Top Local Agencies in Tennessee by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, 29 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
White House
8,834
250 80% 236 2,672 4% 27% 63 11 71
2
Benton
1,117
30 45% 29 2,596 0% 17% 36 1 31
3
Decherd
2,218
35 59% 32 1,443 9% 19% 24 7 55
4
Gallatin
27,060
351 52% 344 1,271 31% 18% 319 111 648
5
Pigeon Forge
5,858
94 67% 72 1,229 4% 28% 47 23 184
6
Millington
10,437
165 69% 127 1,217 48% 24% 73 57 251
7
Munford
5,724
71 79% 67 1,171 13% 46% 19 19 74
8
Waverly
4,187
80 33% 47 1,123 17% 30% 159 8 54
9
Newbern
3,128
35 69% 35 1,119 14% 17% 16 11 73
10
Crossville
10,557
111 54% 110 1,042 2% 21% 93 35 304
11
Millersville
6,192
76 75% 63 1,017 17% 16% 26 21 81
12
Harriman
6,811
73 48% 68 998 22% 19% 78 31 116
13
Ashland City
4,608
44 63% 42 911 7% 31% 26 8 108
14
Covington
9,133
112 72% 83 909 49% 28% 43 61 233
15
Pulaski
8,018
82 48% 70 873 41% 20% 89 38 255
16
Portland
10,474
101 69% 88 840 8% 22% 46 43 184
17
Mount Juliet
18,329
156 62% 147 802 14% 33% 97 26 225
18
Gatlinburg
4,482
41 55% 34 759 6% 18% 33 19 118
19
Hohenwald
3,839
30 75% 29 755 0% 31% 10 12 44
20
Winchester
7,851
63 42% 59 752 14% 15% 88 48 190
21
Tullahoma
19,150
143 72% 140 731 19% 16% 55 25 309
22
Milan
7,923
62 58% 57 719 33% 23% 44 47 191
23
Signal Mountain
7,237
49 69% 49 677 2% 35% 22 3 33
24
Dickson
13,037
82 67% 82 629 12% 29% 40 46 391
25
Collegedale
7,307
46 69% 45 616 7% 20% 21 2 40
26
Lawrenceburg
11,050
71 52% 66 597 8% 23% 66 29 215
27
Paris
10,000
60 39% 59 590 27% 31% 94 27 194
28
La Follette
8,270
50 41% 48 580 0% 13% 72 35 184
29
La Vergne
26,214
155 62% 152 580 26% 20% 96 61 173
30
Knoxville
182,421
1,049 46% 1,012 555 39% 22% 1,239 484 2,999
31
Alcoa
8,495
46 40% 46 541 7% 24% 70 41 235
32
Cookeville
28,096
160 59% 148 527 7% 26% 109 43 493
33
Clinton
9,500
53 41% 50 526 10% 12% 76 20 135
34
Fayetteville
7,123
37 64% 34 477 12% 29% 21 30 178
35
Athens
14,055
69 35% 67 477 16% 16% 130 65 286
36
Jefferson City
8,032
42 54% 38 473 8% 26% 36 5 117
37
Morristown
26,520
132 33% 125 471 13% 23% 265 95 625
38
East Ridge
20,073
99 49% 94 468 21% 26% 105 62 309
39
Unicoi
11,936
80 36% 55 461 0% 27% 142 19 71
40
Columbia
34,207
167 38% 155 453 32% 22% 277 117 502
41
Brownsville
10,856
50 60% 49 451 76% 47% 33 85 246
42
Clarksville
114,314
475 55% 460 402 45% 20% 384 519 1,821
43
Shelbyville
18,885
78 68% 75 397 27% 20% 36 44 269
44
Sevierville
14,976
59 60% 59 394 7% 36% 39 27 332
45
Murfreesboro
87,897
348 50% 343 390 31% 22% 344 176 938
46
Dyersburg
17,688
87 43% 69 390 49% 33% 114 68 552
47
Jackson
62,889
294 50% 244 388 66% 29% 292 399 1,557
48
Spring Hill
17,366
70 72% 67 386 15% 34% 27 13 94
49
Lexington
7,765
29 39% 29 373 41% 17% 46 23 230
50
Bartlett
43,813
172 77% 161 367 36% 36% 50 63 388
51
Montgomery
34,760
125 74% 125 360 29% 22% 45 62 314
52
Coffee
23,827
79 66% 74 311 1% 11% 41 15 95
53
Red Bank
11,875
43 57% 36 303 17% 11% 33 36 141
54
Kingsport
44,691
145 35% 134 300 20% 23% 266 155 981
55
Jackson
10,343
40 51% 31 300 0% 10% 38 20 110
56
Collierville
38,042
148 60% 112 294 30% 33% 98 24 341
57
Mcnairy
18,097
68 43% 52 287 25% 13% 91 27 105
58
Hendersonville
45,447
138 69% 129 284 11% 41% 63 90 487
59
Benton
12,367
38 43% 35 283 9% 23% 51 18 114
60
Greeneville
15,579
44 66% 44 282 11% 16% 23 29 347
61
Cleveland
38,672
109 48% 109 282 15% 16% 118 117 452
62
Nashville
560,813
1,759 39% 1,558 278 61% 19% 2,722 1,851 5,552
63
Chattanooga
156,730
499 40% 426 272 73% 21% 755 1,423 2,674
64
Maury
31,961
110 49% 85 266 27% 35% 116 70 495
65
Hickman
20,043
68 69% 53 264 0% 30% 31 43 187
66
Memphis
680,828
2,355 54% 1,784 262 91% 25% 2,001 2,267 11,112
67
Polk
14,542
43 54% 38 261 0% 16% 37 14 73
68
Henry
20,614
62 47% 51 247 16% 24% 70 40 271
69
Dyer
16,759
43 62% 41 245 7% 12% 26 23 124
70
Hamilton
97,609
242 55% 218 223 19% 25% 198 163 678
71
Jefferson
35,173
79 57% 78 222 4% 22% 59 69 424
72
Williamson
48,056
150 67% 106 221 8% 38% 74 30 232
73
Johnson City
59,465
143 41% 130 219 19% 20% 205 151 1,428
74
Tipton
32,473
80 49% 69 212 29% 20% 82 100 371
75
Lawrence
27,411
80 31% 58 212 7% 14% 178 65 318
76
Shelby
109,520
350 61% 231 211 71% 40% 223 151 947
77
Elizabethton
14,121
30 43% 29 205 10% 17% 40 43 298
78
Giles
19,330
47 67% 39 202 10% 23% 23 47 122
79
Scott
17,431
41 42% 35 201 0% 11% 56 39 197
80
Franklin
53,989
114 57% 105 194 26% 42% 85 49 423
81
Bristol
25,312
52 36% 48 190 6% 25% 93 67 507
82
Brentwood
32,838
58 76% 58 177 9% 40% 18 13 119
83
Cheatham
28,082
53 74% 49 174 8% 16% 19 59 203
84
Oak Ridge
27,644
48 29% 47 170 36% 23% 117 63 438
85
Smyrna
33,923
57 70% 57 168 16% 21% 24 32 214
86
Sumner
51,617
89 64% 85 165 8% 34% 51 74 337
87
Germantown
37,957
59 70% 59 155 24% 39% 25 17 181
88
Madison
33,206
55 70% 51 154 43% 37% 24 65 277
89
Fayette
26,588
44 41% 40 150 38% 15% 64 64 82
90
Maryville
26,180
42 64% 39 149 8% 41% 24 43 300
91
Claiborne
26,127
43 39% 35 134 0% 17% 68 36 121
92
Loudon
31,361
57 43% 42 134 5% 26% 77 37 198
93
Bradley
53,939
88 44% 71 132 17% 20% 110 166 484
94
Mcminn
31,153
49 35% 41 132 12% 24% 93 78 235
95
Washington
51,395
65 50% 57 111 5% 28% 66 155 391
96
Wilson
58,711
65 61% 64 109 25% 44% 42 62 298
97
Cumberland
41,442
52 50% 43 104 0% 7% 52 45 249
98
Roane
31,757
30 52% 29 91 10% 10% 28 47 204
99
Knox
227,702
221 45% 198 87 8% 30% 266 168 1,132
100
Carter
44,251
37 45% 36 81 0% 14% 46 40 262

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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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