Top Local Agencies in New Jersey by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, (2007)

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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 Ship Bottom Boro Police Dept 1,421 78 84% 77 5,419 3% 45% 15 3 49
2 Sea Bright Police Dept 1,791 52 88% 51 2,848 6% 39% 7 2 16
3 Seaside Heights Police Dept 3,228 71 52% 66 2,045 15% 24% 65 40 106
4 Long Beach Twp Police Dept 3,483 63 90% 63 1,809 2% 51% 7 3 15
5 Harding Twp Police Dept 3,348 59 80% 59 1,762 12% 32% 15 2 4
6 City Of Asbury Park Dept Of Public Safety 16,473 273 29% 258 1,566 83% 17% 671 103 227
7 Pohatcong Twp Police Dept 3,395 52 87% 50 1,473 8% 44% 8 21 65
8 Wildwood Police Dept 5,285 79 49% 73 1,381 21% 47% 81 58 193
9 Keansburg Police Dept 10,526 152 64% 144 1,368 19% 38% 86 44 239
10 Mendham Twp Police Dept 5,571 81 88% 74 1,328 3% 54% 11 3 10
11 Westville Police Dept 4,438 59 39% 58 1,307 28% 21% 91 16 51
12 Edgewater Police Dept 9,585 112 82% 106 1,106 4% 40% 24 7 110
13 Point Pleasant Beach Boro Police Dept 5,374 58 77% 55 1,023 9% 15% 17 2 100
14 Mt Ephraim Police Dept 4,417 45 48% 45 1,019 40% 20% 48 8 66
15 Raritan Twp Police Dept 22,619 220 81% 214 946 5% 39% 53 4 155
16 Woolwich Twp Police Dept 8,574 86 90% 80 933 31% 39% 10 5 22
17 Berlin Twp Police Dept 5,381 51 56% 49 911 31% 47% 40 12 153
18 Bradley Beach Police Dept 4,763 42 67% 42 882 29% 29% 21 16 58
19 Keyport Police Dept 7,438 65 81% 65 874 15% 15% 15 4 125
20 Paulsboro Police Dept 6,035 53 58% 52 862 60% 38% 39 30 98
21 Franklin Twp (Gloucester Co) Police Dept 16,778 141 69% 139 828 34% 27% 62 15 102
22 Penns Grove Police Dept 4,776 39 43% 37 775 54% 24% 51 31 84
23 Clementon Police Dept 4,900 37 58% 37 755 27% 41% 27 31 103
24 Burlington City Police Dept 9,672 78 39% 72 744 68% 24% 120 40 156
25 Greenwich Twp (Warren Co) Police Dept 5,206 38 83% 36 692 19% 47% 8 5 61
26 Westwood Boro Police Dept 10,886 75 67% 73 671 10% 38% 37 10 46
27 West Deptford Twp Police Dept 21,667 149 65% 145 669 21% 28% 80 19 319
28 Prospect Park Police Dept 5,695 38 72% 38 667 16% 37% 15 8 17
29 East Greenwich Twp Police Dept 6,758 45 63% 45 666 42% 20% 26 11 45
30 Fort Lee Police Dept 36,844 285 73% 242 657 21% 23% 108 14 128
31 Cranford Police Dept 22,270 158 75% 144 647 26% 30% 53 8 88
32 Clinton Twp Police Dept 14,020 94 73% 89 635 20% 27% 35 7 43
33 Montvale Police Dept 7,276 48 75% 45 618 4% 31% 16 2 5
34 Mahwah Twp Police Dept 24,451 152 75% 147 601 16% 33% 51 10 44
35 Mount Holly Police Dept 10,555 63 51% 62 587 42% 34% 61 33 167
36 Winslow Twp Police Dept 38,441 252 68% 221 575 62% 33% 116 93 308
37 Elmwood Park Police Dept 18,722 126 58% 104 556 13% 48% 92 16 172
38 Holmdel Twp Police Dept 16,759 94 71% 92 549 4% 43% 39 9 91
39 Burlington Twp Police Dept 21,691 123 67% 119 549 50% 29% 61 14 286
40 Woodbury Police Dept 10,364 56 55% 56 540 61% 20% 46 27 198
41 Northfield Police Dept 7,968 43 78% 43 540 23% 49% 12 1 64
42 Paramus Police Dept 26,430 156 68% 139 526 14% 24% 73 42 823
43 Little Falls Police Dept 11,777 73 79% 60 509 23% 33% 19 11 55
44 Lumberton Police Dept 12,276 65 61% 62 505 53% 27% 42 17 168
45 Matawan Police Dept 8,742 52 74% 43 492 21% 30% 18 3 39
46 Mt Olive Twp Police Dept 25,950 132 71% 127 489 6% 46% 54 4 94
47 Trenton Police Dept 83,551 570 40% 403 482 86% 34% 868 448 1,082
48 Atlantic City Police Dept 39,781 197 16% 191 480 73% 17% 1,056 421 967
49 Gloucester City Police Dept 11,431 54 34% 54 472 15% 24% 106 28 186
50 Millville Police Dept 28,069 149 53% 131 467 60% 33% 133 100 510
51 Bedminster Twp Police Dept 8,412 40 77% 39 464 8% 62% 12 1 16
52 Freehold Twp Police Dept 33,803 167 92% 156 462 10% 49% 15 37 295
53 Freehold Boro Police Dept 11,344 54 50% 51 450 39% 25% 55 14 94
54 Glassboro Police Dept 19,274 99 67% 86 446 41% 28% 49 57 233
55 Ocean City Police Dept 15,057 68 69% 67 445 10% 57% 30 24 214
56 Mantua Twp Police Dept 14,908 78 60% 65 436 17% 25% 52 19 161
57 Deptford Twp Police Dept 30,082 150 61% 131 435 28% 38% 97 69 686
58 Hanover Twp Police Dept 13,676 63 69% 59 431 17% 29% 28 6 49
59 Washington Twp (Mercer Co) Police Dept 11,853 59 84% 51 430 10% 45% 11 8 20
60 Phillipsburg Police Dept 14,765 79 64% 63 427 29% 30% 44 23 97
61 Bordentown Twp Police Dept 10,423 45 60% 44 422 34% 36% 30 9 41
62 Readington Twp Police Dept 16,223 73 72% 68 419 10% 13% 28 8 45
63 Maywood Police Dept 9,332 40 100% 39 418 44% 15% 0 4 26
64 Byram Twp Police Dept 8,618 38 88% 36 418 14% 50% 5 2 34
65 Lincoln Park Police Dept 10,808 46 75% 45 416 16% 22% 15 4 44
66 Waterford Twp Police Dept 10,660 47 76% 44 413 25% 34% 15 11 106
67 Denville Twp Police Dept 16,597 66 76% 66 398 6% 64% 21 2 74
68 Vineland Police Dept 58,013 229 47% 224 386 43% 36% 260 193 1,272
69 Gloucester Twp Police Dept 65,396 266 64% 245 375 28% 24% 152 123 522
70 Lindenwold Police Dept 17,084 88 48% 64 375 75% 28% 94 68 285
71 Englewood City Police Dept 27,701 103 65% 103 372 54% 39% 56 55 110
72 Hamilton Twp (Atlantic Co) Police Dept 24,315 100 72% 90 370 33% 43% 38 32 640
73 Bellmawr Police Dept 11,143 41 45% 41 368 15% 20% 50 8 67
74 Hillsboro Twp Police Dept 37,941 139 75% 139 366 7% 40% 47 4 150
75 Neptune Twp Police Dept 28,038 106 25% 101 360 66% 19% 312 81 346
76 Egg Harbor Twp Police Dept 38,621 156 69% 138 357 43% 37% 69 62 416
77 Florence Police Dept 11,585 47 81% 41 354 20% 27% 11 11 57
78 Eatontown Police Dept 13,960 51 84% 49 351 22% 57% 10 14 460
79 Red Bank Police Dept 11,798 41 64% 41 348 32% 44% 23 26 185
80 Ringwood Police Dept 12,757 43 74% 43 337 5% 42% 15 4 24
81 Wall Twp Police Dept 25,882 93 50% 87 336 11% 28% 93 21 180
82 Westfield Police Dept 29,811 98 89% 97 325 12% 47% 12 7 86
83 Ventnor City Police Dept 12,508 42 55% 40 320 15% 35% 35 16 170
84 East Orange Police Dept 66,949 266 21% 212 317 94% 20% 1,001 304 611
85 Roxbury Twp Police Dept 23,698 80 53% 75 316 8% 31% 71 16 108
86 East Brunswick Police Dept 47,438 160 77% 148 312 11% 40% 47 26 239
87 Metuchen Police Dept 13,157 49 73% 41 312 7% 59% 18 11 65
88 Cherry Hill Police Dept 71,269 224 62% 213 299 30% 38% 135 76 687
89 Warren Twp Police Dept 15,746 47 89% 47 298 4% 45% 6 5 29
90 Little Egg Harbor Police Dept 20,193 62 56% 60 297 3% 42% 49 25 146
91 Hopewell Twp Police Dept 17,888 55 85% 53 296 15% 45% 10 4 51
92 Weehawken Police Dept 12,593 37 82% 37 294 8% 46% 8 11 71
93 Newark Police Dept 280,158 1,245 19% 817 292 84% 20% 5,295 1,047 1,658
94 Galloway Twp Police Dept 36,045 106 64% 104 289 22% 49% 60 46 255
95 Middle Twp Police Dept 16,306 52 57% 47 288 26% 36% 39 55 394
96 Ridgefield Park Village Police Dept 12,609 38 83% 36 286 11% 17% 8 19 82
97 Hammonton Police Dept 13,512 44 77% 38 281 0% 42% 13 19 110
98 Town Of Harrison Police Dept 13,880 39 76% 39 281 5% 56% 12 24 86
99 Ocean Twp (Monmouth Co) Police Dept 27,362 79 53% 76 278 29% 39% 71 31 319
100 Hackensack Police Dept 43,478 118 61% 118 271 47% 25% 77 137 349
101 Plainsboro Police Dept 21,119 61 86% 57 270 33% 42% 10 7 63
102 Sparta Twp Police Dept 19,262 53 61% 51 265 4% 45% 34 9 34
103 Montclair Twp Police Dept 37,144 130 64% 98 264 60% 46% 74 69 227
104 Medford Twp Police Dept 23,295 61 63% 61 262 5% 51% 36 10 112
105 Clifton Police Dept 79,253 229 53% 205 259 12% 49% 200 151 638
106 Vernon Twp Police Dept 25,340 71 81% 64 253 0% 53% 17 17 80
107 Washington Twp (Gloucester Co) Police Dept 51,595 138 83% 130 252 21% 40% 29 39 393
108 Wyckoff Police Dept 17,091 45 94% 43 252 5% 56% 3 7 50
109 New Brunswick Police Dept 49,950 137 30% 123 246 55% 35% 319 92 335
110 Scotch Plains Police Dept 23,143 56 66% 56 242 36% 38% 29 23 49
111 Evesham Twp Police Dept 46,504 119 59% 112 241 13% 30% 82 26 222
112 Hamilton Twp (Mercer Co) Police Dept 90,158 241 65% 214 237 28% 45% 132 99 462
113 Washington Twp (Morris Co) Police Dept 18,608 46 79% 44 236 5% 66% 12 7 31
114 Willingboro Police Dept 32,899 78 65% 76 231 91% 32% 42 46 249
115 Pennsauken Police Dept 35,286 95 40% 80 227 45% 29% 143 111 344
116 Wayne Police Dept 54,606 122 75% 122 223 14% 34% 41 30 500
117 South Plainfield Police Dept 22,694 55 64% 50 220 40% 26% 31 22 186
118 Perth Amboy Police Dept 48,392 120 47% 106 219 25% 29% 136 96 282
119 Bernards Twp Police Dept 27,020 60 72% 59 218 12% 34% 23 1 32
120 Stafford Twp Police Dept 25,705 61 70% 56 218 4% 39% 26 18 240
121 Monroe Twp (Gloucester Co) Police Dept 31,793 70 60% 69 217 23% 30% 47 34 160
122 Pemberton Twp Police Dept 28,703 72 49% 62 216 44% 23% 76 41 159
123 Randolph Twp Police Dept 25,622 58 78% 55 215 5% 65% 16 3 52
124 Bayonne City Police Dept 58,583 153 38% 123 210 29% 34% 252 103 371
125 Marlboro Twp Police Dept 39,667 93 76% 83 209 8% 51% 29 16 119
126 Morristown Police Dept 18,838 42 57% 39 207 36% 44% 32 75 205
127 Old Bridge Twp Police Dept 65,370 151 67% 135 207 14% 41% 75 31 189
128 Montville Twp Police Dept 21,347 52 68% 44 206 9% 36% 25 9 56
129 Brick Twp Police Dept 77,886 184 69% 160 205 6% 33% 82 96 436
130 Roselle Police Dept 21,064 46 46% 43 204 72% 42% 55 31 106
131 West Windsor Twp Police Dept 26,163 58 83% 53 203 13% 30% 12 9 193
132 Plainfield Police Dept 47,143 104 20% 94 199 84% 30% 420 138 470
133 Irvington Twp Police Dept 57,767 184 24% 114 197 94% 20% 579 312 558
134 Sayreville Police Dept 42,372 104 75% 83 196 22% 25% 34 29 102
135 Bridgeton Police Dept 24,281 55 57% 47 194 68% 21% 42 166 433
136 Lyndhurst Twp Police Dept 19,645 41 66% 38 193 3% 47% 21 9 109
137 Teaneck Police Dept 39,435 85 82% 76 193 34% 45% 19 48 154
138 Maple Shade Police Dept 19,454 43 61% 37 190 35% 32% 28 8 128
139 Kearny Police Dept 37,840 85 62% 70 185 1% 59% 52 63 370
140 Lacey Twp Police Dept 26,184 49 78% 48 183 2% 38% 14 20 194
140 Franklin Twp (Somerset Co) Police Dept 60,006 121 65% 110 183 75% 35% 66 22 278
142 Morris Twp Police Dept 21,279 40 78% 39 183 26% 44% 11 20 55
143 Manchester Twp Police Dept 41,628 82 78% 76 183 22% 37% 23 12 135
144 Summit Police Dept 21,010 38 83% 37 176 32% 65% 8 6 53
145 Howell Twp Police Dept 50,324 88 76% 86 171 13% 44% 28 32 240
146 Garfield Police Dept 29,515 50 51% 50 169 20% 36% 49 30 189
147 Long Branch Police Dept 32,171 65 39% 54 168 26% 26% 100 47 216
148 Montgomery Twp Police Dept 23,140 38 90% 38 164 18% 26% 4 1 49
149 Paterson Police Dept 148,049 349 21% 236 159 54% 25% 1,295 735 1,219
150 Camden Police Dept 78,967 152 9% 124 157 66% 27% 1,518 487 964
151 Passaic Police Dept 67,673 116 25% 98 145 36% 41% 340 224 419
152 Elizabeth Police Dept 125,621 182 21% 181 144 54% 21% 674 240 916
153 East Windsor Twp Police Dept 26,807 45 87% 38 142 24% 42% 7 18 138
154 Manalapan Twp Police Dept 37,004 56 88% 52 141 2% 62% 8 21 131
155 Rockaway Twp Police Dept 25,675 39 49% 36 140 6% 53% 41 20 248
156 West Orange Twp Police Dept 43,343 61 40% 60 138 40% 40% 92 69 129
157 Woodbridge Police Dept 98,769 162 70% 134 136 28% 36% 68 115 903
158 Linden Police Dept 39,697 66 45% 52 131 54% 33% 82 62 431
159 Middletown Twp Police Dept 67,279 91 75% 88 131 11% 40% 30 46 256
160 Union City Police Dept 63,647 122 51% 80 126 11% 31% 119 286 504
161 Fair Lawn Police Dept 31,108 39 41% 39 125 3% 51% 55 32 140
162 Mt Laurel Twp Police Dep 40,147 51 38% 49 122 37% 27% 84 10 167
163 Hoboken City Police Dept 39,676 57 46% 48 121 6% 21% 66 90 259
164 Union Twp Police Dept 54,795 70 37% 66 120 45% 36% 121 47 299
165 North Brunswick Twp Police Dept 39,676 69 61% 47 118 40% 38% 44 43 221
166 Lakewood Police Dept 69,298 86 33% 76 110 39% 45% 176 82 379
167 West New York Police Dept 46,193 69 60% 49 106 4% 29% 46 118 271
168 Piscataway Twp Police Dept 52,425 68 66% 55 105 40% 35% 35 37 246
169 Jersey City Police Dept 240,718 397 18% 248 103 54% 24% 1,806 979 1,527
170 Jackson Twp Police Dept 52,073 72 65% 53 102 13% 49% 38 20 208

 

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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 170 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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