Top Local Agencies in Ohio by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, (2007)

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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 – 19 Pct.
Other Drugs
Violent
Property
1 Kirtland Hills Police Dept 793 176 87% 172 21,690 20% 32% 27 0 0
2 Highland Hills Village Police Dept 1,386 29 48% 27 1,948 96% 4% 31 9 12
3 Perkins Twp Police Dept 12,994 175 83% 175 1,347 29% 18% 36 4 414
4 Cleves Police Dept 2,501 30 75% 27 1,080 4% 15% 10 1 31
5 Byesville Police Dept 2,571 27 63% 26 1,011 0% 4% 16 1 20
6 Batavia Police Dept 1,691 18 78% 17 1,005 18% 24% 5 1 44
7 Harrison Police Dept 8,440 94 72% 84 995 1% 29% 36 6 205
8 Granville Police Dept 5,306 51 89% 50 942 6% 36% 6 0 9
9 Mariemont Police Dept 3,011 31 94% 28 930 14% 7% 2 0 13
10 Blue Ash Police Dept 11,409 106 83% 105 920 31% 20% 22 1 106
11 Sandusky Police Dept 25,994 248 56% 218 839 64% 20% 194 230 691
12 Waverly Police Dept 4,430 36 71% 36 813 22% 19% 15 0 204
13 Lakemore Police Dept 2,778 19 86% 19 684 11% 26% 3 0 51
14 Willoughby Police Dept 22,319 156 78% 147 659 6% 27% 45 4 133
15 Alliance Police Dept 22,703 173 72% 149 656 26% 16% 68 41 345
16 Huber Heights Police Dept 37,588 239 85% 235 625 25% 29% 41 20 553
17 Springfield Twp (Hamilton Co) Police Dept 35,051 224 70% 218 622 83% 17% 97 31 240
18 Montgomery Police Dept 9,819 63 88% 60 611 15% 32% 9 1 40
19 North College Hill Police Dept 9,037 57 89% 55 609 82% 27% 7 4 64
20 Lordstown Police Dept 3,611 20 100% 20 554 15% 10% 0 0 2
21 Mansfield Police Dept 50,004 286 71% 273 546 53% 27% 118 54 943
22 Middletown Police Dept 51,244 282 51% 278 543 44% 17% 274 116 839
23 Canfield Police Dept 7,014 38 56% 38 542 5% 16% 30 0 32
24 Wilmington Police Dept 12,806 68 76% 68 531 21% 22% 22 8 261
25 Lebanon Police Dept 20,828 111 77% 110 528 9% 16% 33 25 66
26 Belpre Police Dept 6,518 34 71% 34 522 3% 9% 14 3 27
27 Lima Police Dept 37,767 191 58% 190 503 63% 14% 138 103 436
28 Canton Police Dept 78,653 438 36% 394 501 62% 21% 775 226 1,939
29 Delaware City Police Dept 33,177 167 87% 165 497 16% 30% 26 52 333
30 Van Wert Police Dept 10,381 52 57% 51 491 8% 22% 40 8 187
31 Lockland Police Dept 3,271 16 59% 16 489 88% 13% 11 1 21
32 Centerville Police Dept 23,049 112 92% 112 486 9% 42% 10 9 191
33 Fremont Police Dept 16,885 84 53% 80 474 16% 28% 74 14 178
34 Groveport Police Dept 5,087 25 71% 24 472 21% 46% 10 4 63
35 Greenhills Police Dept 3,619 18 95% 17 470 18% 29% 1 1 22
36 Clinton Twp Police Dept 3,938 19 70% 18 457 72% 17% 8 4 65
37 Goshen Twp (Clermont Co) Police Dept 16,421 81 56% 74 451 5% 20% 64 8 197
38 Worthington Police Dept 12,941 62 91% 57 440 19% 40% 6 2 80
39 Akron City Police Dept 208,701 1,041 44% 918 440 71% 23% 1,341 414 3,816
40 Beaver Twp Police Dept 6,176 27 61% 27 437 0% 37% 17 5 55
41 Newcomerstown Police Dept 3,916 19 100% 17 434 0% 18% 0 3 50
42 Cheviot Police Dept 7,925 36 82% 34 429 15% 26% 8 2 51
43 Reynoldsburg Police Dept 33,210 149 79% 142 428 46% 25% 39 46 461
44 Twinsburg City Police Dept 17,545 89 69% 73 416 32% 16% 40 7 56
45 Union Twp (Butler Co) Police Dept 55,216 249 83% 229 415 23% 33% 50 40 694
46 Gahanna Police Dept 33,140 137 84% 136 410 32% 35% 26 45 181
47 Indian Hill Police Dept 5,611 23 85% 23 410 13% 61% 4 1 2
48 Bowling Green Police Dept 29,733 121 91% 118 397 16% 16% 12 6 223
49 Ontario Police Dept 5,301 21 62% 21 396 29% 14% 13 9 336
50 Hilliard Police Dept 27,186 107 73% 104 383 12% 34% 39 3 133
51 Oxford Police Dept 22,457 94 71% 84 374 0% 32% 38 75 189
52 Fairborn Police Dept 31,705 127 58% 117 369 14% 25% 92 30 461
53 Washington City Police Dept 13,612 51 77% 50 367 14% 20% 15 5 269
54 Piqua Police Dept 20,875 139 59% 76 364 8% 34% 96 20 550
55 Defiance City Police Dept 16,159 59 86% 58 359 7% 31% 10 16 360
56 Chardon Police Dept 5,298 19 76% 19 359 0% 42% 6 1 44
57 Hamilton County Sheriff Department 213,956 774 74% 763 357 39% 22% 271 125 2,052
58 Elyria Police Dept 55,697 209 48% 198 355 44% 32% 224 83 1,106
59 Eaton Police Dept 8,213 31 52% 29 353 0% 45% 29 3 154
60 Rittman City Police Dept 6,291 25 76% 22 350 0% 45% 8 0 38
61 Urbana Police Dept 11,582 43 61% 40 345 18% 28% 27 5 179
62 St Bernard Police Dept 4,364 17 94% 15 344 60% 33% 1 4 43
63 Reading City Police Dept 9,936 35 80% 34 342 29% 15% 9 12 102
64 Galion City Police Dept 11,093 38 69% 37 334 5% 24% 17 3 115
65 Perry Twp (Stark Co) Police Dept 28,623 95 89% 95 332 17% 24% 12 17 121
66 Brimfield Twp Police Dept 7,854 29 63% 26 331 12% 31% 17 2 89
67 New Philadelphia Police Dept 17,470 57 88% 57 326 14% 23% 8 6 199
68 Smith Twp Police Dept 4,969 16 76% 16 322 6% 38% 5 1 11
69 Fairfield City Police Dept 42,264 140 68% 136 322 21% 32% 66 110 567
70 Eastlake Police Dept 19,590 65 77% 63 322 16% 22% 19 19 242
71 Wyoming Police Dept 7,485 25 86% 24 321 63% 25% 4 1 28
72 Erie County Sheriff Department 24,921 95 38% 79 317 16% 24% 153 56 169
73 Delhi Twp Police Dept 29,808 96 76% 94 315 14% 36% 31 8 171
74 North Ridgeville Police Dept 27,959 86 77% 83 297 4% 23% 26 7 120
75 Vandalia Police Dept 14,171 44 68% 42 296 14% 48% 21 14 132
76 Tallmadge Police Dept 17,506 52 61% 51 291 31% 24% 33 13 86
77 Marion City Police Dept 35,975 109 54% 104 289 18% 14% 93 33 480
78 Miamisburg Police Dept 19,925 61 66% 57 286 9% 30% 31 15 193
79 Kent Police Dept 27,921 77 90% 76 272 26% 26% 9 22 149
80 Lake Twp (Wood Co) Police Dept 7,362 20 87% 20 272 10% 30% 3 3 61
81 Whitehall Police Dept 17,719 52 43% 48 271 65% 19% 69 67 640
82 Ashland Police Dept 21,939 59 78% 59 269 2% 19% 17 7 106
83 New Albany Police Dept 6,776 18 82% 18 266 11% 17% 4 0 10
84 Mentor-On-The-Lake Police Dept 8,316 23 100% 22 265 18% 36% 0 1 22
85 Hocking County Sheriff Department 21,573 53 73% 53 246 4% 26% 20 3 111
86 Highland County Sheriff Department 28,300 72 54% 69 244 0% 19% 62 9 156
87 Logan City Police Dept 7,426 18 82% 18 242 0% 22% 4 5 103
88 Milford Police Dept 6,323 16 64% 15 237 0% 20% 9 9 95
89 Cleveland Police Department 439,888 1,136 22% 1,039 236 88% 27% 4,025 1,417 4,362
90 Bellefontaine Police Dept 12,772 30 70% 30 235 23% 30% 13 29 219
91 Berea Police Dept 18,026 43 74% 42 233 24% 24% 15 6 127
92 Fairfield Twp (Butler Co) Police Dept 17,093 40 75% 39 228 15% 33% 13 8 344
93 Englewood Police Dept 12,844 32 63% 29 226 31% 41% 19 10 229
94 Tipp City Police Dept 9,376 21 81% 21 224 10% 24% 5 1 74
95 Huron Police Dept 7,394 16 100% 16 216 0% 25% 0 0 57
96 Xenia City Police Dept 23,335 50 62% 50 214 40% 26% 31 25 534
97 Shelby City Police Dept 9,441 22 76% 20 212 0% 30% 7 0 135
98 Mentor Police Dept 51,775 127 65% 109 211 16% 25% 67 26 531
99 Parma Heights Police Dept 20,108 43 81% 42 209 0% 29% 10 1 45
100 Liberty Twp Police Dept 12,118 25 68% 25 206 36% 24% 12 9 60
101 Zanesville Police Dept 25,332 52 40% 52 205 19% 25% 77 22 716
102 German Township 7,359 16 94% 15 204 0% 7% 1 3 136
103 Montville Twp (Medina Co) Police Dept 7,410 15 75% 15 202 7% 47% 5 0 47
104 Marion County Sheriff Office 29,351 58 67% 57 194 12% 32% 29 8 333
105 Amherst Police Dept 11,850 25 44% 23 194 13% 17% 32 7 70
106 Vermillion Police Dept 10,892 27 90% 21 193 5% 62% 3 3 62
107 Solon Police Dept 22,318 50 93% 43 193 40% 40% 4 3 107
108 Celina City Police Dept 10,403 20 95% 20 192 5% 10% 1 3 86
109 Morgan County Sheriff Office 13,045 28 85% 25 192 4% 0% 5 4 94
110 Olmsted Falls Police Dept 8,376 18 72% 16 191 0% 56% 7 6 30
111 Pierce Twp Police Dept 11,002 21 62% 21 191 0% 10% 13 6 201
112 Austintown Police Dept 35,888 71 86% 68 189 21% 18% 12 13 289
113 Mason Police Dept 30,640 58 81% 57 186 5% 26% 14 7 169
114 Maumee Police Dept 14,024 26 93% 26 185 15% 31% 2 7 261
115 Marietta Police Dept 14,128 26 87% 26 184 12% 15% 4 13 188
116 Grove City Police Dept 32,472 70 41% 59 182 15% 51% 102 17 307
117 Warrensville Heights Police Dept 13,815 29 62% 25 181 100% 44% 18 34 146
118 Stow Police Dept 34,617 69 85% 61 176 16% 31% 12 13 270
119 Summit County Sheriff Office 50,551 92 68% 83 164 23% 23% 44 16 337
120 Miami County Sheriff Department 46,525 79 70% 76 163 3% 18% 34 8 226
121 Lorain Police Dept 70,861 117 36% 115 162 54% 29% 206 160 1,014
122 Wadsworth Police Dept 20,391 33 45% 33 162 12% 21% 40 4 98
123 Springfield Twp (Summit Co) Police Dept 15,449 24 46% 24 155 8% 25% 28 12 429
124 Portsmouth Police Dept 20,030 35 36% 31 155 23% 16% 63 19 340
125 Cuyahoga Falls City Police Dept 50,543 76 15% 76 150 13% 30% 447 19 552
126 Westerville Police Dept 34,907 55 69% 52 149 19% 40% 25 2 294
127 Richland County Sheriff Office 53,856 87 84% 80 149 9% 26% 17 23 314
128 University Heights Police Dept 12,865 19 100% 19 148 84% 11% 0 8 246
129 Washington County Sheriff Department 38,053 56 48% 54 142 9% 20% 61 21 157
130 Union County Sheriff Department 25,695 36 86% 36 140 6% 14% 6 1 43
131 Chillicothe Police Dept 22,227 30 79% 30 135 7% 17% 8 8 296
132 Miami Twp (Clermont Co) Police Dept 40,056 53 87% 52 130 6% 29% 8 9 245
133 Boardman Twp Police Dept 40,038 55 75% 50 125 38% 36% 18 22 646
134 West Carrollton Police Dept 12,897 18 62% 16 124 25% 38% 11 16 96
135 Marysville Police Dept 17,829 24 86% 22 123 5% 18% 4 0 83
136 Butler County Sheriff Office 71,638 111 53% 88 123 5% 24% 100 27 485
137 Circleville Police Dept 13,648 16 42% 16 117 6% 25% 22 5 201
138 Dublin Police Dept 37,326 41 91% 41 110 10% 34% 4 9 118
139 Monroe Police Dept 14,327 17 43% 15 105 13% 7% 23 33 211
140 Aurora Police Dept 14,512 16 84% 15 103 0% 40% 3 7 43
141 Youngstown Police Dept 81,521 95 23% 84 103 81% 18% 312 139 819
142 Crawford County Sheriff Department 15,072 15 56% 15 100 0% 0% 12 3 34
143 Riverside Police Dept 22,317 21 33% 21 94 0% 24% 43 16 296
144 Springfield City Police Dept 62,426 65 32% 58 93 47% 26% 138 196 1,801
145 Darke County Sheriff Department 34,044 32 82% 31 91 0% 35% 7 3 114
146 Madison Twp (Lake Co) Police Dept 16,953 16 73% 15 88 13% 53% 6 48 204
147 Wooster City Police Dept 25,914 22 67% 22 85 18% 23% 11 12 207
148 Hudson City Police Dept 23,248 19 83% 19 82 11% 42% 4 1 51
149 Parma City Police Dept 79,250 58 85% 58 73 9% 22% 10 19 179
150 Jackson Township 39,149 30 86% 28 72 14% 36% 5 10 414
151 Findlay Police Dept 38,038 27 44% 25 66 12% 24% 35 4 233
152 Warren City Police Dept 44,858 34 15% 29 65 55% 34% 197 283 410
153 Guernsey County Sheriff Department 26,312 16 80% 16 61 0% 31% 4 3 75
154 Tuscarawas County Sheriff Office 40,548 25 83% 24 59 0% 13% 5 2 55
155 Lakewood Police Dept 51,606 32 49% 30 58 33% 27% 33 5 48
156 Preble County Sheriff Office 28,180 17 50% 16 57 0% 25% 17 7 102
157 Pickaway County Sheriff Office 33,313 20 44% 18 54 11% 22% 25 5 215
158 Muskingum County Sheriff Office 52,569 33 72% 27 51 11% 41% 13 10 120
159 Clark County Sheriff Department 68,367 35 60% 35 51 17% 34% 23 11 352
160 Hamilton City Police Dept 62,330 199 23% 31 50 23% 29% 653 164 1,358
161 Geauga County Sheriff Department 54,719 23 92% 23 42 4% 26% 2 4 126
162 Lancaster Police Dept 36,735 15 42% 15 41 13% 0% 21 18 412
163 Licking County Sheriff Office 60,571 24 83% 20 33 0% 15% 5 1 162
164 Newark City Police Dept 47,373 18 15% 15 32 13% 13% 99 38 448
165 Stark County Sheriff Office 118,194 35 60% 35 30 11% 43% 23 36 645
166 Fairfield County Sheriff Office 75,141 17 74% 17 23 0% 18% 6 6 199
167 Dayton Police Dept 155,526 96 5% 31 20 65% 16% 1,846 650 3,550
168 Columbus Police Dept 735,981 81 23% 52 7 58% 19% 270 940 3,490

 

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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 168 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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