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Virginia Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by City/County and Race, Part 1 A-K (2007)

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  All White Black Other
City/County
Arrests
Rate
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Arrests
Rate
Pct.
Accomack 50 127 36 132 72% 14 121 28% 0 0 0%
Albemarle 164 176 109 140 66% 55 597 34% 0 0 0%
Alexandria city 210 152 77 79 37% 129 435 61% 4 47 2%
Alleghany 11 88 11 95 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Amelia 7 55 4 42 57% 3 100 43% 0 0 0%
Amherst 28 87 16 64 57% 12 191 43% 0 0 0%
Appomattox 13 92 6 55 46% 7 230 54% 0 0 0%
Arlington 247 123 119 74 48% 124 748 50% 4 21 2%
Augusta 5 7 5 7 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Bath 2   2   100% 0   0% 0   0%
Bedford 51 76 43 70 84% 7 152 14% 1 161 2%
Bedford city 59 949 43 901 73% 16 1,232 27% 0 0 0%
Bland 10 145 5 77 50% 5 1,573 50% 0 0 0%
Botetourt 68 210 63 208 93% 5 327 7% 0 0 0%
Bristol city 48 275 39 242 81% 9 870 19% 0 0 0%
Brunswick 37 208 7 91 19% 30 301 81% 0 0 0%
Buchanan 11 46 11 48 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Buckingham 20 124 13 132 65% 7 117 35% 0 0 0%
Buena Vista city 9 139 9 150 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Campbell 29 55 24 55 83% 5 63 17% 0 0 0%
Caroline 48 175 23 123 48% 25 320 52% 0 0 0%
Carroll 35 119 34 118 97% 1 344 3% 0 0 0%
Charles City 1 14 0 0 0% 1 29 100% 0 0 0%
Charlotte 10 80 7 83 70% 3 77 30% 0 0 0%
Charlottesville city 3 7 1 3 33% 2 24 67% 0 0 0%
Chesapeake city 859 362 408 261 48% 448 634 52% 3 46 0%
Chesterfield 950 315 548 247 58% 394 605 41% 8 80 1%
Clarke 25 169 24 176 96% 1 114 4% 0 0 0%
Colonial Heights city 132 744 78 525 59% 53 2,465 40% 1 190 1%
Covington city 5 83 4 80 80% 1 120 20% 0 0 0%
Craig 7 135 7 137 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Culpeper 103 223 62 168 60% 41 539 40% 0 0 0%
Cumberland 13 144 5 87 38% 8 261 62% 0 0 0%
Danville city 162 359 45 190 28% 116 565 72% 1 209 1%
Dickenson 5 32 5 32 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Dinwiddie 23 91 11 66 48% 12 147 52% 0 0 0%
Emporia city 62 1,106 24 1,034 39% 38 1,184 61% 0 0 0%
Essex 24 224 11 175 46% 13 317 54% 0 0 0%
Fairfax 526 52 354 49 67% 158 164 30% 14 9 3%
Falls Church city 5 46 5 55 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Fauquier 117 173 92 155 79% 23 378 20% 2 173 2%
Floyd 11 74 11 76 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Fluvanna 45 175 28 134 62% 17 387 38% 0 0 0%
Franklin 63 123 53 116 84% 10 216 16% 0 0 0%
Franklin city 51 576 16 400 31% 35 747 69% 0 0 0%
Frederick 50 69 42 62 84% 6 186 12% 2 200 4%
Fredericksburg city 91 423 59 367 65% 32 730 35% 0 0 0%
Galax city 144 331 128 325 89% 15 488 10% 1 190 1%
Giles 17 97 16 94 94% 1 328 6% 0 0 0%
Gloucester 95 245 72 213 76% 23 589 24% 0 0 0%
Goochland 19 93 16 102 84% 3 69 16% 0 0 0%
Grayson 14 87 13 84 93% 1 258 7% 0 0 0%
Greene 12 67 10 61 83% 2 161 17% 0 0 0%
Greensville 52 477 17 400 33% 35 534 67% 0 0 0%
Halifax 6 22 3 18 50% 3 29 50% 0 0 0%
Hampton city 796 551 211 305 27% 580 850 73% 5 137 1%
Hanover 268 266 207 235 77% 59 593 22% 2 127 1%
Harrisonburg city 135 330 113 317 84% 20 731 15% 2 125 1%
Henrico 594 207 281 150 47% 310 391 52% 3 19 1%
Henry 83 149 63 149 76% 20 160 24% 0 0 0%
Hopewell city 72 317 35 264 49% 37 427 51% 0 0 0%
Isle Of Wight 22 62 12 47 55% 10 112 45% 0 0 0%
James City 143 233 89 176 62% 54 622 38% 0 0 0%
King George 51 226 33 189 65% 18 426 35% 0 0 0%
King William 11 70 9 74 82% 2 67 18% 0 0 0%
King and Queen 5 72 1 22 20% 3 137 60% 1 869 20%

Virginia Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by City/County and Race, Part 2 L-Y (2007)

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Notes:

Classification: The Uniform Crime Reporting Program utilizes 4 classifications for race: White, Black, Indian (Native-American), and Asian. In the tables above the classification “Other” includes both Indian (Native-American) and Asian arrests.

Rates: Arrrest rates are per 100,000 population.

Source: Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data

Because of incomplete reporting the arrest totals presented in tables with data on age, sex, and race will NOT always correspond to totals presented in other tables. Please review the following background material for More Information on Source Data.