Top Local Agencies in Washington by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, 18 Arrest Minimum, (2006)

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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
Coulee Dam
1,099
40 95% 39 3,549 5% 5% 2 4 20
2
Grand Coulee
941
19 59% 19 2,019 0% 11% 13 3 35
3
Liberty Lake
5,709
69 77% 69 1,209 3% 36% 21 3 32
4
Blaine
4,404
51 82% 51 1,158 0% 12% 11 6 51
5
Castle Rock
2,140
23 66% 23 1,075 4% 26% 12 6 28
6
Clyde Hill
2,994
31 58% 31 1,035 10% 19% 22 3 6
7
Cle Elum
1,827
22 52% 18 985 0% 22% 20 1 69
8
Aberdeen
16,639
155 71% 155 932 2% 10% 64 30 499
9
Medina
3,084
28 85% 28 908 11% 4% 5 0 16
10
Goldendale
3,777
33 63% 29 768 3% 34% 19 6 97
11
Airway Heights
4,727
38 53% 35 740 6% 26% 34 12 161
12
Yelm
4,621
34 52% 34 736 0% 29% 32 18 173
13
Black Diamond
3,997
33 83% 29 726 0% 10% 7 6 28
14
Snohomish
8,870
67 60% 61 688 0% 25% 45 8 163
15
Clarkston
7,430
55 45% 51 686 2% 18% 66 5 122
16
Richland
45,078
294 64% 284 630 6% 23% 166 90 531
17
Port Orchard
8,123
50 59% 49 603 4% 20% 35 41 202
18
Puyallup
36,477
229 71% 215 589 7% 31% 92 43 1,103
19
Sedro Woolley
10,218
60 63% 60 587 2% 20% 35 9 248
20
Milton
6,579
39 53% 36 547 17% 19% 34 21 116
21
Shelton
9,221
51 46% 50 542 0% 28% 61 59 291
22
Wapato
4,698
25 24% 25 532 0% 40% 81 47 297
23
Kelso
12,058
66 47% 64 531 3% 23% 75 27 528
24
Montesano
3,457
18 41% 18 521 0% 44% 26 3 82
25
Bonney Lake
14,862
86 73% 76 511 1% 36% 32 19 200
26
Poulsbo
7,723
43 54% 39 505 3% 49% 36 18 107
27
Lynnwood
34,080
170 36% 165 484 15% 25% 308 82 1,337
28
Fircrest
6,191
29 71% 29 468 28% 34% 12 1 34
29
Whitman
8,816
44 79% 40 454 5% 25% 12 9 84
30
Gig Harbor
6,734
33 70% 30 446 7% 40% 14 7 144
31
Snoqualmie
6,187
27 59% 27 436 4% 44% 19 3 53
32
Moses Lake
17,082
73 63% 73 427 3% 29% 43 72 822
33
Pullman
25,696
110 87% 109 424 5% 39% 17 6 215
34
Ellensburg
17,205
73 63% 72 418 6% 29% 42 13 293
35
Monroe
15,922
84 55% 66 415 8% 24% 70 37 200
36
Toppenish
9,365
37 31% 37 395 0% 16% 83 26 460
37
Burlington
8,389
33 41% 33 393 0% 39% 47 12 487
38
Lake Stevens
7,688
30 56% 30 390 7% 37% 24 19 176
39
Washougal
10,916
45 54% 42 385 0% 29% 39 16 167
40
Kirkland
46,601
175 88% 172 369 5% 24% 25 40 534
41
Anacortes
16,359
58 59% 58 355 7% 38% 41 18 205
42
Wenatchee
29,879
109 54% 104 348 1% 29% 92 61 543
43
Jefferson
20,003
70 56% 68 340 0% 22% 54 27 169
44
Klickitat
13,383
47 62% 45 336 2% 18% 29 14 138
45
Othello
6,328
20 74% 20 316 0% 30% 7 16 209
46
East Wenatchee
8,971
30 94% 28 312 0% 39% 2 12 236
47
Steilacoom
6,246
22 81% 19 304 11% 21% 5 5 31
48
Issaquah
17,352
52 73% 52 300 8% 17% 19 4 319
49
Chelan
41,111
128 55% 120 292 0% 38% 104 18 356
50
Pasco
47,293
149 51% 137 290 9% 38% 146 90 704
51
Kittitas
17,290
50 55% 50 289 2% 28% 41 9 91
52
Centralia
15,669
46 35% 45 287 4% 13% 84 51 407
53
Brier
6,453
18 58% 18 279 0% 28% 13 2 36
54
Kennewick
62,045
192 43% 171 276 6% 29% 250 132 1,367
55
Enumclaw
11,083
30 79% 30 271 0% 33% 8 3 100
56
Spokane Valley
82,778
222 47% 222 268 2% 28% 252 200 1,070
57
Lynden
10,881
29 69% 29 267 3% 28% 13 5 69
58
Yakima
82,609
238 46% 219 265 5% 30% 280 221 2,127
59
Grandview
9,061
23 51% 23 254 0% 43% 22 20 227
60
Lake Forest Park
12,690
33 66% 31 244 23% 19% 17 3 47
61
Hoquiam
9,185
22 45% 22 240 0% 9% 27 7 191
62
Longview
36,758
94 31% 88 239 9% 27% 211 117 851
63
Port Townsend
9,156
21 51% 21 229 0% 38% 20 10 126
64
Bellevue
119,150
286 78% 273 229 16% 24% 81 113 993
65
Adams
9,013
21 53% 20 222 0% 40% 19 7 88
66
Marysville
30,403
67 39% 67 220 1% 33% 103 38 519
67
Mill Creek
13,733
32 54% 30 218 0% 30% 27 12 130
68
Cheney
10,534
24 89% 23 218 4% 43% 3 11 105
69
Auburn
47,895
104 22% 104 217 12% 24% 365 156 1,361
70
Redmond
48,397
102 71% 102 211 6% 25% 41 42 382
71
Skamania
10,119
22 36% 21 208 0% 10% 39 9 71
72
Lakewood
58,662
140 39% 116 198 41% 18% 220 203 815
73
Franklin
13,770
31 72% 26 189 0% 27% 12 10 77
74
Battle Ground
13,464
26 52% 25 186 0% 16% 24 18 221
75
Olympia
44,872
98 30% 83 185 5% 37% 225 54 784
76
Renton
56,776
112 46% 102 180 32% 9% 129 109 1,428
77
Grant
41,100
73 55% 72 175 4% 17% 60 56 267
78
Grays Harbor
29,458
61 38% 51 173 0% 8% 101 47 394
79
Pend Oreille
12,891
23 35% 22 171 0% 14% 42 6 87
80
Arlington
15,539
27 51% 26 167 0% 35% 26 19 390
81
Mountlake Terrace
20,599
35 36% 34 165 12% 26% 61 27 192
82
Mercer Island
23,255
37 86% 36 155 14% 42% 6 17 58
83
University Place
30,948
52 76% 46 149 43% 28% 16 37 219
84
Tacoma
199,264
310 31% 292 147 46% 19% 677 505 3,147
85
Oak Harbor
22,711
37 42% 33 145 18% 39% 51 20 281
86
Lewis
44,374
69 46% 62 140 0% 15% 81 44 534
87
Benton
38,236
65 47% 52 136 2% 21% 72 46 259
88
Bremerton
38,478
68 30% 52 135 15% 25% 157 186 633
89
Pacific
14,634
20 33% 19 130 0% 5% 41 10 121
90
Island
55,024
72 75% 71 129 1% 20% 24 35 271
91
Everett
98,264
124 35% 122 124 8% 19% 229 249 2,068
92
Stevens
33,389
55 62% 41 123 0% 17% 34 42 322
93
Edmonds
40,623
48 53% 48 118 13% 46% 42 20 290
94
Walla Walla
31,521
33 33% 33 105 0% 42% 68 47 415
95
Bellingham
75,828
166 59% 79 104 11% 37% 117 99 1,434
96
Douglas
26,411
30 48% 27 102 0% 33% 32 23 149
97
Kitsap
168,144
184 38% 153 91 3% 20% 300 251 1,013
98
Lacey
33,941
82 40% 29 85 10% 59% 123 51 654
99
Mount Vernon
29,774
24 32% 24 81 0% 33% 50 65 635
100
Skagit
47,670
34 58% 32 67 3% 13% 25 63 422
101
Mason
45,330
30 31% 29 64 0% 10% 67 79 222
102
Pierce
356,027
200 40% 171 48 11% 32% 296 350 1,862
103
Yakima
92,132
42 21% 41 45 0% 37% 154 111 674
104
Snohomish
326,772
96 38% 95 29 7% 24% 159 165 1,194
105
Seattle
583,772
110 2% 110 19 58% 32% 4,405 863 7,734

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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 105 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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