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Top Local Agencies in Arkansas by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, 9 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
Vilonia
2,750
 55 68% 55 2,000 2% 36% 26 5 40
2
West Fork
2,220
 33 75% 33 1,486 6% 15% 11 3 14
3
Trumann
7,001
 103 30% 90 1,286 19% 9% 241 19 147
4
Leachville
1,868
 24 67% 24 1,285 4% 21% 12 3 36
5
West Memphis
28,503
 410 56% 342 1,200 75% 25% 324 203 759
6
Elkins
1,912
 45 64% 21 1,098 0% 10% 25 4 9
7
Greenbrier
3,656
 40 68% 40 1,094 0% 35% 19 0 9
8
Ozark
3,627
 34 67% 33 910 24% 36% 17 5 26
9
Highland
1,035
 9 56% 9 870 0% 11% 7 2 8
10
Mountain Home
12,032
 106 64% 102 848 2% 21% 60 0 200
11
Cave Springs
1,440
 14 61% 12 833 0% 17% 9 1 4
12
Barling
4,367
 35 35% 34 779 6% 29% 65 1 41
13
Glenwood
2,080
 16 73% 16 769 0% 6% 6 9 13
14
Augusta
2,484
 18 69% 18 725 33% 22% 8 9 59
15
Pike
7,351
 57 75% 51 694 12% 25% 19 4 26
16
Lowell
7,122
 59 75% 49 688 0% 27% 20 13 41
17
Morrilton
6,682
 47 39% 43 644 37% 19% 74 18 147
18
Hoxie
2,748
 17 71% 17 619 0% 18% 7 1 10
19
Cross
10,790
 78 54% 66 612 20% 8% 67 14 35
20
Texarkana
30,348
 220 65% 183 603 64% 17% 117 154 755
21
Mena
5,672
 37 88% 33 582 0% 18% 5 7 52
22
Sherwood
23,413
 143 49% 130 555 38% 28% 146 32 146
23
Rogers
48,905
 268 57% 265 542 2% 25% 204 55 843
24
Miller
13,307
 80 39% 72 541 26% 8% 126 74 137
25
Fordyce
4,459
 25 53% 24 538 83% 46% 22 26 93
26
Blytheville
16,828
 91 55% 88 523 73% 31% 73 47 374
27
Stuttgart
9,483
 58 60% 49 517 63% 24% 39 18 103
28
Ward
3,308
 17 61% 17 514 0% 24% 11 9 23
29
Waldron
3,596
 20 59% 18 501 0% 17% 14 25 53
30
Hope
10,586
 58 60% 52 491 71% 27% 38 41 223
31
Carlisle
2,447
 12 41% 12 490 25% 8% 17 3 17
32
Des Arc
1,842
 11 100% 9 489 22% 0% 0 0 4
33
Dumas
4,917
 33 65% 24 488 92% 13% 18 30 72
34
Jacksonville
30,714
 156 62% 149 485 59% 23% 94 118 449
35
Monticello
9,433
 47 72% 45 477 51% 22% 18 24 115
36
Farmington
4,426
 24 83% 21 474 5% 19% 5 5 37
37
Benton
25,966
 135 49% 122 470 11% 20% 139 33 385
38
Lincoln
1,926
 10 53% 9 467 0% 33% 9 1 11
39
Maumelle
14,481
 69 65% 67 463 21% 33% 37 14 107
40
Lake Village
2,638
 12 44% 12 455 67% 8% 15 3 49
41
El Dorado
20,701
 108 44% 93 449 75% 29% 139 103 371
42
Berryville
4,991
 22 65% 22 441 0% 36% 12 5 65
43
North Little Rock
59,474
 268 44% 255 429 71% 19% 344 233 1,411
44
Marion
9,904
 61 69% 42 424 45% 19% 27 10 110
45
Siloam Springs
13,759
 61 45% 58 422 9% 28% 75 10 186
46
Greenwood
8,004
 41 51% 33 412 9% 6% 40 11 62
47
Nashville
4,985
 21 68% 20 401 40% 25% 10 12 91
48
Mcgehee
4,281
 18 51% 17 397 71% 18% 17 9 41
49
Prairie Grove
3,030
 12 55% 12 396 0% 42% 10 2 52
50
Heber Springs
7,096
 30 54% 28 395 0% 21% 26 4 79
51
Fayetteville
67,416
 275 46% 266 395 17% 20% 326 99 705
52
Crossett
5,868
 22 56% 22 375 45% 23% 17 7 55
53
Harrison
12,910
 52 57% 48 372 0% 31% 40 35 149
54
Forrest City
14,239
 52 75% 52 365 94% 38% 17 34 164
55
Marked Tree
2,751
 16 43% 10 364 40% 40% 21 2 31
56
Cherokee Village
4,686
 17 85% 17 363 0% 6% 3 2 19
57
Bald Knob
3,354
 12 60% 12 358 25% 8% 8 4 15
58
Clay
9,569
 37 66% 34 355 0% 9% 19 24 25
59
Camden
12,343
 47 57% 43 348 77% 21% 35 18 155
60
Ashley
14,699
 54 54% 51 347 51% 12% 46 18 67
61
Corning
3,495
 13 59% 12 343 0% 0% 9 3 41
62
Arkadelphia
10,668
 38 69% 34 319 32% 26% 17 19 46
63
Marianna
4,847
 16 84% 15 309 73% 33% 3 16 93
64
Fort Smith
83,422
 323 43% 241 289 29% 28% 423 254 1,464
65
Paragould
24,046
 71 59% 69 287 7% 28% 49 30 324
66
Van Buren
21,492
 74 63% 61 284 11% 23% 43 24 271
67
Greene
14,629
 44 48% 39 267 3% 18% 48 4 105
68
Jonesboro
60,035
 164 38% 159 265 48% 25% 263 220 1,072
69
Sebastian
24,312
 63 49% 61 251 16% 5% 65 24 159
70
Craighead
20,762
 61 35% 51 246 8% 16% 112 13 109
71
Helena-West Helena
13,718
 38 62% 33 241 82% 30% 23 78 264
72
Paris
3,749
 10 67% 9 240 11% 22% 5 9 27
73
Little Rock
186,670
 430 54% 430 230 83% 22% 370 1,429 1,961
74
Crittenden
11,139
 25 40% 24 215 33% 21% 38 25 82
75
Jefferson
21,806
 55 49% 46 211 61% 33% 57 41 178
76
Walnut Ridge
4,778
 12 41% 10 209 0% 20% 17 1 31
77
Osceola
8,221
 28 45% 17 207 65% 18% 34 69 163
78
Magnolia
10,598
 22 40% 21 198 67% 10% 33 16 128
79
Conway
52,592
 107 52% 104 198 46% 37% 97 35 277
80
White Hall
5,172
 10 91% 10 193 0% 40% 1 6 23
81
Saline
52,928
 107 49% 97 183 13% 19% 110 28 312
82
Centerton
5,540
 10 91% 10 181 0% 10% 1 12 48
83
Washington
43,984
 83 56% 77 175 1% 22% 65 56 234
84
Cleburne
16,736
 34 47% 29 173 0% 28% 39 10 58
85
Pulaski
55,100
 104 31% 94 171 40% 13% 229 196 462
86
Cleveland
7,650
 13 100% 13 170 8% 31% 0 1 10
87
Scott
7,681
 15 42% 13 169 0% 31% 21 5 15
88
Howard
7,159
 14 54% 12 168 17% 33% 12 4 29
89
Wynne
8,667
 21 33% 13 150 46% 15% 43 6 44
90
Mississippi
15,999
 24 41% 23 144 43% 17% 34 14 96
91
Montgomery
9,380
 14 41% 13 139 0% 23% 20 2 27
92
Little River
8,734
 12 86% 12 137 33% 33% 2 0 1
93
Grant
13,147
 19 73% 18 137 17% 33% 7 11 17
94
Lonoke
25,954
 38 49% 34 131 15% 9% 40 39 85
95
Benton
64,873
 94 47% 79 122 0% 16% 108 51 207
96
Boone
23,291
 34 41% 27 116 0% 41% 49 39 173
97
Polk
14,734
 24 73% 17 115 0% 41% 9 17 92
98
White
35,720
 37 37% 36 101 3% 31% 62 6 79
99
Columbia
14,379
 16 76% 14 97 57% 29% 5 31 61
100
Baxter
25,990
 23 70% 23 88 0% 9% 10 18 106

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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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