Marijuana Arrests | Other Arrests | ||||||||||
Rank | Agency | Population |
Total
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Pct. of All Drug Arrests
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Poss.
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Poss. Rate
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Black Pct.
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Males Age
15 to 19 Pct. |
Other Drugs
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Violent
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Property
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1 | Eautawville Police Dept | 329 | 43 | 74% | 33 | 10,030 | 70% | 21% | 15 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Chapin Police Dept | 698 | 28 | 74% | 28 | 4,011 | 21% | 43% | 10 | 2 | 14 |
3 | Latta Police Dept | 1,501 | 59 | 73% | 55 | 3,664 | 38% | 7% | 22 | 26 | 28 |
4 | Folly Beach Public Safety | 2,339 | 83 | 80% | 82 | 3,506 | 6% | 26% | 21 | 1 | 44 |
5 | Pelion | 599 | 19 | 73% | 19 | 3,172 | 11% | 37% | 7 | 2 | 17 |
6 | Swansea | 784 | 27 | 77% | 23 | 2,934 | 39% | 17% | 8 | 5 | 9 |
7 | Lakeview Police Dept | 789 | 23 | 88% | 23 | 2,915 | 39% | 30% | 3 | 4 | 17 |
8 | Yemassee Police Dept | 857 | 25 | 76% | 24 | 2,800 | 58% | 21% | 8 | 1 | 5 |
9 | Duncan Police Dept | 3,020 | 79 | 90% | 76 | 2,517 | 66% | 22% | 9 | 11 | 67 |
10 | North Town Police Dept | 778 | 21 | 64% | 19 | 2,442 | 58% | 5% | 12 | 4 | 8 |
11 | Marion Police Dept | 6,949 | 172 | 78% | 167 | 2,403 | 56% | 26% | 48 | 39 | 199 |
12 | Inman Police Dept | 1,942 | 42 | 59% | 40 | 2,060 | 30% | 30% | 29 | 7 | 36 |
13 | Turbeville Police Dept | 721 | 14 | 74% | 14 | 1,942 | 50% | 43% | 5 | 1 | 3 |
14 | Myrtle Beach Police Dept | 29,361 | 620 | 62% | 559 | 1,904 | 38% | 24% | 385 | 216 | 1,747 |
15 | Mcbee Police Dept | 713 | 15 | 94% | 13 | 1,823 | 0% | 54% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
16 | Wagener Police Dept | 878 | 17 | 81% | 15 | 1,708 | 87% | 27% | 4 | 7 | 21 |
17 | Hartsville Police Dept | 7,460 | 130 | 76% | 119 | 1,595 | 43% | 41% | 42 | 55 | 360 |
18 | Travelers Rest Police Dept | 4,396 | 69 | 59% | 69 | 1,570 | 16% | 23% | 48 | 7 | 99 |
19 | Lyman Police Dept | 2,812 | 39 | 65% | 39 | 1,387 | 28% | 36% | 21 | 8 | 61 |
20 | South Congaree Police Dept | 2,413 | 78 | 75% | 33 | 1,368 | 24% | 18% | 26 | 3 | 30 |
21 | Darlington Police Dept | 6,525 | 99 | 58% | 89 | 1,364 | 66% | 26% | 73 | 62 | 247 |
22 | Pageland Police Dept | 2,539 | 36 | 78% | 34 | 1,339 | 76% | 18% | 10 | 38 | 78 |
23 | Isle Of Palms Police Dept | 4,653 | 63 | 78% | 62 | 1,332 | 15% | 21% | 18 | 2 | 34 |
24 | Elgin | 1,080 | 19 | 73% | 14 | 1,296 | 14% | 36% | 7 | 1 | 39 |
25 | Walterboro Police Dept | 5,601 | 73 | 65% | 72 | 1,285 | 68% | 33% | 40 | 46 | 152 |
26 | Whitmire Police Dept | 1,543 | 19 | 58% | 19 | 1,231 | 42% | 11% | 14 | 2 | 22 |
27 | Johnsonville Police Dept | 1,461 | 17 | 41% | 17 | 1,164 | 71% | 41% | 24 | 1 | 56 |
28 | North Charleston Police Dept | 88,431 | 1,029 | 51% | 991 | 1,121 | 69% | 25% | 989 | 455 | 2,170 |
29 | Kingstree Police Dept | 3,317 | 36 | 78% | 36 | 1,085 | 92% | 28% | 10 | 10 | 74 |
30 | Newberry Police Dept | 10,927 | 128 | 63% | 118 | 1,080 | 73% | 26% | 75 | 44 | 226 |
31 | Pickens City Police Dept | 2,990 | 35 | 59% | 32 | 1,070 | 6% | 66% | 24 | 11 | 80 |
32 | Clover Police Dept | 4,493 | 52 | 73% | 46 | 1,024 | 20% | 28% | 19 | 36 | 37 |
33 | Ridgeland Police Dept | 2,640 | 29 | 57% | 27 | 1,023 | 41% | 22% | 22 | 6 | 39 |
34 | Hampton Police Dept | 2,780 | 29 | 88% | 28 | 1,007 | 68% | 32% | 4 | 5 | 52 |
35 | Chester Police Dept | 6,074 | 64 | 72% | 60 | 988 | 67% | 22% | 25 | 41 | 94 |
36 | Fountain Inn Police Dept | 7,261 | 71 | 63% | 70 | 964 | 41% | 24% | 41 | 28 | 123 |
37 | North Myrtle Beach Police Dept | 15,577 | 146 | 82% | 146 | 937 | 14% | 36% | 33 | 45 | 468 |
38 | Lexington Police Dept | 14,715 | 143 | 76% | 134 | 911 | 31% | 38% | 46 | 19 | 165 |
39 | Bluffton Police Dept | 3,791 | 39 | 63% | 34 | 897 | 38% | 29% | 23 | 35 | 169 |
40 | Bamberg Police Dept | 3,480 | 31 | 70% | 31 | 891 | 90% | 35% | 13 | 12 | 81 |
41 | Lake City Police Dept | 6,693 | 64 | 68% | 59 | 882 | 80% | 37% | 30 | 46 | 201 |
42 | Great Falls Police Dept | 2,052 | 22 | 81% | 18 | 877 | 67% | 33% | 5 | 4 | 24 |
43 | Cheraw City Police Dept | 5,417 | 56 | 67% | 47 | 868 | 64% | 28% | 27 | 32 | 174 |
44 | Springdale Town Police Dept | 2,956 | 24 | 50% | 24 | 812 | 17% | 25% | 24 | 2 | 20 |
45 | Lancaster Police Dept | 8,393 | 73 | 53% | 66 | 786 | 80% | 30% | 64 | 54 | 274 |
46 | Charleston City Police Dept | 109,382 | 835 | 68% | 834 | 762 | 67% | 23% | 388 | 309 | 1,787 |
47 | Georgetown Police Dept | 8,668 | 65 | 58% | 65 | 750 | 60% | 26% | 48 | 69 | 373 |
48 | Camden Police Dept | 7,071 | 64 | 66% | 53 | 750 | 60% | 23% | 33 | 63 | 177 |
49 | Surfside Beach Police Dept | 4,846 | 37 | 61% | 35 | 722 | 17% | 29% | 24 | 12 | 84 |
50 | Ware Shoals Police Dept | 2,359 | 19 | 45% | 17 | 721 | 41% | 18% | 23 | 8 | 29 |
51 | Cowpens Police Dept | 2,364 | 23 | 82% | 17 | 719 | 41% | 18% | 5 | 0 | 15 |
52 | Aiken Police Dept | 29,256 | 222 | 74% | 204 | 697 | 56% | 26% | 79 | 45 | 399 |
53 | Cayce Police Dept | 12,659 | 91 | 68% | 87 | 687 | 39% | 29% | 43 | 28 | 124 |
54 | Batesburg-Leesville Police Dept | 5,620 | 39 | 68% | 38 | 676 | 47% | 16% | 18 | 23 | 88 |
55 | Conway Police Dept | 14,285 | 98 | 58% | 96 | 672 | 47% | 22% | 71 | 72 | 577 |
56 | Orangeburg Dept Of Public Safety | 13,674 | 98 | 59% | 91 | 666 | 74% | 19% | 67 | 40 | 407 |
57 | Dillon Town Police Dept | 6,382 | 41 | 66% | 41 | 642 | 51% | 24% | 21 | 53 | 186 |
58 | Beaufort Police Dept | 11,960 | 89 | 78% | 76 | 635 | 61% | 24% | 25 | 42 | 385 |
59 | Landrum Police Dept | 2,554 | 16 | 64% | 16 | 626 | 0% | 44% | 9 | 3 | 30 |
60 | Rock Hill Police Dept | 63,388 | 406 | 64% | 394 | 622 | 56% | 30% | 224 | 327 | 1,136 |
61 | Florence Police Dept | 31,377 | 208 | 52% | 194 | 618 | 71% | 22% | 190 | 162 | 792 |
62 | Wellford Police Dept | 2,315 | 15 | 48% | 14 | 605 | 50% | 57% | 16 | 12 | 32 |
63 | Gaffney Police Dept | 12,945 | 77 | 60% | 77 | 595 | 55% | 30% | 51 | 43 | 226 |
64 | Timmonsville Police Dept | 2,384 | 14 | 50% | 14 | 587 | 50% | 0% | 14 | 14 | 38 |
65 | Chesterfield County Sheriff Office | 33,645 | 207 | 61% | 193 | 574 | 41% | 17% | 133 | 36 | 225 |
66 | Moncks Corner Police Dept | 6,645 | 40 | 82% | 38 | 572 | 45% | 34% | 9 | 19 | 249 |
67 | Mauldin Police Dept | 20,494 | 125 | 71% | 115 | 561 | 22% | 44% | 50 | 52 | 255 |
68 | York Police Dept | 7,537 | 44 | 75% | 42 | 557 | 29% | 40% | 15 | 51 | 215 |
69 | Florence County Sheriff Office | 88,597 | 514 | 61% | 491 | 554 | 66% | 20% | 327 | 118 | 477 |
70 | Hanahan Police Dept | 13,983 | 76 | 54% | 76 | 544 | 41% | 34% | 66 | 39 | 265 |
71 | Easley Police Dept | 19,372 | 112 | 53% | 105 | 542 | 14% | 27% | 100 | 44 | 278 |
72 | Greenwood Police Dept | 22,428 | 122 | 41% | 121 | 540 | 64% | 18% | 175 | 143 | 738 |
73 | Saluda Town Police Dept | 2,979 | 16 | 76% | 16 | 537 | 69% | 6% | 5 | 22 | 35 |
74 | Anderson Police Dept | 26,326 | 149 | 62% | 139 | 528 | 64% | 30% | 91 | 79 | 413 |
75 | Irmo Police Dept | 11,364 | 68 | 80% | 57 | 502 | 47% | 37% | 17 | 9 | 68 |
76 | York County Sheriff Department | 117,499 | 646 | 53% | 576 | 490 | 31% | 23% | 562 | 206 | 884 |
77 | Spartanburg Public Safety Dept | 38,388 | 200 | 60% | 188 | 490 | 80% | 26% | 133 | 202 | 1,016 |
78 | Richland County Sheriff Department | 217,895 | 1,280 | 65% | 1,056 | 485 | 78% | 20% | 691 | 500 | 1,564 |
79 | Belton City Police Dept | 4,607 | 26 | 58% | 22 | 478 | 36% | 23% | 19 | 7 | 45 |
80 | Honea Path Police Dept | 3,628 | 17 | 40% | 17 | 469 | 59% | 6% | 25 | 10 | 91 |
81 | Abbeville Police Dept | 5,659 | 38 | 54% | 26 | 459 | 58% | 31% | 33 | 47 | 125 |
82 | Summerville Police Dept | 43,985 | 214 | 56% | 198 | 450 | 35% | 35% | 167 | 55 | 393 |
83 | Greenville Police Dept | 57,595 | 262 | 54% | 246 | 427 | 56% | 20% | 227 | 223 | 1,230 |
84 | Beaufort County Sheriff Office | 120,640 | 546 | 62% | 492 | 408 | 40% | 28% | 332 | 242 | 886 |
85 | North Augusta City Police Dept | 20,270 | 88 | 55% | 82 | 405 | 38% | 24% | 71 | 21 | 377 |
86 | Saluda County Sheriff Department | 15,730 | 64 | 62% | 62 | 394 | 34% | 34% | 39 | 14 | 66 |
87 | Clinton Town Police Dept | 9,018 | 39 | 29% | 35 | 388 | 71% | 26% | 94 | 22 | 86 |
88 | West Columbia Police Dept | 13,729 | 89 | 47% | 52 | 379 | 46% | 13% | 100 | 49 | 324 |
89 | Union Dept Of Public Safety | 8,167 | 44 | 56% | 30 | 367 | 70% | 53% | 35 | 60 | 120 |
90 | Berkeley County Sheriff Office | 91,860 | 388 | 60% | 327 | 356 | 40% | 31% | 264 | 219 | 944 |
91 | Barnwell Police Dept | 4,847 | 18 | 62% | 17 | 351 | 59% | 6% | 11 | 24 | 135 |
92 | Manning Town Police Dept | 4,016 | 23 | 59% | 14 | 349 | 79% | 29% | 16 | 15 | 80 |
93 | Jasper County Sheriff Department | 17,676 | 61 | 48% | 61 | 345 | 36% | 21% | 65 | 25 | 129 |
94 | Mount Pleasant Police Dept | 60,746 | 221 | 74% | 205 | 337 | 21% | 40% | 79 | 122 | 473 |
95 | Williamston Police Dept | 3,914 | 13 | 38% | 13 | 332 | 8% | 46% | 21 | 8 | 80 |
96 | Goose Creek Police Dept | 32,139 | 117 | 71% | 106 | 330 | 39% | 36% | 47 | 46 | 428 |
97 | Hampton County Sheriff Department | 13,001 | 44 | 46% | 42 | 323 | 81% | 14% | 51 | 35 | 43 |
98 | Clarendon County Sheriff Department | 27,983 | 110 | 61% | 89 | 318 | 58% | 19% | 69 | 53 | 135 |
99 | Newberry County Sheriff Office | 24,828 | 80 | 61% | 78 | 314 | 59% | 29% | 51 | 45 | 275 |
100 | Central Police Dept | 4,147 | 14 | 70% | 13 | 313 | 15% | 54% | 6 | 10 | 67 |
101 | Fairfield County Sheriff Department | 20,435 | 66 | 48% | 64 | 313 | 67% | 19% | 71 | 78 | 196 |
102 | Greer Police Dept | 23,224 | 81 | 41% | 71 | 306 | 24% | 41% | 116 | 40 | 323 |
103 | Sumter Police Dept | 38,955 | 134 | 53% | 118 | 303 | 82% | 35% | 120 | 144 | 758 |
104 | Seneca Police Dept | 8,076 | 31 | 40% | 24 | 297 | 50% | 29% | 46 | 22 | 140 |
105 | Forest Acres Police Dept | 9,818 | 32 | 82% | 29 | 295 | 59% | 41% | 7 | 21 | 160 |
106 | Laurens Police Dept | 9,841 | 34 | 52% | 29 | 295 | 62% | 21% | 32 | 61 | 198 |
107 | Dorchester County Sheriff Department | 72,082 | 250 | 74% | 212 | 294 | 40% | 28% | 90 | 108 | 386 |
108 | Edgefield Police Dept | 4,529 | 17 | 74% | 13 | 287 | 85% | 23% | 6 | 5 | 22 |
109 | Town Of Fort Mill Police Dept | 8,709 | 25 | 63% | 24 | 276 | 17% | 46% | 15 | 21 | 82 |
110 | Mullins Town Police Dept | 4,820 | 13 | 76% | 13 | 270 | 92% | 8% | 4 | 10 | 56 |
111 | Lancaster County Sheriff Office | 56,157 | 161 | 58% | 151 | 269 | 36% | 30% | 117 | 100 | 655 |
112 | Union County Sheriff Department | 19,271 | 75 | 47% | 50 | 259 | 36% | 28% | 83 | 55 | 207 |
113 | Calhoun County Sheriff Department | 12,726 | 35 | 67% | 32 | 251 | 53% | 19% | 17 | 31 | 92 |
114 | Colleton County Sheriff Department | 32,975 | 86 | 65% | 80 | 243 | 60% | 19% | 46 | 60 | 149 |
115 | Cherokee County Sheriff Department | 39,722 | 101 | 33% | 93 | 234 | 43% | 13% | 207 | 73 | 448 |
116 | Darlington County Sheriff Office | 52,511 | 136 | 37% | 122 | 232 | 66% | 20% | 227 | 124 | 434 |
117 | Bennetsville Police Dept | 10,898 | 34 | 43% | 23 | 211 | 70% | 22% | 46 | 56 | 163 |
118 | Greenwood County Sheriff Office | 42,951 | 96 | 54% | 89 | 207 | 45% | 13% | 82 | 136 | 393 |
119 | Town Of Port Royal Police Dept | 9,959 | 22 | 85% | 20 | 201 | 50% | 30% | 4 | 8 | 73 |
120 | Charleston County Sheriff Department | 81,017 | 195 | 45% | 159 | 196 | 52% | 28% | 243 | 350 | 853 |
121 | Greenville County Sheriff Office | 307,633 | 634 | 45% | 577 | 188 | 49% | 26% | 761 | 802 | 2,950 |
122 | Horry County Police Department | 179,873 | 354 | 53% | 337 | 187 | 24% | 31% | 309 | 575 | 2,360 |
123 | Georgetown County Sheriff Office | 50,353 | 108 | 46% | 93 | 185 | 44% | 22% | 128 | 141 | 646 |
124 | Simpsonville Police Dept | 16,211 | 30 | 55% | 29 | 179 | 34% | 41% | 25 | 91 | 243 |
125 | Edgefield County Sheriff Department | 18,569 | 52 | 56% | 33 | 178 | 58% | 15% | 41 | 11 | 85 |
126 | Kershaw County Sheriff Department | 50,212 | 85 | 61% | 77 | 153 | 44% | 16% | 55 | 37 | 181 |
127 | Columbia Police Dept | 120,549 | 194 | 60% | 159 | 132 | 81% | 28% | 130 | 135 | 415 |
128 | Aiken County Sheriff Department | 97,333 | 127 | 38% | 122 | 125 | 43% | 16% | 208 | 143 | 625 |
129 | Sumter County Sheriff Department | 66,414 | 104 | 53% | 83 | 125 | 76% | 20% | 93 | 209 | 221 |
130 | Chester County Sheriff Department | 24,064 | 38 | 34% | 30 | 125 | 30% | 43% | 74 | 48 | 195 |
131 | Orangeburg County Sheriff Department | 70,815 | 89 | 55% | 78 | 110 | 74% | 35% | 73 | 103 | 490 |
132 | Marion County Sheriff Department | 22,724 | 28 | 55% | 25 | 110 | 76% | 28% | 23 | 57 | 183 |
133 | Lexington County Sheriff Department | 184,284 | 235 | 62% | 200 | 109 | 31% | 24% | 147 | 108 | 756 |
134 | Oconee County Sheriff Department | 57,272 | 70 | 44% | 62 | 108 | 16% | 32% | 90 | 61 | 301 |
135 | Dillon County Sheriff Office | 22,641 | 34 | 45% | 24 | 106 | 42% | 46% | 42 | 72 | 133 |
136 | Anderson County Sheriff Department | 140,828 | 174 | 40% | 130 | 92 | 36% | 26% | 264 | 285 | 1,429 |
137 | Lee County Sheriff Department | 16,289 | 20 | 43% | 14 | 86 | 100% | 21% | 26 | 27 | 86 |
138 | Spartanburg County Sheriff Office | 205,672 | 185 | 29% | 163 | 79 | 56% | 15% | 444 | 360 | 1,584 |
139 | Laurens County Sheriff Office | 50,575 | 53 | 35% | 37 | 73 | 43% | 16% | 97 | 118 | 455 |
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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 139 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