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Virginia City/County-Level Marijuana Arrests, by Population (2006)

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Arrests
Arrest Rate per 100,000
City/County Pop.
Total
Poss.
Sales
Total
Poss.
Poss. Rank
Sales
Fairfax 1,016,555 275 236 39 27.05 23.22 128 3.84
Virginia Beach city 442,784 1,505 1,315 190 339.89 296.98 25 42.91
Prince William 352,062 1,119 1,088 31 317.84 309.04 23 8.81
Chesterfield 291,755 779 698 81 267.00 239.24 37 27.76
Henrico 283,377 746 710 36 263.25 250.55 35 12.70
Loudoun 258,065 414 376 38 160.42 145.70 70 14.72
Norfolk city 234,266 465 432 33 198.49 184.41 53 14.09
Chesapeake city 221,150 885 785 100 400.18 354.96 16 45.22
Arlington 197,918 366 327 39 184.93 165.22 61 19.71
Richmond city 195,708 458 377 81 234.02 192.63 50 41.39
Newport News city 181,692 1,127 1,048 79 620.28 576.80 8 43.48
Hampton city 147,030 585 478 107 397.88 325.10 19 72.77
Alexandria city 136,686 201 179 22 147.05 130.96 78 16.10
Stafford 119,049 381 365 16 320.04 306.60 24 13.44
Spotsylvania 117,711 355 296 59 301.59 251.46 34 50.12
Portsmouth city 101,167 330 288 42 326.19 284.68 29 41.52
Hanover 98,397 245 227 18 248.99 230.70 40 18.29
Roanoke city 93,554 485 443 42 518.42 473.52 9 44.89
Albemarle 91,621 164 156 8 179.00 170.27 58 8.73
Roanoke 89,051 60 59 1 67.38 66.25 107 1.12
Montgomery 85,143 112 105 7 131.54 123.32 82 8.22
Suffolk city 79,781 57 42 15 71.45 52.64 111 18.80
Rockingham 71,965 115 106 9 159.80 147.29 68 12.51
Augusta 70,416 9 5 4 12.78 7.10 133 5.68
Frederick 69,812 84 58 26 120.32 83.08 97 37.24
Lynchburg city 67,640 455 445 10 672.68 657.89 6 14.78
Bedford 65,937 57 49 8 86.45 74.31 103 12.13
Fauquier 65,645 141 135 6 214.79 205.65 47 9.14
Pittsylvania 62,470 19 16 3 30.41 25.61 127 4.80
York 62,373 130 103 27 208.42 165.14 62 43.29
James City 58,098 124 107 17 213.43 184.17 54 29.26
Henry 57,064 47 32 15 82.36 56.08 109 26.29
Campbell 52,861 16 14 2 30.27 26.48 126 3.78
Washington 52,215 56 43 13 107.25 82.35 98 24.90
Franklin 50,847 47 45 2 92.43 88.50 94 3.93
Danville city 46,603 69 64 5 148.06 137.33 73 10.73
Tazewell 45,241 74 67 7 163.57 148.10 67 15.47
Culpeper 42,954 79 76 3 183.92 176.93 55 6.98
Wise 42,626 53 49 4 124.34 114.95 86 9.38
Harrisonburg city 40,841 165 132 33 404.01 323.20 20 80.80
Charlottesville city 40,840 8 8 0 19.59 19.59 129 0.00
Accomack 39,817 59 55 4 148.18 138.13 72 10.05
Shenandoah 39,575 180 174 6 454.83 439.67 12 15.16
Gloucester 38,164 146 94 52 382.56 246.31 36 136.25
Manassas city 37,943 83 80 3 218.75 210.84 46 7.91
Prince George 37,091 58 48 10 156.37 129.41 80 26.96
Halifax 36,646 46 42 4 125.53 114.61 87 10.92
Warren 35,910 91 82 9 253.41 228.35 42 25.06
Pulaski 35,431 49 44 5 138.30 124.19 81 14.11
Isle Of Wight 33,750 51 46 5 151.11 136.30 74 14.81
Smyth 33,354 112 78 34 335.79 233.86 38 101.94
Petersburg city 32,929 118 97 21 358.35 294.57 27 63.77
Mecklenburg 32,853 34 33 1 103.49 100.45 89 3.04
Amherst 32,454 60 54 6 184.88 166.39 60 18.49
Botetourt 32,346 93 75 18 287.52 231.87 39 55.65
Orange 30,559 66 58 8 215.98 189.80 52 26.18
Louisa 30,307 65 62 3 214.47 204.57 48 9.90
Carroll 29,731 26 22 4 87.45 74.00 104 13.45
Russell 29,028 19 17 2 65.45 58.56 108 6.89
Wythe 28,704 88 85 3 306.58 296.13 26 10.45
Powhatan 26,863 26 23 3 96.79 85.62 96 11.17
Caroline 25,818 20 19 1 77.47 73.59 105 3.87
Dinwiddie 25,644 24 20 4 93.59 77.99 100 15.60
Winchester city 25,369 97 93 4 382.36 366.59 15 15.77
Buchanan 25,002 5 2 3 20.00 8.00 132 12.00
Fluvanna 24,998 32 29 3 128.01 116.01 85 12.00
Salem city 24,900 74 66 8 297.19 265.06 32 32.13
Page 24,069 49 38 11 203.58 157.88 64 45.70
Lee 23,922 4 4 0 16.72 16.72 130 0.00
Staunton city 23,570 103 98 5 437.00 415.78 13 21.21
Scott 23,191 55 50 5 237.16 215.60 44 21.56
Hopewell city 22,916 67 52 15 292.37 226.92 43 65.46
Fairfax city 22,182 6 6 0 27.05 27.05 125 0.00
Waynesboro city 21,481 83 59 24 386.39 274.66 30 111.73
Rockbridge 21,454 35 32 3 163.14 149.16 66 13.98
Prince Edward 21,154 12 10 2 56.73 47.27 114 9.45
Fredericksburg city 20,939 160 147 13 764.12 702.04 4 62.09
King George 20,843 58 48 10 278.27 230.29 41 47.98
Goochland 19,553 32 30 2 163.66 153.43 65 10.23
Patrick 19,400 10 9 1 51.55 46.39 116 5.15
Brunswick 18,099 57 39 18 314.93 215.48 45 99.45
Southampton 17,760 40 17 23 225.23 95.72 92 129.50
Colonial Heights city 17,742 137 120 17 772.18 676.36 5 95.82
Greene 17,592 9 5 4 51.16 28.42 123 22.74
Bristol city 17,508 53 47 6 302.72 268.45 31 34.27
Westmoreland 17,399 14 8 6 80.46 45.98 117 34.48
Giles 17,268 23 16 7 133.19 92.66 93 40.54
Alleghany 16,882 32 22 10 189.55 130.32 79 59.23
Grayson 16,529 20 16 4 121.00 96.80 91 24.20
Dickenson 16,405 7 5 2 42.67 30.48 122 12.19
New Kent 16,268 53 47 6 325.79 288.91 28 36.88
Buckingham 16,218 32 31 1 197.31 191.15 51 6.17
Nottoway 15,715 36 32 4 229.08 203.63 49 25.45
Nelson 15,251 8 8 0 52.46 52.46 112 0.00
Martinsville city 15,074 56 56 0 371.50 371.50 14 0.00
King William 14,879 20 18 2 134.42 120.98 83 13.44
Floyd 14,795 11 8 3 74.35 54.07 110 20.28
Radford city 14,720 143 139 4 971.47 944.29 2 27.17
Clarke 14,347 27 23 4 188.19 160.31 63 27.88
Appomattox 14,106 13 11 2 92.16 77.98 101 14.18
Northampton 13,683 22 20 2 160.78 146.17 69 14.62
Madison 13,532 44 43 1 325.16 317.77 22 7.39
Lunenburg 13,325 6 5 1 45.03 37.52 120 7.50
Northumberland 12,955 16 13 3 123.50 100.35 90 23.16
Charlotte 12,528 10 5 5 79.82 39.91 119 39.91
Amelia 12,395 13 13 0 104.88 104.88 88 0.00
Sussex 12,191 25 21 4 205.07 172.26 56 32.81
Poquoson city 11,929 21 20 1 176.04 167.66 59 8.38
Williamsburg city 11,868 83 73 10 699.36 615.10 7 84.26
Lancaster 11,756 6 6 0 51.04 51.04 113 0.00
Manassas Park city 11,738 44 40 4 374.85 340.77 18 34.08
Greensville 11,199 35 29 6 312.53 258.95 33 53.58
Falls Church city 10,888 1 1 0 9.18 9.18 131 0.00
Middlesex 10,598 6 5 1 56.61 47.18 115 9.44
Essex 10,597 58 49 9 547.32 462.40 10 84.93
Mathews 9,286 9 8 1 96.92 86.15 95 10.77
Richmond 9,205 10 7 3 108.64 76.05 102 32.59
Cumberland 8,976 14 12 2 155.97 133.69 76 22.28
Franklin city 8,680 41 39 2 472.35 449.31 11 23.04
Rappahannock 7,343 5 5 0 68.09 68.09 106 0.00
Charles City 7,190 2 2 0 27.82 27.82 124 0.00
Surry 7,083 6 0 6 84.71 0.00 134 84.71
Bland 7,012 12 12 0 171.14 171.14 57 0.00
King and Queen 6,864 9 9 0 131.12 131.12 77 0.00
Lexington city 6,844 8 8 0 116.89 116.89 84 0.00
Galax city 6,743 23 23 0 341.09 341.09 17 0.00
Buena Vista city 6,501 9 9 0 138.44 138.44 71 0.00
Bedford city 6,273 101 99 2 1,610.07 1,578.19 1 31.88
Covington city 6,267 5 2 3 79.78 31.91 121 47.87
Emporia city 5,643 54 49 5 956.94 868.33 3 88.61
Craig 5,205 8 7 1 153.70 134.49 75 19.21
Bath 4,986 2 2 0 40.11 40.11 118 0.00
Norton city 3,714 12 12 0 323.10 323.10 21 0.00
Highland 2,500 2 2 0 80.00 80.00 99 0.00

 

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