New Hampshire Drug Arrests (1990-2007)

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Opiates and Cocaine
Marijuana
Synthetic Narcotics
Other Drugs

 

Year
Total
Arrests
Pct.
Arrests
Pct.
Arrests
Pct.
Arrests
Pct.
Pop. Cov.
2007 4,590 502 11% 3,307 72% 347 8% 339 7% 100%
2006 5,419 829 15% 3,919 72% 158 3% 415 8% 100%
2005 4,744 557 12% 3,413 72% 159 3% 319 7% 100%
2004 4,409 449 10% 3,462 79% 105 2% 245 6% 100%
2003 2,992 335 11% 2,294 77% 64 2% 190 6% 100%
2002 4,994 455 9% 4,189 84% 38 1% 304 6% 98%
2001 5,795 373 6% 5,136 89% 23 0% 265 5% 96%
2000 4,866 248 5% 4,256 87% 42 1% 319 7% 95%
1999 4,294 239 6% 3,857 90% 40 1% 155 4% 93%
1998 4,432 259 6% 3,916 88% 22 0% 233 5% 93%
1997 3,200 1,336 42% 1,865 58% 0 0% 0 0% 93%
1996 3,551 469 13% 2,962 83% 40 1% 32 1% 94%
1995 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
1994 3,241 280 9% 2,892 89% 27 1% 32 1% 96%
1993 2,043 232 11% 1,743 85% 114 6% 22 1% 96%
1992 2,033 273 13% 1,695 83% 85 4% 29 1% 96%
1991 1,663 224 13% 1,358 82% 21 1% 34 2% 96%
1990 1,835 352 19% 1,427 78% 33 2% 19 1% 98%

 

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Notes:

Populaton Coverage: Percent of the state’s population covered by the local police agencies reporting data for this year.

Opiates/Cocaine: This category includes opium, cocaine, and their derivatives. Opiate derivatives include, for example, morphine, heroin, and codeine. Cocaine derivative include crack cocaine.

Marijuana: This category includes hashish.

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.

Itemized categories may not account for total drug arrests because of occassional reporting irregularities in which arrests are reported for drug abuse offenses but not classified as one of these four categories.

Source: Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data

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