Top Local Agencies in Delaware 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
Dewey Beach
315
21 72% 14 4,444 14% 43% 8 15 52
2
Fenwick Island
361
9 100% 9 2,493 11% 33% 0 0 2
3
Bethany Beach
954
22 81% 20 2,096 15% 40% 5 8 26
4
South Bethany
520
10 100% 10 1,923 20% 60% 0 0 0
5
Harrington
3,274
58 62% 47 1,436 49% 28% 35 15 118
6
Rehoboth Beach
1,574
20 71% 20 1,271 10% 70% 8 10 83
7
Clayton
1,417
18 90% 17 1,200 12% 29% 2 2 12
8
Laurel
3,867
40 65% 38 983 53% 37% 22 23 107
9
Milton
1,812
20 87% 17 938 35% 29% 3 9 52
10
Ocean View
1,107
10 77% 9 813 0% 33% 3 5 8
11
Camden
2,308
21 78% 17 737 47% 59% 6 9 110
12
Millsboro
2,535
20 83% 18 710 50% 39% 4 9 87
13
Felton
848
6 60% 6 708 17% 0% 4 0 18
14
Bridgeville
1,597
15 43% 10 626 30% 30% 20 9 39
15
Milford
7,286
57 60% 45 618 27% 31% 38 33 264
16
New Castle
4,893
32 78% 30 613 37% 27% 9 18 164
17
Cheswold
349
2 100% 2 573 0% 50% 0 4 4
18
Georgetown
4,969
37 61% 28 563 32% 32% 24 44 182
19
Wyoming
1,257
8 89% 7 557 14% 71% 1 5 16
20
Lewes
3,153
13 87% 12 381 17% 25% 2 1 29
21
Dover
34,693
160 41% 125 360 77% 26% 227 172 1,232
22
Seaford
7,080
29 31% 24 339 54% 50% 64 42 266
23
Delaware City
1,528
7 78% 5 327 40% 40% 2 4 16
24
Elsmere
5,790
20 61% 18 311 28% 33% 13 12 87
25
Smyrna
7,500
37 66% 23 307 35% 39% 19 23 112
26
Wilmington
73,645
345 31% 221 300 86% 33% 763 498 1,357
27
Newark
30,415
89 66% 77 253 23% 40% 46 73 297
28
Selbyville
1,763
4 67% 4 227 75% 25% 2 3 35
29
State Police: Kent County
90,886
258 44% 189 208 45% 30% 333 257 1,130
30
State Police: Sussex County
138,559
319 50% 263 190 35% 35% 317 342 1,659
31
Newport
1,119
2 40% 2 179 0% 50% 3 9 19
32
Dagsboro
562
1 100% 1 178 100% 0% 0 0 11
33
New Castle County
Police Dept
411,788
454 52% 382 93 52% 37% 425 743 3,428
34
Delmar
1,500
1 25% 1 67 100% 0% 3 6 17

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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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