The Bulletin of Cannabis Reform

			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	Tappahannock	2,176	55	65%	47	2,160	30%	23%	29	4	42
2	Onley	501	10	83%	10	1,996	60%	30%	2	0	27
3	Bedford	6,273	101	67%	99	1,578	22%	18%	50	16	157
4	Haymarket	1,094	13	76%	11	1,005	45%	27%	4	1	4
5	Damascus	1,094	10	63%	10	914	0%	30%	6	1	7
6	Strasburg	4,312	38	93%	38	881	8%	39%	3	0	35
7	Emporia	5,643	49	75%	48	851	67%	19%	16	24	195
8	Gate City	2,093	17	74%	17	812	6%	41%	6	2	12
9	Radford	14,720	123	59%	119	808	16%	25%	84	30	227
10	Fredericksburg	20,939	159	53%	146	697	34%	17%	142	47	334
11	Colonial Heights	17,742	137	77%	120	676	29%	24%	41	25	577
12	Lynchburg	67,640	453	58%	443	655	65%	23%	325	78	1,310
13	Newport News	181,692	1,090	54%	1,014	558	73%	26%	938	487	2,961
14	Williamsburg	11,868	71	72%	66	556	45%	30%	27	13	162
15	Roanoke	93,554	476	43%	436	466	63%	27%	625	371	2,044
16	Franklin	8,680	41	52%	39	449	59%	26%	38	29	169
17	Staunton	23,570	101	64%	98	416	23%	26%	58	24	337
18	Rocky Mount	4,614	19	58%	18	390	17%	33%	14	4	83
19	Marion	6,225	40	34%	24	386	8%	21%	76	12	158
20	Chincoteague	4,460	18	38%	17	381	6%	6%	29	2	37
21	Bluefield	5,039	21	53%	19	377	42%	21%	19	3	95
22	Martinsville	15,074	56	65%	56	372	64%	32%	30	28	361
23	Chesapeake	221,150	867	59%	769	348	54%	27%	611	270	2,131
24	Winchester	25,369	90	45%	88	347	15%	34%	112	32	621
25	Galax	6,743	23	53%	23	341	13%	9%	20	10	133
26	Manassas Park	11,738	44	76%	40	341	35%	45%	14	11	75
27	Clifton Forge	4,118	16	70%	14	340	7%	21%	7	6	52
28	Norton	3,714	12	40%	12	323	0%	0%	18	7	95
29	Orange	4,473	17	57%	14	313	7%	50%	13	6	65
30	Hampton	147,030	557	47%	455	309	71%	28%	622	253	1,871
31	Leesburg	36,630	127	69%	111	303	23%	39%	56	41	281
32	Stafford	119,049	371	74%	357	300	31%	37%	133	80	785
33	Culpeper	12,167	38	52%	36	296	42%	11%	35	36	343
34	Prince William County Police Department	344,711	1,027	72%	1,013	294	42%	32%	397	435	2,619
35	South Boston	8,196	25	33%	24	293	75%	46%	51	6	141
36	Christiansburg	18,105	55	55%	53	293	8%	17%	45	10	203
37	Virginia Beach	442,784	1,476	60%	1,286	290	43%	34%	994	495	6,039
38	Harrisonburg	40,841	125	70%	118	289	17%	22%	53	48	322
39	Portsmouth	101,167	326	31%	286	283	78%	21%	719	189	1,300
40	Petersburg	32,929	104	32%	91	276	90%	35%	219	148	890
41	Wythe	19,219	55	37%	52	271	8%	12%	95	15	80
42	Waynesboro	21,481	71	49%	58	270	14%	17%	75	76	400
43	Salem	24,900	74	58%	66	265	23%	36%	53	38	278
44	Bristol	17,508	49	25%	43	246	30%	19%	147	51	299
45	Spotsylvania	117,711	346	67%	287	244	31%	28%	170	68	616
46	Chesterfield County Police Department	291,755	752	62%	676	232	35%	35%	454	314	4,112
47	Smithfield	6,908	16	57%	16	232	56%	50%	12	16	53
48	Henrico County Police Department	283,377	686	57%	654	231	59%	28%	515	436	3,324
49	Hanover	91,331	219	60%	207	227	21%	39%	149	40	605
50	Warren	21,266	49	79%	47	221	6%	26%	13	1	28
51	Pulaski	9,179	23	31%	20	218	10%	35%	51	24	225
52	King George	20,843	54	54%	44	211	43%	14%	46	12	170
53	Manassas	37,943	83	44%	80	211	24%	34%	106	62	260
54	Hopewell	22,916	59	42%	48	209	67%	21%	81	42	289
55	Richmond	195,708	445	21%	372	190	88%	21%	1,642	649	2,629
56	Botetourt	32,346	72	38%	61	189	7%	30%	117	17	211
57	Louisa	28,782	56	75%	54	188	19%	15%	19	13	120
58	Fauquier	56,924	106	60%	102	179	22%	32%	71	36	252
59	Amherst	30,207	60	57%	54	179	26%	13%	46	25	147
60	Nottoway	9,329	16	35%	16	172	44%	0%	30	9	49
61	Norfolk	234,266	430	49%	397	169	79%	22%	439	258	1,723
62	Poquoson	11,929	21	70%	20	168	0%	80%	9	2	65
63	James City County Police Department	58,098	108	79%	97	167	31%	48%	28	38	465
64	Abingdon	8,004	16	67%	13	162	15%	0%	8	9	179
65	Albemarle County Police Department	91,621	154	57%	147	160	35%	22%	117	33	754
66	Arlington County Police Department	197,918	336	68%	298	151	46%	30%	157	132	1,114
67	Gloucester	38,164	89	66%	56	147	20%	41%	46	8	165
68	Danville	46,603	69	52%	64	137	64%	23%	63	16	546
69	Front Royal	14,644	20	61%	20	137	15%	30%	13	16	201
70	Alexandria	136,686	201	55%	179	131	61%	25%	164	158	962
71	Brunswick	16,930	25	60%	22	130	82%	45%	17	14	83
72	Buckingham	16,218	21	54%	21	129	48%	14%	18	8	101
73	Madison	13,532	18	95%	17	126	35%	6%	1	3	85
74	York	62,373	88	45%	77	123	12%	23%	106	25	320
75	New Kent	16,268	25	78%	20	123	10%	30%	7	11	72
76	Prince George County Police Department	37,091	53	76%	45	121	51%	36%	17	18	121
77	Greensville	11,199	13	54%	13	116	85%	8%	11	22	82
78	Loudoun	215,819	265	70%	245	114	27%	28%	112	66	740
79	Northumberland	12,955	16	48%	13	100	38%	23%	17	9	103
80	Herndon	22,184	24	57%	22	99	23%	27%	18	25	164
81	Clarke	11,159	12	57%	11	99	9%	18%	9	14	43
82	Culpeper	30,787	30	48%	30	97	37%	27%	32	13	134
83	Wise	27,536	27	36%	26	94	15%	19%	49	31	444
84	Rockbridge	20,425	20	45%	18	88	11%	28%	24	8	125
85	Smyth	23,034	37	40%	20	87	5%	25%	56	26	292
86	Isle Of Wight	26,842	27	43%	23	86	48%	22%	36	14	118
87	King William	11,836	12	43%	10	84	30%	40%	16	13	72
88	Montgomery	27,518	23	48%	23	84	9%	22%	25	34	197
89	Appomattox	14,106	13	68%	11	78	45%	55%	6	2	46
90	Fluvanna	24,998	21	60%	19	76	16%	37%	14	9	50
91	Powhatan	26,863	21	57%	18	67	11%	33%	16	4	94
92	Bedford	65,937	52	53%	44	67	27%	23%	46	49	533
93	Tazewell	30,077	21	42%	20	67	0%	10%	29	22	243
94	Roanoke County Police Department	81,240	50	67%	49	60	29%	41%	25	10	117
95	Halifax	27,144	16	53%	16	59	44%	19%	14	17	78
96	Russell	24,841	16	35%	14	56	0%	14%	30	15	245
97	Henry	57,064	47	36%	32	56	22%	28%	83	112	566
98	Suffolk	79,781	57	18%	42	53	60%	24%	259	75	751
99	Shenandoah	26,489	13	87%	13	49	8%	38%	2	13	172
100	Franklin	46,233	21	50%	20	43	5%	10%	21	16	121

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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 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

More Information on Source Data

Top Local Agencies in Virginia by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, 10 Arrest Minimum, (2006)