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Top Local Agencies in New York* by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, 35 Arrest Minimum, (2006)*excluding New York City

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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
Oxford Village
1,575
 307 90% 193 12,254 4% 38% 33 1 184
2
Green Island Village
2,579
 70 92% 70 2,714 23% 34% 6 1 29
3
Liberty Village
3,934
 102 63% 101 2,567 27% 34% 61 29 126
4
Whitehall Village
2,655
 62 86% 62 2,335 5% 35% 10 0 38
5
Tuxedo Town
2,978
 61 91% 61 2,048 7% 20% 6 2 5
6
Lake Placid Village
2,764
 59 87% 56 2,026 2% 23% 9 3 33
7
Greenwich Village
1,891
 44 90% 37 1,957 3% 30% 5 1 14
8
Angola Village
2,200
 39 95% 39 1,773 0% 33% 2 3 25
9
Coxsackie Village
2,861
 44 71% 44 1,538 2% 16% 18 6 34
10
Lackawanna
18,224
 270 67% 269 1,476 33% 19% 133 54 252
11
Spring Valley Village
25,423
 335 78% 333 1,310 75% 24% 93 106 226
12
Hudson Falls Village
6,882
 78 84% 77 1,119 5% 31% 15 6 122
13
Elmira Heights Village
4,022
 45 64% 44 1,094 25% 25% 25 9 37
14
Newburgh
28,624
 314 31% 302 1,055 61% 18% 698 206 662
15
Marlborough Town
8,394
 88 73% 88 1,048 17% 18% 33 9 41
16
Endicott Village
12,673
 129 58% 127 1,002 25% 22% 93 39 222
17
Albion Village
5,781
 56 62% 56 969 23% 34% 35 16 189
18
Syracuse
142,062
 1,385 68% 1,367 962 68% 24% 651 857 3,032
19
Goshen Town
8,325
 80 87% 79 949 13% 35% 12 1 39
20
Albany
19,775
 184 61% 182 920 8% 28% 119 33 58
21
Norwich
7,252
 66 92% 65 896 6% 49% 6 11 114
22
Saranac Lake Village
4,936
 50 89% 43 871 0% 35% 6 11 59
23
Tonawanda
15,376
 131 78% 130 845 7% 35% 38 28 193
24
Cheektowaga Town
80,995
 684 64% 683 843 32% 25% 381 157 1,448
25
Walden Village
6,773
 55 52% 55 812 18% 33% 50 15 57
26
Utica
59,495
 485 65% 482 810 41% 17% 262 146 1,146
27
Glenville Town
20,988
 163 73% 163 777 9% 33% 59 7 107
28
Woodstock Town
6,268
 47 92% 47 750 9% 32% 4 2 18
29
Elmira
30,008
 219 64% 219 730 50% 29% 123 71 415
30
Niagara Falls
53,008
 390 59% 386 728 56% 23% 275 282 1,029
31
Watervliet
9,915
 77 60% 71 716 17% 23% 52 21 107
32
Buffalo
280,494
 2,026 47% 1,977 705 76% 26% 2,311 1,637 4,295
33
Albany
93,773
 682 39% 652 695 71% 20% 1,075 534 1,391
34
Montgomery Town
8,805
 59 82% 59 670 22% 41% 13 5 59
35
Cohoes
15,125
 102 69% 101 668 18% 25% 46 5 89
36
Salamanca
5,867
 40 80% 38 648 8% 18% 10 12 135
37
Monroe Village
8,149
 54 61% 52 638 6% 29% 35 20 59
38
Tarrytown Village
11,376
 72 64% 72 633 38% 25% 41 9 62
39
Ossining Village
23,610
 142 61% 140 593 46% 34% 91 44 114
40
Oswego City
17,752
 108 80% 103 580 4% 27% 27 36 178
41
Olean
14,839
 87 60% 86 580 15% 28% 58 8 153
42
Newark Village
9,436
 55 64% 54 572 24% 20% 31 21 144
43
Oneida
10,952
 65 74% 62 566 5% 39% 23 21 125
44
Southampton Town
50,311
 284 64% 284 564 19% 27% 158 60 177
45
Port Jervis
9,227
 56 52% 52 564 19% 31% 52 31 301
46
White Plains
56,885
 321 48% 319 561 41% 16% 344 153 1,044
47
Middletown
26,137
 146 35% 146 559 45% 29% 268 88 258
48
Glens Falls
14,146
 76 57% 76 537 9% 17% 57 27 279
49
Rochester
211,656
 1,176 47% 1,104 522 78% 31% 1,327 973 5,658
50
Coeymans Town
8,057
 43 80% 42 521 19% 29% 11 18 33
51
Johnson City Village
14,995
 77 50% 77 514 29% 29% 77 56 408
52
Jamestown
30,462
 160 52% 156 512 25% 25% 150 96 764
53
Gloversville
15,324
 76 66% 76 496 12% 32% 40 26 355
54
Fredonia Village
10,764
 58 83% 53 492 6% 47% 12 8 97
55
Peekskill
24,108
 116 48% 116 481 53% 18% 126 52 110
56
Troy
48,439
 230 59% 228 471 54% 21% 160 200 674
57
Haverstraw Town
24,463
 116 70% 115 470 35% 54% 49 80 190
58
Rensselaer City
7,880
 37 82% 37 470 24% 22% 8 16 66
59
Guilderland Town
33,078
 162 83% 155 469 9% 43% 34 9 613
60
Saugerties Town
15,490
 71 75% 71 458 8% 41% 24 3 38
61
Kingston
23,129
 107 37% 101 437 58% 27% 186 89 176
62
New Paltz Town & Village
14,046
 62 81% 61 434 8% 33% 15 47 83
63
Greene
26,802
 115 71% 115 429 3% 25% 47 1 33
64
Irondequoit Town
51,209
 217 81% 217 424 31% 29% 51 47 790
65
Massena Village
10,888
 47 76% 45 413 2% 36% 15 12 99
66
Mount Vernon
68,106
 289 51% 274 402 90% 19% 281 287 471
67
Genesee
39,297
 163 73% 157 400 9% 36% 60 31 310
68
Evans Town
15,080
 59 68% 59 391 5% 42% 28 7 132
69
Lloyd Town
10,527
 41 72% 39 370 28% 18% 16 8 49
70
Dunkirk
12,526
 47 33% 46 367 30% 26% 97 27 241
71
North Greenbush Town
11,699
 42 98% 42 359 5% 55% 1 1 47
72
Rome
34,436
 123 66% 123 357 15% 32% 64 37 291
73
Ulster Town
12,915
 45 54% 45 348 22% 24% 38 8 269
74
Fallsburg Town
11,772
 41 66% 41 348 29% 27% 21 17 103
75
Rensselaer
55,504
 190 86% 190 342 24% 23% 32 34 88
76
Suffolk County Police Department
1,315,904
 4,421 51% 4,342 330 32% 28% 4,212 1,962 7,363
77
Ithaca
29,846
 99 76% 97 325 31% 27% 32 29 294
78
Binghamton
45,614
 149 31% 148 324 53% 17% 333 175 1,012
79
Geneva
13,545
 43 37% 43 317 21% 30% 74 26 80
80
Ramapo Town
74,747
 236 81% 236 316 43% 36% 55 68 252
81
Onondaga
121,867
 386 69% 382 313 36% 27% 174 104 725
82
Depew Village
15,840
 49 70% 49 309 6% 33% 21 10 134
83
New Windsor Town
25,033
 75 56% 75 300 28% 40% 59 24 231
84
Columbia
40,938
 121 72% 121 296 6% 26% 46 14 155
85
North Tonawanda
32,158
 95 60% 93 289 1% 29% 64 47 256
86
Cortland
18,572
 55 83% 52 280 8% 17% 11 65 221
87
Amherst Town
112,284
 312 63% 311 277 41% 24% 181 70 799
88
Lockport
21,328
 58 44% 58 272 33% 36% 75 45 247
89
Manlius Town
25,072
 70 89% 68 271 4% 40% 9 23 134
90
Beacon
14,876
 41 61% 40 269 43% 33% 26 29 91
91
Putnam
49,520
 134 65% 132 267 6% 42% 73 22 96
92
Poughkeepsie
30,436
 79 30% 79 260 76% 28% 187 199 306
93
Colonie Town
77,357
 192 57% 190 246 13% 38% 144 36 798
94
Lancaster Town
23,212
 59 68% 57 246 4% 54% 28 12 147
95
Plattsburgh City
19,232
 46 47% 45 234 7% 47% 52 21 255
96
East Fishkill Town
28,835
 69 68% 66 229 2% 33% 32 13 88
97
Clarkstown Town
78,642
 180 76% 178 226 40% 34% 57 30 728
98
Cattaraugus
52,614
 119 86% 117 222 6% 15% 19 32 286
99
Broome
94,261
 210 81% 209 222 16% 28% 48 38 295
100
Ontario
72,857
 164 74% 159 218 5% 34% 58 38 722

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Notes:

New York City does not report data to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

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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