Virginia Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by Age and Sex (2006)

	All			Males			Females
	Arrests	Pct.	Rate	Arrests	Pct.	Rate	Arrests	Pct.	Rate
Age 0 to 9	1	0.01%	0.10	1	0.01%	0.20	0	0.00%	0.00
Age 10 to 14	281	1.88%	56.17	233	1.56%	90.97	48	0.32%	19.66
Age 15	347	2.33%	326.94	297	1.99%	549.40	50	0.34%	96.01
Age 16	589	3.95%	549.74	510	3.42%	930.00	79	0.53%	151.04
Age 17	798	5.35%	769.77	680	4.56%	1,280.09	118	0.79%	233.45
Age 18	1,467	9.84%	1,367.84	1,246	8.35%	2,307.21	221	1.48%	415.07
Age 19	1,599	10.72%	1,529.09	1,391	9.33%	2,580.30	208	1.39%	410.55
Age 15 to 19	4,800	32.18%	907.78	4,124	27.65%	1,527.79	676	4.53%	261.17
Age 20	1,280	8.58%	1,186.65	1,069	7.17%	1,885.13	211	1.41%	412.43
Age 21	1,122	7.52%	1,023.71	978	6.56%	1,683.61	144	0.97%	279.55
Age 22	879	5.89%	828.89	740	4.96%	1,306.43	139	0.93%	281.36
Age 23	784	5.26%	722.42	688	4.61%	1,227.17	96	0.64%	182.99
Age 24	637	4.27%	611.50	550	3.69%	1,014.39	87	0.58%	174.17
Age 20 to 24	4,702	31.53%	876.90	4,025	26.99%	1,428.71	677	4.54%	266.03
Age 25 to 29	2,129	14.28%	401.38	1,836	12.31%	686.26	293	1.96%	111.46
Age 30 to 34	983	6.59%	190.72	845	5.67%	327.90	138	0.93%	53.55
Age 35 to 39	659	4.42%	115.57	540	3.62%	189.58	119	0.80%	41.70
Age 40 to 44	600	4.02%	98.40	473	3.17%	156.86	127	0.85%	41.20
Age 45 to 49	431	2.89%	71.25	347	2.33%	117.36	84	0.56%	27.16
Age 50 to 54	212	1.42%	39.46	174	1.17%	66.63	38	0.25%	13.76
Age 55 to 59	75	0.50%	15.51	70	0.47%	29.99	5	0.03%	2.00
Age 60 to 64	28	0.19%	7.96	20	0.13%	11.86	8	0.05%	4.37
Age 65 and Older	13	0.09%	1.46	11	0.07%	2.95	2	0.01%	0.39
Total	14,914	100.00%	194.90	12,699	85.15%	337.89	2,215	14.85%	56.93

 

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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.