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Virginia Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by City/County and Race, Part 2 L-Y (2006)

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All
White
Black
Other
City/County
Arrests
Rate
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Lancaster 2 19 0 0 0% 2 69 100% 0 0 0%
Lee 4 17 4 17 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Lexington City 8 117 8 136 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Loudoun 376 146 277 138 74% 96 461 26% 3 10 1%
Louisa 62 205 49 205 79% 12 205 19% 1 422 2%
Lunenburg 5 38 1 12 20% 4 80 80% 0 0 0%
Lynchburg City 445 658 157 342 35% 286 1,483 64% 2 140 0%
Madison 43 318 23 194 53% 19 1,298 44% 1 1,001 2%
Manassas Park City 40 341 26 282 65% 14 971 35% 0 0 0%
Manassas City 80 211 61 201 76% 19 373 24% 0 0 0%
Martinsville City 56 372 20 235 36% 36 571 64% 0 0 0%
Mathews 8 86 7 86 88% 1 98 13% 0 0 0%
Mecklenburg 33 100 16 80 48% 17 136 52% 0 0 0%
Middlesex 5 47 4 47 80% 1 51 20% 0 0 0%
Montgomery 105 123 91 120 87% 13 360 12% 1 24 1%
Nelson 8 52 6 47 75% 2 93 25% 0 0 0%
New Kent 47 289 32 239 68% 15 620 32% 0 0 0%
Newport News City 1,048 577 293 307 28% 748 982 71% 7 127 1%
Norfolk City 432 184 101 87 23% 331 316 77% 0 0 0%
Northampton 20 146 7 86 35% 13 241 65% 0 0 0%
Northumberland 13 100 8 84 62% 5 153 38% 0 0 0%
Norton City 12 323 12 360 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Nottoway 32 204 15 163 47% 17 271 53% 0 0 0%
Orange 58 190 52 201 90% 5 122 9% 1 382 2%
Page 38 158 38 163 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Patrick 9 46 9 50 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Petersburg City 97 295 10 152 10% 87 341 90% 0 0 0%
Pittsylvania 16 26 9 19 56% 7 49 44% 0 0 0%
Poquoson City 20 168 20 177 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Portsmouth City 288 285 63 140 22% 224 424 78% 1 69 0%
Powhatan 23 86 20 89 87% 3 72 13% 0 0 0%
Prince Edward 9 43 8 60 89% 1 14 11% 0 0 0%
Prince George 48 129 23 103 48% 24 182 50% 1 104 2%
Prince William 1,087 309 625 253 58% 458 667 42% 4 15 0%
Pulaski 44 124 37 113 84% 6 273 14% 1 507 2%
Radford City 20   18   90% 1   5% 1   5%
Rappahannock 5 68 4 59 80% 1 244 20% 0 0 0%
Richmond 7 76 6 100 86% 1 33 14% 0 0 0%
Richmond City 386 197 54 65 14% 331 314 86% 1 25 0%
Roanoke 59 66 44 54 75% 15 338 25% 0 0 0%
Roanoke City 443 474 166 255 37% 276 1,088 62% 1 68 0%
Rockbridge 32 149 30 147 94% 2 296 6% 0 0 0%
Rockingham 106 147 104 149 98% 2 145 2% 0 0 0%
Russell 17 59 17 60 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Salem City 66 265 50 221 76% 15 877 23% 1 279 2%
Scott 50 216 45 199 90% 5 1,263 10% 0 0 0%
Shenandoah 174 450 149 399 86% 24 3,343 14% 1 314 1%
Smyth 78 234 71 220 91% 7 1,002 9% 0 0 0%
Southampton 17 103 7 71 41% 10 154 59% 0 0 0%
Spotsylvania 296 251 201 212 68% 94 533 32% 1 34 0%
Stafford 365 307 250 269 68% 112 577 31% 3 81 1%
Staunton City 98 416 75 371 77% 23 844 23% 0 0 0%
Suffolk City 42 53 17 38 40% 25 76 60% 0 0 0%
Sussex 21 172 6 130 29% 15 202 71% 0 0 0%
Tazewell 67 148 57 132 85% 10 835 15% 0 0 0%
Virginia Beach City 1,312 296 731 231 56% 572 646 44% 9 35 1%
Warren 82 228 73 221 89% 9 474 11% 0 0 0%
Washington 43 85 40 81 93% 3 355 7% 0 0 0%
Waynesboro City 59 275 51 275 86% 8 341 14% 0 0 0%
Westmoreland 8 46 5 42 63% 3 58 38% 0 0 0%
Williamsburg City 73 615 43 452 59% 30 1,970 41% 0 0 0%
Winchester City 93 367 79 364 85% 14 534 15% 0 0 0%
Wise 49 115 38 95 78% 10 441 20% 1 394 2%
Wythe 85 311 75 287 88% 10 1,215 12% 0 0 0%
York 103 165 89 179 86% 12 140 12% 2 72 2%

Virginia Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by City/County and Race, Part 1 A-K (2006)

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Notes:

Classification: The Uniform Crime Reporting Program utilizes 4 classifications for race: White, Black, Indian (Native-American), and Asian. In the tables above the classification “Other” includes both Indian (Native-American) and Asian arrests.

Rates: Arrrest rates are per 100,000 population.

Source: Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data

Because of incomplete reporting the arrest totals presented in tables with data on age, sex, and race will NOT always correspond to totals presented in other tables. Please review the following background material for More Information on Source Data.