553
18
Asheville
73,672
652 67% 644 874 41% 15% 317 152 1,617
19
Clinton
8,943
71 57% 71 794 63% 21% 54 39 284
20
Southern Pines
12,118
96 77% 96 792 60% 23% 28 30 285
21
Marion
5,113
42 68% 39 763 15% 28% 20 22 201
22
Lumberton
22,022
169 59% 167 758 41% 26% 119 158 924
23
Morganton
17,381
130 77% 130 748 22% 23% 38 158 381
24
Smithfield
12,209
82 48% 82 672 63% 28% 90 64 383
25
Thomasville
26,388
175 65% 174 659 32% 19% 93 120 694
26
Monroe
30,585
216 56% 199 651 64% 26% 167 229 1,014
27
Henderson
16,537
106 51% 106 641 82% 25% 100 96 628
28
Morehead City
9,024
57 37% 56 621 23% 29% 97 45 283
29
Morrisville
12,435
78 90% 76 611 30% 29% 9 11 67
30
Kernersville
21,787
124 72% 124 569 14% 20% 48 49 423
31
Gastonia
70,340
419 37% 390 554 59% 15% 709 333 2,111
32
Forest City
7,418
53 68% 41 553 39% 10% 25 20 210
33
New Bern
24,587
145 61% 133 541 56% 22% 91 67 575
34
Sanford
27,243
146 53% 144 529 49% 28% 128 95 541
35
Washington
10,037
62 36% 51 508 65% 16% 111 39 208
36
Concord
62,311
308 57% 308 494 34% 28% 231 159 1,647
37
Kinston
23,307
116 45% 115 493 86% 19% 140 113 628
38
Halifax
33,706
153 56% 152 451 77% 25% 122 153 702
39
Eden
15,992
71 65% 71 444 31% 30% 38 24 126
40
Elizabeth City
18,824
83 52% 83 441 72% 36% 76 72 494
41
Reidsville
15,073
65 74% 65 431 62% 23% 23 34 280
42
Salisbury
28,113
121 60% 121 430 75% 31% 81 361 946
43
Asheboro
24,111
125 57% 102 423 32% 27% 95 82 684
44
Burlington
48,542
199 51% 199 410 55% 26% 190 229 1,300
45
Jacksonville
73,696
345 50% 297 403 53% 36% 342 92 782
46
New Hanover
75,427
300 54% 300 398 29% 32% 253 188 1,089
47
Durham
35,801
159 78% 142 397 61% 17% 45 59 376
48
High Point
96,983
385 53% 376 388 70% 25% 348 379 2,677
49
Currituck
23,573
89 42% 88 373 28% 34% 125 43 383
50
Iredell
95,728
336 68% 336 351 25% 16% 158 140 1,376
51
Winston-Salem
197,621
687 57% 677 343 73% 20% 514 541 3,304
52
Lenoir
18,269
58 50% 57 312 23% 16% 57 46 437
53
Rocky Mount
57,756
177 69% 177 306 83% 30% 79 254 1,646
54
Albemarle
15,631
47 49% 47 301 64% 21% 49 90 543
55
Guilford
117,770
401 71% 353 300 34% 29% 165 168 1,443
56
Roanoke Rapids
16,786
50 62% 50 298 56% 18% 31 106 534
57
Goldsboro
39,442
112 49% 112 284 79% 29% 118 205 1,047
57
Yancey
16,904
56 59% 48 284 0% 21% 39 41 126
59
Nash
43,407
117 61% 117 270 54% 17% 76 45 331
60
Matthews
25,811
69 84% 69 267 19% 32% 13 17 276
61
Kannapolis
39,820
104 38% 104 261 40% 23% 172 91 637
62
Laurinburg
16,125
41 56% 41 254 32% 41% 32 51 250
63
Alamance
60,691
149 51% 148 244 26% 22% 141 129 929
64
Henderson
80,787
187 63% 183 227 13% 24% 108 146 910
65
Yadkin
31,361
77 60% 69 220 7% 30% 52 43 286
66
Chapel Hill
50,532
112 65% 111 220 55% 24% 60 94 465
67
Huntersville
37,103
80 75% 80 216 21% 49% 27 25 284
68
Shelby
21,687
46 54% 46 212 65% 20% 39 164 654
69
Lenoir
32,214
65 45% 65 202 48% 22% 81 79 401
70
Beaufort
33,556
92 47% 67 200 28% 22% 105 64 410
71
Transylvania
23,441
48 64% 45 192 2% 29% 27 19 81
72
Greensboro
236,591
474 56% 445 188 76% 27% 379 873 5,332
73
Fayetteville
132,521
248 37% 240 181 77% 25% 429 451 2,344
74
Cabarrus
60,242
108 56% 106 176 24% 20% 85 113 345
75
Wilkes
61,105
108 52% 106 173 9% 12% 101 154 1,087
76
Stokes
39,388
88 43% 68 173 7% 25% 118 112 445
77
Bladen
27,384
47 64% 47 172 53% 30% 26 112 569
78
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
699,398
1,489 53% 1,166 167 78% 23% 1,334 2,290 4,805
79
Sampson
52,080
86 53% 85 163 44% 22% 76 109 785
80
Harnett
81,305
134 54% 131 161 37% 35% 114 171 1,146
81
Edgecombe
25,409
40 56% 39 153 77% 36% 32 78 398
82
Raleigh
348,345
1,620 59% 482 138 75% 21% 1,108 988 4,834
83
Pitt
56,553
80 52% 77 136 52% 35% 74 191 875
84
Wilmington
97,381
128 21% 125 128 54% 21% 490 338 1,759
85
Moore
45,645
79 34% 58 127 17% 12% 156 60 512
86
Apex
29,121
38 63% 37 127 30% 51% 22 7 53
87
Hickory
41,035
55 22% 51 124 37% 27% 197 144 774
88
Mcdowell
37,963
53 48% 47 124 9% 28% 58 104 577
89
Craven
38,210
55 30% 47 123 49% 26% 131 105 439
90
Forsyth
112,366
146 68% 134 119 31% 35% 69 169 1,538
91
Johnston
107,655
123 33% 121 112 31% 24% 245 169 751
92
Davidson
107,513
119 76% 119 111 11% 34% 38 198 1,270
93
Cary
108,563
123 61% 103 95 24% 36% 80 66 754
94
Union
122,594
164 28% 114 93 32% 24% 423 146 1,127
95
Orange
49,173
42 62% 41 83 37% 37% 26 109 497
96
Catawba
83,447
66 66% 64 77 20% 36% 34 113 717
97
Gaston County Police Dep
89,083
71 29% 68 76 15% 15% 174 30 233
98
Rowan
83,289
65 44% 57 68 14% 39% 82 99 722
99
Durham
208,932
179 40% 140 67 82% 24% 270 699 3,064
100
Greenville
70,904
96 39% 46 65 72% 28% 148 258 1,564

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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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