Top Local Agencies in Iowa by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, 8 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
West Burlington
3,248
22 85% 22 677 18% 32% 4 9 137
2
Polk City
2,956
20 91% 19 643 0% 53% 2 1 7
3
Carlisle
3,563
22 65% 22 617 5% 14% 12 1 21
4
Cerro Gordo
8,870
56 60% 52 586 19% 12% 38 6 32
5
Spirit Lake
4,614
27 61% 26 564 8% 46% 17 2 46
6
Marion
30,394
177 75% 164 540 12% 30% 60 56 195
7
Clinton
27,230
152 69% 143 525 16% 36% 67 68 425
8
Waterloo
66,836
342 54% 342 512 52% 23% 286 350 981
9
Davenport
99,370
558 76% 508 511 46% 32% 176 450 2,594
10
Mount Pleasant
8,814
45 65% 43 488 9% 12% 24 15 141
11
Winterset
4,903
23 82% 23 469 0% 17% 5 3 36
12
Carter Lake
3,422
19 68% 16 468 25% 31% 9 6 58
13
Eldridge
4,508
21 84% 21 466 0% 43% 4 3 79
14
Pleasant Hill
6,262
29 69% 29 463 3% 31% 13 5 24
15
Iowa City
63,221
308 69% 291 460 30% 22% 137 106 532
16
Albia
3,699
17 94% 17 460 6% 18% 1 8 18
17
Muscatine
22,878
99 83% 98 428 7% 24% 20 89 291
18
Burlington
25,571
119 48% 108 422 27% 33% 128 71 446
19
Coralville
17,906
84 82% 74 413 32% 26% 18 37 367
20
Sioux City
83,590
349 71% 336 402 15% 28% 141 172 1,642
21
Le Mars
9,399
45 70% 37 394 5% 43% 19 8 132
22
Maquoketa
6,086
23 40% 23 378 0% 26% 35 28 109
23
Centerville
5,819
23 79% 21 361 0% 10% 6 15 109
24
Carroll
10,100
41 79% 36 356 0% 22% 11 6 75
25
Monticello
3,721
13 87% 13 349 0% 38% 2 3 33
26
Bettendorf
32,059
112 77% 111 346 25% 34% 33 38 249
27
Cresco
3,794
13 72% 13 343 0% 31% 5 7 54
28
Clive
13,925
48 73% 47 338 13% 28% 18 12 87
29
Glenwood
5,680
19 59% 19 335 0% 11% 13 8 31
30
Oskaloosa
11,085
37 65% 37 334 11% 27% 20 28 238
31
Altoona
13,007
51 72% 43 331 9% 30% 20 9 155
32
Marshalltown
26,115
97 64% 86 329 8% 24% 54 149 276
33
Cedar Rapids
123,773
399 66% 383 309 28% 19% 209 135 2,121
34
Webster City
8,120
26 62% 25 308 0% 12% 16 29 113
35
Johnston
13,000
41 79% 39 300 10% 31% 11 4 62
36
Urbandale
34,880
104 75% 104 298 13% 20% 34 35 189
37
Fort Madison
11,107
41 98% 33 297 12% 15% 1 16 157
38
Clay
5,811
18 56% 17 293 0% 12% 14 2 24
39
Indianola
14,018
42 81% 40 285 5% 33% 10 9 126
40
Council Bluffs
59,884
174 56% 167 279 8% 30% 135 240 1,059
41
Des Moines
195,194
548 61% 544 279 29% 34% 357 615 3,683
42
Tama
15,397
42 74% 42 273 10% 36% 15 27 52
43
Boone
12,899
35 71% 35 271 11% 11% 14 6 109
44
Monona
6,634
18 64% 18 271 17% 22% 10 0 0
45
Windsor Heights
4,631
12 92% 12 259 25% 33% 1 8 72
46
Mason City
28,057
71 59% 71 253 15% 34% 49 56 649
47
Vinton
5,247
14 82% 13 248 0% 23% 3 4 17
48
Shenandoah
5,267
13 28% 13 247 0% 23% 34 1 29
49
Spencer
11,176
27 93% 27 242 15% 37% 2 13 122
50
Cherokee
5,054
13 52% 12 237 0% 33% 12 3 67
51
Cedar Falls
36,665
88 80% 87 237 9% 29% 22 60 246
52
North Liberty
8,855
22 92% 21 237 14% 33% 2 16 26
53
Fairfield
9,454
23 64% 22 233 0% 9% 13 15 76
54
Ankeny
36,876
94 69% 84 228 4% 35% 42 17 239
55
Cedar
15,197
43 100% 34 224 24% 21% 0 8 44
56
Black Hawk
18,449
42 48% 41 222 0% 39% 45 15 68
57
Des Moines
12,208
26 62% 26 213 12% 31% 16 13 73
58
Marion
15,261
32 86% 32 210 0% 9% 5 3 37
59
Hamilton
8,175
19 70% 17 208 12% 12% 8 11 14
60
Sheldon
4,833
10 53% 10 207 0% 20% 9 3 51
61
Denison
7,413
19 37% 15 202 0% 53% 33 9 84
62
Red Oak
5,950
14 61% 12 202 0% 42% 9 7 134
63
Storm Lake
10,016
21 58% 20 200 0% 35% 15 20 192
64
Buchanan
15,045
30 83% 30 199 7% 3% 6 6 62
65
Mount Vernon
4,073
8 100% 8 196 0% 38% 0 1 19
66
Chariton
4,633
9 45% 9 194 0% 33% 11 7 56
67
Polk
38,106
71 63% 70 184 9% 19% 41 43 289
68
Waverly
9,347
17 49% 17 182 0% 24% 18 38 70
69
Clarke
4,402
8 47% 8 182 0% 25% 9 2 30
70
Cass
7,299
13 76% 13 178 15% 0% 4 0 4
71
Anamosa
5,646
10 71% 10 177 0% 40% 4 2 37
72
Pocahontas
7,972
16 70% 14 176 7% 14% 7 2 23
73
Newton
15,690
27 57% 27 172 7% 22% 20 14 119
74
Woodbury
15,721
29 71% 27 172 4% 11% 12 16 36
75
Iowa
13,374
21 88% 21 157 10% 10% 3 5 11
76
Howard
5,958
13 76% 9 151 0% 33% 4 5 41
77
Osceola
6,730
10 77% 10 149 0% 20% 3 2 49
78
Ottumwa
24,930
37 64% 37 148 0% 19% 21 99 290
79
Scott
22,776
35 71% 33 145 24% 12% 14 23 84
80
Dallas
21,073
35 66% 30 142 0% 37% 18 1 28
81
Waukee
9,262
15 79% 13 140 8% 31% 4 13 45
82
Pottawattamie
26,909
49 74% 37 138 11% 35% 17 51 81
83
Muscatine
13,607
21 95% 18 132 6% 11% 1 6 28
84
Independence
6,086
8 73% 8 131 0% 0% 3 2 60
85
Linn
35,088
46 72% 46 131 24% 22% 18 33 151
86
Jasper
22,184
34 62% 29 131 3% 17% 21 24 25
87
Grinnell
9,382
13 87% 12 128 0% 0% 2 5 34
88
Fort Dodge
25,628
32 57% 32 125 38% 34% 24 173 428
89
Warren
17,680
24 75% 22 124 5% 32% 8 15 25
90
Decorah
8,127
10 100% 10 123 0% 30% 0 9 19
91
Mahaska
11,398
14 70% 13 114 8% 0% 6 6 60
92
Norwalk
7,919
9 69% 9 114 0% 22% 4 4 35
93
Mills
9,685
12 60% 11 114 18% 36% 8 9 40
94
Keokuk
10,819
16 59% 12 111 8% 8% 11 87 192
95
Ida
7,418
8 89% 8 108 25% 13% 1 4 23
96
Johnson
27,707
32 82% 29 105 17% 41% 7 37 56
97
Fayette
12,508
13 65% 13 104 0% 15% 7 6 27
98
Benton
18,962
19 76% 19 100 5% 32% 6 3 33
99
Dubuque
58,105
53 74% 53 91 19% 34% 19 129 338
100
Marshall
12,168
12 44% 10 82 0% 20% 15 18 36
101
Pella
10,346
8 100% 8 77 13% 38% 0 19 44
102
Plymouth
15,692
13 48% 12 76 8% 42% 14 8 19
103
Ames
52,541
40 77% 40 76 15% 43% 12 33 183

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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 103 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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