Marijuana Arrests | Other Arrests | ||||||||||
Rank | Agency | Population |
Total
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Pct. of All Drug Arrests
|
Poss.
|
Poss. Rate
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Black Pct.
|
Males Age
15 to 19 Pct. |
Other Drugs
|
Violent
|
Property
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17 | Abington Police Dept | 16,673 | 54 | 48% | 50 | 300 | 2% | 26% | 59 | 22 | 167 |
108 | Acton Police Dept | 20,619 | 20 | 83% | 19 | 92 | 5% | 63% | 4 | 15 | 57 |
106 | Acushnet Police Dept | 10,575 | 12 | 75% | 10 | 95 | 10% | 50% | 4 | 10 | 66 |
22 | Amesbury Police Dept | 16,551 | 57 | 83% | 46 | 278 | 0% | 37% | 12 | 8 | 61 |
64 | Amherst Police Dept | 33,913 | 55 | 71% | 48 | 142 | 8% | 33% | 22 | 35 | 153 |
49 | Andover Police Dept | 33,615 | 67 | 57% | 56 | 167 | 5% | 30% | 51 | 15 | 170 |
73 | Ashburnham Police Dept | 6,065 | 8 | 80% | 8 | 132 | 0% | 50% | 2 | 4 | 19 |
78 | Athol Police Dept | 11,721 | 15 | 60% | 15 | 128 | 0% | 40% | 10 | 26 | 96 |
83 | Attleboro Police Dept | 43,474 | 64 | 54% | 53 | 122 | 19% | 42% | 54 | 66 | 297 |
60 | Auburn Police Dept | 16,445 | 27 | 79% | 24 | 146 | 8% | 46% | 7 | 49 | 73 |
99 | Barnstable Police Dept | 47,342 | 61 | 52% | 49 | 104 | 22% | 39% | 57 | 124 | 537 |
16 | Barre Police Dept | 5,467 | 19 | 59% | 18 | 329 | 0% | 56% | 13 | 10 | 74 |
89 | Bedford Police Dept | 12,862 | 15 | 75% | 15 | 117 | 27% | 53% | 5 | 1 | 7 |
109 | Belchertown Police Dept | 14,268 | 13 | 93% | 13 | 91 | 8% | 46% | 1 | 12 | 122 |
54 | Berkshire State Police | 12,030 | 19 | 51% | 19 | 158 | 16% | 5% | 18 | 4 | 24 |
47 | Beverly Police Dept | 39,493 | 68 | 60% | 67 | 170 | 7% | 40% | 46 | 78 | 152 |
113 | Blackstone Police Dept | 9,067 | 8 | 73% | 8 | 88 | 0% | 50% | 3 | 2 | 27 |
36 | Boston Police Dept | 591,855 | 1,677 | 35% | 1,323 | 224 | 69% | 31% | 3,095 | 4,111 | 5,464 |
66 | Bourne Police Dept | 19,308 | 29 | 64% | 27 | 140 | 19% | 30% | 16 | 19 | 61 |
8 | Boxborough Police Dept | 5,106 | 25 | 86% | 25 | 490 | 0% | 28% | 4 | 0 | 2 |
110 | Braintree Police Dept | 34,147 | 65 | 33% | 31 | 91 | 39% | 39% | 135 | 62 | 306 |
55 | Brewster Police Dept | 10,158 | 16 | 70% | 16 | 158 | 6% | 69% | 7 | 10 | 26 |
116 | Brockton Police Dept | 94,180 | 109 | 25% | 78 | 83 | 53% | 35% | 319 | 319 | 802 |
80 | Charlton Police Dept | 12,765 | 16 | 80% | 16 | 125 | 0% | 56% | 4 | 8 | 55 |
63 | Chelmsford Police Dept | 33,740 | 55 | 63% | 48 | 142 | 4% | 50% | 33 | 28 | 264 |
111 | Chelsea Police Dept | 32,439 | 34 | 47% | 29 | 89 | 24% | 41% | 38 | 141 | 310 |
40 | Clinton Police Dept | 14,247 | 34 | 61% | 27 | 190 | 0% | 37% | 22 | 9 | 189 |
85 | Concord Police Dept | 16,766 | 25 | 74% | 20 | 119 | 10% | 45% | 9 | 8 | 34 |
32 | Dalton Police Dept | 6,627 | 18 | 72% | 16 | 241 | 0% | 63% | 7 | 12 | 16 |
82 | Danvers Police Dept | 25,979 | 41 | 49% | 32 | 123 | 3% | 47% | 43 | 32 | 353 |
33 | Dennis Police Dept | 15,666 | 40 | 77% | 37 | 236 | 14% | 49% | 12 | 41 | 100 |
24 | Douglas Police Dept | 8,093 | 22 | 71% | 21 | 259 | 5% | 38% | 9 | 6 | 46 |
6 | Dudley Police Dept | 10,951 | 62 | 89% | 59 | 539 | 3% | 47% | 8 | 8 | 83 |
102 | East Bridgewater Police Dept | 14,077 | 14 | 74% | 14 | 99 | 0% | 43% | 5 | 15 | 69 |
3 | East Brookfld Police Dept | 2,095 | 16 | 89% | 16 | 764 | 6% | 31% | 2 | 0 | 17 |
62 | Fall River Police Dept | 91,413 | 152 | 36% | 131 | 143 | 22% | 28% | 275 | 343 | 2,110 |
88 | Foxboro Police Dept | 16,276 | 28 | 60% | 19 | 117 | 0% | 47% | 19 | 18 | 67 |
58 | Framingham Police Dept | 64,482 | 101 | 59% | 97 | 150 | 24% | 35% | 69 | 85 | 270 |
35 | Franklin Police Dept | 31,478 | 73 | 66% | 73 | 232 | 8% | 52% | 38 | 6 | 105 |
2 | Franklin State Police | 7,926 | 95 | 67% | 89 | 1,123 | 3% | 21% | 46 | 14 | 9 |
84 | Freetown Police Dept | 9,042 | 12 | 86% | 11 | 122 | 9% | 64% | 2 | 8 | 29 |
104 | Gardner Police Dept | 20,813 | 21 | 46% | 20 | 96 | 5% | 25% | 25 | 40 | 163 |
23 | Georgetown Police Dept | 8,210 | 22 | 88% | 22 | 268 | 5% | 32% | 3 | 6 | 5 |
119 | Grafton Police Dept | 17,750 | 15 | 58% | 14 | 79 | 0% | 36% | 11 | 12 | 44 |
65 | Granby Police Dept | 6,381 | 9 | 82% | 9 | 141 | 0% | 22% | 2 | 6 | 16 |
46 | Greenfield Police Dept | 17,648 | 31 | 53% | 30 | 170 | 3% | 30% | 28 | 54 | 207 |
15 | Groveland Police Dept | 6,863 | 23 | 66% | 23 | 335 | 0% | 43% | 12 | 4 | 26 |
28 | Hadley Police Dept | 4,817 | 13 | 52% | 12 | 249 | 0% | 33% | 12 | 3 | 41 |
43 | Hamilton Police Dept | 8,262 | 15 | 100% | 15 | 182 | 0% | 67% | 0 | 3 | 13 |
18 | Hampden Police Dept | 5,349 | 18 | 95% | 16 | 299 | 6% | 31% | 1 | 2 | 10 |
1 | Hampden State Police | 780 | 214 | 56% | 173 | 22,179 | 33% | 20% | 170 | 11 | 65 |
10 | Hampshire State Police | 4,632 | 24 | 36% | 19 | 410 | 5% | 32% | 42 | 8 | 14 |
41 | Hanover Police Dept | 14,266 | 27 | 63% | 27 | 189 | 11% | 26% | 16 | 1 | 75 |
95 | Haverhill Police Dept | 60,308 | 96 | 48% | 67 | 111 | 7% | 43% | 103 | 164 | 525 |
92 | Hingham Police Dept | 22,059 | 25 | 68% | 25 | 113 | 0% | 52% | 12 | 2 | 76 |
69 | Holden Police Dept | 16,816 | 24 | 80% | 23 | 137 | 0% | 57% | 6 | 4 | 22 |
52 | Holyoke Police Dept | 39,769 | 67 | 22% | 65 | 163 | 9% | 43% | 233 | 69 | 508 |
37 | Hopedale Police Dept | 6,277 | 13 | 68% | 13 | 207 | 0% | 31% | 6 | 5 | 13 |
25 | Hopkinton Police Dept | 14,294 | 38 | 81% | 37 | 259 | 5% | 54% | 9 | 1 | 34 |
20 | Hubbardston Police Dept | 4,494 | 13 | 76% | 13 | 289 | 0% | 23% | 4 | 5 | 26 |
112 | Hull Police Dept | 11,261 | 11 | 85% | 10 | 89 | 0% | 50% | 2 | 18 | 76 |
4 | Lakeville Police Dept | 10,770 | 87 | 83% | 77 | 715 | 8% | 39% | 18 | 11 | 36 |
13 | Leicester Police Dept | 11,077 | 39 | 81% | 38 | 343 | 5% | 24% | 9 | 8 | 91 |
51 | Lincoln Police Dept | 7,929 | 16 | 100% | 13 | 164 | 8% | 31% | 0 | 3 | 19 |
100 | Littleton Police Dept | 8,713 | 9 | 75% | 9 | 103 | 0% | 33% | 3 | 1 | 8 |
26 | Lunenburg Police Dept | 10,105 | 29 | 71% | 26 | 257 | 0% | 46% | 12 | 7 | 37 |
91 | Lynn Police Dept | 87,817 | 160 | 39% | 100 | 114 | 27% | 53% | 252 | 295 | 657 |
31 | Mansfield Police Dept | 23,175 | 58 | 76% | 56 | 242 | 2% | 39% | 18 | 24 | 93 |
57 | Mashpee Police Dept | 14,552 | 32 | 58% | 22 | 151 | 18% | 36% | 23 | 12 | 120 |
38 | Maynard Police Dept | 10,150 | 22 | 67% | 21 | 207 | 5% | 24% | 11 | 12 | 45 |
48 | Middleboro Police Dept | 21,503 | 42 | 56% | 36 | 167 | 8% | 33% | 33 | 56 | 132 |
101 | Monson Police Dept | 8,856 | 11 | 79% | 9 | 102 | 0% | 33% | 3 | 13 | 85 |
39 | Montague Police Dept | 8,359 | 18 | 64% | 17 | 203 | 6% | 41% | 10 | 7 | 65 |
5 | New Bedford Police Dept | 92,373 | 680 | 48% | 561 | 607 | 24% | 35% | 737 | 648 | 2,679 |
76 | Newbury Police Dept | 6,992 | 10 | 91% | 9 | 129 | 0% | 33% | 1 | 6 | 19 |
67 | Newburyport Police Dept | 17,317 | 27 | 84% | 24 | 139 | 0% | 63% | 5 | 7 | 47 |
81 | North Adams Police Dept | 13,738 | 23 | 53% | 17 | 124 | 12% | 41% | 20 | 31 | 160 |
118 | North Andover Police Dept | 27,271 | 25 | 81% | 22 | 81 | 0% | 77% | 6 | 5 | 89 |
77 | North Attleboro Police Dept | 28,095 | 38 | 66% | 36 | 128 | 3% | 39% | 20 | 31 | 293 |
42 | North Brookfield Police Dept | 4,847 | 9 | 90% | 9 | 186 | 0% | 67% | 1 | 18 | 8 |
45 | Northampton Police Dept | 28,550 | 51 | 76% | 50 | 175 | 4% | 26% | 16 | 43 | 140 |
114 | Northborough Police Dept | 14,783 | 14 | 74% | 13 | 88 | 8% | 54% | 5 | 3 | 55 |
90 | Northbridge Police Dept | 14,596 | 18 | 58% | 17 | 116 | 6% | 53% | 13 | 17 | 146 |
105 | Norwood Police Dept | 28,336 | 29 | 74% | 27 | 95 | 4% | 44% | 10 | 13 | 241 |
19 | Orleans Police Dept | 6,412 | 21 | 70% | 19 | 296 | 5% | 32% | 9 | 10 | 61 |
68 | Palmer Police Dept | 12,991 | 20 | 61% | 18 | 139 | 0% | 39% | 13 | 19 | 131 |
21 | Plainville Police Dept | 8,162 | 24 | 77% | 23 | 282 | 4% | 30% | 7 | 8 | 29 |
98 | Plymouth Police Dept | 56,023 | 70 | 58% | 58 | 104 | 9% | 34% | 50 | 85 | 428 |
61 | Randolph Police Dept | 30,233 | 53 | 62% | 44 | 146 | 39% | 43% | 33 | 79 | 227 |
120 | Raynham Police Dept | 13,975 | 12 | 57% | 11 | 79 | 9% | 36% | 9 | 19 | 225 |
93 | Rehoboth Police Dept | 11,551 | 13 | 68% | 13 | 113 | 0% | 54% | 6 | 2 | 56 |
74 | Revere Police Dept | 46,658 | 73 | 33% | 61 | 131 | 11% | 48% | 150 | 116 | 369 |
44 | Rockland Police Dept | 17,914 | 35 | 64% | 32 | 179 | 9% | 38% | 20 | 17 | 17 |
56 | Salisbury Police Dept | 8,506 | 15 | 52% | 13 | 153 | 0% | 23% | 14 | 20 | 113 |
117 | Sandwich Police Deparment | 20,584 | 17 | 85% | 17 | 83 | 0% | 59% | 3 | 28 | 115 |
53 | Scituate Police Dept | 18,116 | 30 | 70% | 29 | 160 | 0% | 66% | 13 | 10 | 71 |
87 | Seekonk Police Dept | 13,681 | 20 | 80% | 16 | 117 | 25% | 38% | 5 | 8 | 71 |
29 | Somerset Police Dept | 18,473 | 48 | 72% | 46 | 249 | 11% | 46% | 19 | 15 | 128 |
72 | Southampton Police Dept | 6,010 | 8 | 100% | 8 | 133 | 0% | 25% | 0 | 11 | 0 |
107 | Southbridge Police Dept | 17,109 | 16 | 35% | 16 | 94 | 13% | 50% | 30 | 40 | 133 |
9 | Spencer Police Dept | 12,153 | 63 | 72% | 55 | 453 | 0% | 40% | 25 | 31 | 140 |
79 | Springfield Police Dept | 151,074 | 237 | 31% | 191 | 126 | 34% | 43% | 540 | 419 | 1,053 |
94 | Stoughton Police Dept | 26,814 | 33 | 55% | 30 | 112 | 27% | 33% | 27 | 46 | 196 |
14 | Sturbridge Police Dept | 9,141 | 31 | 78% | 31 | 339 | 3% | 19% | 9 | 9 | 105 |
71 | Sudbury Police Dept | 17,061 | 26 | 84% | 23 | 135 | 4% | 39% | 5 | 4 | 51 |
12 | Sutton Police Dept | 9,154 | 35 | 78% | 33 | 361 | 6% | 33% | 10 | 9 | 62 |
96 | Swansea Police Dept | 16,271 | 18 | 62% | 18 | 111 | 0% | 56% | 11 | 24 | 153 |
115 | Taunton Police Dept | 56,091 | 61 | 30% | 47 | 84 | 15% | 43% | 143 | 217 | 805 |
86 | Townsend Police Dept | 9,343 | 12 | 80% | 11 | 118 | 0% | 55% | 3 | 9 | 26 |
27 | Walpole Police Dept | 23,199 | 61 | 77% | 59 | 254 | 15% | 34% | 18 | 18 | 163 |
11 | Wareham Police Dept | 21,472 | 99 | 71% | 85 | 396 | 27% | 22% | 40 | 114 | 268 |
97 | Wayland Police Dept | 12,954 | 15 | 94% | 14 | 108 | 0% | 79% | 1 | 0 | 17 |
30 | West Boylston Police Dept | 7,810 | 21 | 78% | 19 | 243 | 5% | 47% | 6 | 3 | 38 |
7 | West Bridgewater Police Dept | 6,795 | 36 | 62% | 34 | 500 | 3% | 29% | 22 | 5 | 51 |
34 | West Newbury Police Dept | 4,306 | 10 | 91% | 10 | 232 | 0% | 50% | 1 | 5 | 14 |
59 | West Springfield Police Dept | 27,854 | 46 | 68% | 41 | 147 | 15% | 22% | 22 | 62 | 214 |
75 | Weymouth Police Dept | 53,553 | 77 | 36% | 69 | 129 | 13% | 29% | 134 | 82 | 355 |
103 | Wilbraham Police Dept | 14,123 | 14 | 58% | 14 | 99 | 14% | 57% | 10 | 9 | 75 |
50 | Worcester Police Dept | 175,825 | 378 | 33% | 292 | 166 | 26% | 35% | 778 | 825 | 1,778 |
70 | Yarmouth Police Dept | 24,304 | 36 | 65% | 33 | 136 | 9% | 21% | 19 | 121 | 316 |
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 120 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