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Top Local Agencies in Massachusetts by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, 14 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
Spencer
12,165
 94 71% 75 617 0% 44% 39 22 129
2
Wareham
21,424
 155 65% 131 611 23% 32% 84 215 184
3
Dudley
10,877
 57 73% 56 515 7% 57% 21 15 85
4
Abington
16,449
 82 48% 76 462 9% 33% 88 18 111
5
Sutton
9,043
 37 70% 37 409 5% 24% 16 2 38
6
Barre
5,412
 27 84% 22 407 0% 45% 5 22 64
7
New Bedford
93,661
 392 40% 333 356 27% 31% 594 596 2,229
8
Orleans
6,497
 25 89% 22 339 5% 32% 3 2 54
9
Montague
8,459
 29 69% 28 331 7% 46% 13 22 79
10
Monson
8,816
 30 73% 28 318 4% 54% 11 15 82
11
Sturbridge
8,913
 31 82% 26 292 0% 42% 7 17 108
12
West Boylston
7,745
 25 63% 22 284 9% 45% 15 3 26
13
Mashpee
14,366
 43 56% 39 271 10% 28% 34 33 127
14
SP: Berkshire County
12,002
 32 68% 31 258 16% 29% 15 8 17
15
Mansfield
23,115
 65 77% 59 255 0% 39% 19 20 92
16
Hamilton
8,399
 22 96% 21 250 0% 48% 1 2 9
17
Boston
562,393
 1,757 37% 1,392 248 69% 30% 2,987 4,364 5,428
18
Amesbury
16,743
 53 85% 41 245 0% 44% 9 5 43
19
Walpole
23,251
 55 67% 55 237 2% 55% 27 18 128
20
West Bridgewater
6,862
 16 64% 16 233 6% 19% 9 4 19
21
Foxborough
16,411
 48 65% 38 232 11% 29% 26 31 49
22
Douglas
7,932
 22 71% 17 214 0% 35% 9 5 34
23
Swansea
16,348
 35 81% 35 214 0% 60% 8 23 136
24
Dennis
15,986
 38 61% 34 213 12% 44% 24 30 129
25
Dalton
6,740
 15 79% 14 208 0% 36% 4 15 40
26
Newburyport
17,519
 39 95% 35 200 6% 37% 2 15 68
27
Acushnet
10,607
 23 74% 21 198 0% 52% 8 23 61
28
Holyoke
40,198
 83 22% 79 197 4% 41% 296 95 529
29
Franklin
31,079
 65 62% 61 196 8% 48% 40 10 128
30
Middleboro
21,325
 46 69% 41 192 7% 34% 21 50 147
31
Scituate
18,229
 43 75% 35 192 3% 66% 14 17 59
32
Leicester
11,033
 28 51% 21 190 0% 33% 27 13 65
33
Danvers
26,202
 51 42% 49 187 2% 37% 70 31 378
34
Northampton
28,888
 54 66% 54 187 9% 26% 28 29 124
35
Somerset
18,682
 34 61% 33 177 6% 42% 22 24 115
36
North Adams
14,094
 25 60% 24 170 13% 46% 17 45 152
37
Auburn
16,499
 30 70% 27 164 0% 56% 13 36 73
38
West Springfield
28,157
 56 62% 46 163 15% 33% 34 82 241
39
Athol
11,767
 22 56% 19 161 5% 21% 17 14 74
40
Amherst
34,252
 61 74% 55 161 7% 40% 21 20 134
41
Winchendon
10,165
 18 60% 16 157 0% 38% 12 20 72
42
Greenfield
17,941
 28 49% 27 150 4% 48% 29 62 185
43
Northbridge
14,301
 21 70% 21 147 10% 52% 9 15 117
44
Maynard
10,291
 15 88% 15 146 13% 40% 2 12 28
45
Charlton
12,550
 23 82% 18 143 0% 50% 5 18 52
46
Concord
16,934
 26 70% 24 142 8% 50% 11 15 52
47
Rockland
17,946
 26 62% 25 139 4% 24% 16 18 30
48
Easthampton
16,100
 23 66% 22 137 0% 59% 12 27 74
49
Hopkinton
14,197
 19 68% 19 134 5% 58% 9 2 38
50
Rehoboth
11,324
 17 81% 15 132 7% 40% 4 9 49
51
Webster
16,952
 25 74% 22 130 14% 36% 9 43 157
52
Randolph
30,651
 46 49% 39 127 38% 36% 47 84 183
53
Weymouth
54,111
 67 34% 67 124 12% 30% 129 81 454
54
Wayland
13,080
 16 100% 16 122 6% 50% 0 4 45
55
Ludlow
22,078
 27 71% 27 122 0% 52% 11 7 53
56
Lexington
30,448
 37 84% 37 122 0% 70% 7 7 42
57
Springfield
152,644
 246 24% 184 121 48% 36% 790 539 1,015
58
Harwich
12,751
 15 54% 15 118 0% 60% 13 14 55
59
South Hadley
17,166
 20 57% 20 117 5% 50% 15 8 37
60
Acton
20,686
 25 68% 24 116 4% 75% 12 9 61
61
North Attleboro
28,302
 33 66% 32 113 3% 34% 17 27 276
62
Fall River
92,354
 114 30% 101 109 24% 36% 271 345 1,801
63
Braintree
33,883
 48 26% 37 109 5% 16% 135 54 292
64
Brockton
95,200
 161 29% 103 108 63% 38% 390 351 783
65
Barnstable
48,113
 62 50% 52 108 23% 33% 63 157 586
66
Bourne
19,472
 25 60% 21 108 10% 29% 17 22 86
67
Chelmsford
33,962
 38 51% 36 106 3% 58% 37 29 244
68
Sandwich
20,851
 23 79% 22 106 0% 64% 6 30 117
69
Raynham
13,579
 15 44% 14 103 0% 57% 19 22 241
70
Worcester
176,956
 241 27% 179 101 25% 27% 656 640 1,406
71
Hudson
19,057
 19 66% 19 100 11% 47% 10 0 89
72
Wilbraham
14,087
 14 93% 14 99 0% 79% 1 13 35
73
Andover
33,241
 34 71% 33 99 0% 21% 14 7 122
74
Sudbury
17,169
 17 94% 17 99 0% 53% 1 2 44
75
Agawam
28,771
 29 43% 28 97 0% 61% 38 6 83
76
Revere
46,082
 57 31% 44 95 5% 57% 124 104 396
77
Gardner
21,034
 21 44% 20 95 5% 35% 27 39 174
78
Attleboro
43,643
 45 48% 41 94 2% 24% 49 66 254
79
Marshfield
25,040
 30 45% 23 92 0% 35% 37 16 126
80
Framingham
65,451
 61 31% 60 92 40% 28% 135 96 285
81
Beverly
40,116
 35 44% 35 87 11% 40% 44 70 174
82
Natick
32,135
 29 58% 28 87 7% 36% 21 25 309
83
Haverhill
60,604
 77 41% 52 86 2% 21% 110 122 441
84
Yarmouth
24,769
 27 38% 21 85 10% 38% 44 124 228
85
Wakefield
24,723
 20 51% 20 81 0% 60% 19 29 74
86
Fitchburg
40,286
 38 30% 32 79 9% 25% 90 115 220
87
Hingham
21,636
 17 59% 17 79 6% 53% 12 11 91
88
Brookline
55,924
 50 68% 42 75 29% 26% 24 58 130
89
Reading
23,303
 19 90% 17 73 0% 41% 2 5 9
90
Billerica
40,203
 29 44% 29 72 0% 34% 37 16 118
91
Chelsea
32,713
 24 36% 22 67 27% 41% 42 176 330
92
Taunton
56,589
 49 26% 37 65 14% 30% 138 172 691
93
Falmouth
33,846
 26 46% 22 65 27% 50% 30 37 100
94
Westfield
40,769
 27 61% 25 61 12% 44% 17 85 42
95
Salem
42,007
 25 100% 25 60 8% 16% 0 64 58
96
Chicopee
55,009
 37 44% 31 56 13% 55% 48 107 320
97
Gloucester
30,898
 24 52% 17 55 0% 47% 22 15 52
98
Pittsfield
44,124
 25 23% 24 54 33% 38% 83 87 287
99
Quincy
90,792
 70 22% 49 54 18% 39% 248 122 378
100
Norwood
28,649
 15 63% 15 52 7% 40% 9 22 232
101
Dracut
29,066
 17 63% 15 52 0% 67% 10 17 96

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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 101 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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