Top Local Agencies in Arizona by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, (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
St. Johns
3,673
52 67% 52 1,416 4% 52% 26 21 122
2
Parker
3,345
38 75% 38 1,136 5% 34% 13 6 27
3
Quartzsite
3,527
43 70% 36 1,021 11% 11% 18 5 39
4
Benson
5,123
52 70% 52 1,015 0% 21% 22 8 134
5
Flagstaff
59,585
604 83% 591 992 6% 22% 120 236 1,661
6
South Tucson
5,775
52 24% 52 900 13% 13% 169 47 444
7
Miami
1,911
16 46% 16 837 0% 38% 19 17 35
8
Globe
7,462
66 63% 58 777 3% 34% 38 31 264
9
Willcox
3,913
31 55% 29 741 0% 24% 25 21 71
10
Williams
3,212
21 95% 21 654 5% 14% 1 11 64
11
Holbrook
5,322
36 78% 34 639 3% 50% 10 37 206
12
Coolidge
8,466
55 68% 54 638 19% 31% 26 45 286
13
Show Low
10,382
62 65% 62 597 3% 32% 33 41 241
14
Cottonwood
11,310
77 57% 61 539 3% 28% 57 32 214
15
Sahuarita
9,351
54 77% 49 524 0% 45% 16 9 110
16
Prescott Valley
34,332
175 59% 172 501 2% 28% 123 87 456
17
Tucson
535,232
2,539 36% 2,448 457 11% 28% 4,534 870 8,969
18
Yuma
87,925
402 72% 390 444 8% 32% 158 257 1,226
19
Tolleson
6,202
30 75% 27 435 15% 41% 10 27 94
20
Bullhead City
40,596
189 51% 175 431 4% 20% 179 94 753
21
El Mirage
23,018
97 56% 97 421 10% 42% 76 58 270
22
La Paz
14,140
63 74% 59 417 7% 8% 22 14 49
23
Tempe
167,303
724 64% 662 396 18% 22% 408 202 2,077
24
Wickenburg
6,462
25 63% 25 387 4% 16% 15 4 66
25
Oro Valley
39,907
158 52% 153 383 5% 34% 147 11 221
26
Camp Verde
10,543
51 66% 40 379 3% 25% 26 12 136
27
Nogales
21,629
83 82% 82 379 2% 52% 18 118 285
28
Buckeye
9,987
38 61% 36 360 6% 36% 24 15 119
29
Kingman
26,524
100 58% 95 358 4% 19% 72 81 559
30
Pima
342,774
1,354 49% 1,203 351 5% 28% 1,423 268 2,727
31
Pima
2,040
7 78% 7 343 0% 57% 2 3 15
32
Somerton
10,456
35 65% 35 335 3% 29% 19 21 107
33
Casa Grande
34,111
112 55% 109 320 7% 32% 91 73 697
34
Cochise
50,943
177 86% 160 314 9% 25% 28 130 296
35
Youngtown
4,175
16 36% 13 311 8% 8% 29 20 25
36
Prescott
41,903
133 58% 130 310 3% 32% 95 82 629
37
Sedona
11,649
35 46% 35 300 0% 20% 41 13 85
38
Gilbert
180,640
528 72% 503 278 6% 35% 204 119 1,404
39
Yuma
65,419
187 76% 175 268 8% 14% 60 56 217
40
Eloy
11,270
33 28% 30 266 20% 43% 84 23 223
41
Winslow
10,311
29 62% 27 262 0% 30% 18 44 232
42
Chino Valley
10,081
34 56% 26 258 0% 23% 27 11 85
43
Coconino
54,323
139 91% 139 256 3% 20% 13 48 222
44
Scottsdale
234,652
580 47% 576 245 12% 26% 661 181 1,638
45
Mohave
65,245
162 33% 159 244 4% 21% 335 168 838
46
Thatcher
4,279
10 83% 10 234 0% 40% 2 0 50
47
Pinetop-Lakeside
4,315
10 100% 10 232 0% 40% 0 3 17
48
Mesa
459,705
1,072 50% 1,056 230 8% 27% 1,093 653 5,205
49
Lake Havasu City
57,453
132 68% 131 228 2% 24% 62 56 530
50
Sierra Vista
43,510
101 60% 98 225 18% 32% 67 66 706
51
Apache Junction
33,532
70 42% 70 209 1% 17% 95 74 553
52
Wellton
1,933
4 27% 4 207 0% 0% 11 7 15
53
Gila
27,641
59 52% 53 192 2% 17% 55 52 126
54
Eagar
4,284
8 47% 8 187 0% 50% 9 14 43
55
Surprise
77,255
171 58% 141 183 9% 27% 125 81 734
56
Yavapai
85,287
213 44% 149 175 1% 21% 270 124 554
57
Clifton
2,352
4 57% 4 170 0% 25% 3 1 11
58
Greenlee
5,456
12 27% 9 165 0% 11% 32 8 40
59
Chandler
243,919
435 65% 393 161 11% 35% 235 318 1,978
60
Santa Cruz
21,129
48 87% 33 156 0% 36% 7 7 68
61
Phoenix
1,517,443
2,908 43% 2,369 156 17% 27% 3,823 2,496 15,475
62
Huachuca City
1,962
3 50% 3 153 0% 33% 3 2 20
63
Peoria
143,483
223 61% 215 150 9% 37% 145 83 766
64
Goodyear
45,621
68 26% 68 149 18% 49% 197 30 745
65
Maricopa
321,651
505 52% 479 149 6% 31% 463 374 1,221
66
Springerville
2,031
3 75% 3 148 0% 0% 1 4 37
67
Florence
17,705
29 73% 26 147 15% 42% 11 15 40
68
Pinal
125,135
245 86% 182 145 7% 22% 39 224 744
69
Kearny
2,871
4 80% 4 139 0% 25% 1 0 9
70
Paradise Valley
15,114
21 44% 21 139 10% 57% 27 6 33
71
Mammoth
2,250
3 43% 3 133 0% 0% 4 13 14
72
Bisbee
6,413
9 47% 8 125 13% 13% 10 11 64
73
Fredonia
1,091
1 50% 1 92 0% 0% 1 2 5
74
Superior
3,279
5 100% 3 91 0% 0% 0 4 19
75
Snowflake-Taylor
9,101
13 39% 8 88 0% 13% 20 34 108
76
Glendale
248,587
205 32% 187 75 17% 28% 436 111 851
77
Colorado City
4,538
3 100% 3 66 0% 33% 0 1 15
78
Graham
18,745
16 57% 11 59 0% 9% 12 24 33
79
Navajo
73,146
59 48% 41 56 0% 12% 64 75 228
80
Marana
27,096
80 53% 14 52 7% 57% 70 17 222
81
Douglas
17,433
10 77% 9 52 0% 44% 3 9 58
82
Payson
15,292
1 50% 1 7 0% 100% 1 41 244

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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. 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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