Top Local Agencies in Mississippi 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
Byhalia
713
42 78% 37 5,189 73% 16% 12 4 43
2
Magee
4,278
101 69% 100 2,338 68% 18% 45 7 92
3
Picayune
10,791
243 51% 236 2,187 45% 28% 237 25 164
4
Bruce
2,025
33 83% 32 1,580 56% 3% 7 0 38
5
Hattiesburg
47,006
688 65% 677 1,440 79% 18% 367 143 587
6
Tunica
10,284
149 85% 140 1,361 84% 16% 26 31 365
7
Tupelo
35,544
481 52% 479 1,348 54% 20% 444 35 551
8
Long Beach
17,221
230 49% 227 1,318 31% 22% 237 6 171
9
Cleveland
12,772
138 83% 138 1,080 83% 20% 29 15 421
10
Madison
33,141
396 73% 354 1,068 81% 9% 143 11 234
11
Poplarville
2,653
28 76% 28 1,055 36% 14% 9 0 34
12
Grenada
14,516
149 74% 144 992 74% 22% 52 57 473
13
Newton
3,687
33 89% 33 895 91% 21% 4 10 48
14
Harrison
46,833
407 51% 399 852 17% 18% 388 46 1,052
15
Lee
38,120
324 90% 322 845 64% 22% 36 19 206
16
Ridgeland
21,159
178 58% 177 837 70% 23% 129 59 592
17
Summit
1,597
14 82% 13 814 69% 0% 3 2 16
18
Aberdeen
6,205
61 75% 50 806 78% 32% 20 29 144
19
Amory
7,388
57 65% 57 772 30% 35% 31 11 91
20
Mccomb
13,196
100 63% 99 750 82% 16% 60 38 451
21
Laurel
18,232
140 44% 136 746 74% 18% 177 61 810
22
Batesville
7,680
54 77% 53 690 53% 21% 16 22 235
23
Lucedale
2,880
19 59% 19 660 32% 11% 13 15 47
24
Gulfport
72,202
484 46% 460 637 65% 23% 573 86 1,762
25
Brandon
19,320
122 71% 122 631 41% 14% 50 9 180
26
Collins
2,751
17 100% 17 618 53% 6% 0 11 72
27
Adams
15,078
112 34% 93 617 85% 11% 216 43 211
28
Gloster
1,056
6 100% 6 568 83% 17% 0 3 2
29
Petal
10,052
58 70% 57 567 23% 30% 25 6 68
30
Chickasaw
12,205
86 30% 69 565 59% 26% 198 16 60
31
Oxford
13,569
73 95% 73 538 52% 21% 4 14 235
32
Ocean Springs
17,719
91 77% 90 508 16% 30% 27 15 200
33
Leland
5,138
26 81% 26 506 88% 23% 6 19 176
34
Verona
3,367
24 92% 17 505 94% 12% 2 0 4
35
Booneville
8,554
42 86% 42 491 33% 33% 7 6 107
36
Columbia
6,385
46 71% 31 486 61% 32% 19 6 27
37
Hinds
41,142
191 34% 183 445 83% 2% 366 158 135
38
Starkville
22,051
101 74% 97 440 65% 16% 36 27 245
39
Meridian
38,466
170 66% 169 439 73% 22% 87 48 868
40
Morton
3,429
22 100% 14 408 36% 29% 0 2 45
41
Jackson
177,334
720 48% 720 406 93% 13% 769 171 1,352
42
Bay St. Louis
8,287
34 54% 33 398 21% 24% 29 6 85
43
Fulton
4,087
16 84% 16 391 13% 25% 3 0 39
44
Senatobia
6,844
33 89% 26 380 54% 15% 4 16 52
45
Heidelberg
807
3 100% 3 372 100% 0% 0 0 5
46
Iuka
2,976
11 79% 11 370 18% 0% 3 3 23
47
Tishomingo
16,157
159 65% 58 359 3% 9% 86 0 35
48
Flowood
6,738
24 83% 24 356 38% 29% 5 1 7
49
Rankin
70,716
250 46% 250 354 43% 15% 289 46 429
50
Columbus
24,337
89 43% 81 333 69% 14% 119 40 241
51
Warren
23,295
79 65% 77 331 47% 23% 42 15 241
52
Holly Springs
7,985
36 68% 26 326 88% 35% 17 34 185
53
Simpson
21,030
92 60% 68 323 53% 3% 62 30 97
54
Pearl River
39,025
147 29% 124 318 23% 6% 358 73 619
55
Lincoln
23,913
94 57% 75 314 65% 12% 72 39 91
56
Lexington
1,934
9 100% 5 259 100% 20% 0 6 22
57
Horn Lake
22,071
66 34% 57 258 30% 26% 131 17 510
58
New Albany
7,980
21 100% 20 251 40% 55% 0 2 68
59
Marion
18,759
61 49% 47 251 62% 4% 63 37 137
60
Stone
10,361
28 54% 24 232 29% 0% 24 0 0
61
Indianola
11,280
28 49% 26 231 96% 23% 29 50 435
62
Leflore
17,006
45 63% 38 223 82% 21% 27 36 289
63
Lowndes
35,342
76 29% 72 204 49% 17% 184 78 187
64
Pass Christian
6,826
13 59% 13 190 46% 8% 9 9 30
65
Louisville
6,772
13 81% 12 177 92% 8% 3 6 53
66
Washington
12,107
34 40% 20 165 60% 15% 52 15 90
67
George
18,302
30 38% 29 158 21% 21% 49 2 36
68
Franklin
7,819
12 67% 12 153 50% 17% 6 12 12
69
Winona
4,916
8 73% 7 142 86% 14% 3 7 122
70
Panola
25,495
43 40% 36 141 53% 19% 64 6 50
71
Lamar
39,316
55 50% 53 135 43% 9% 55 4 129
72
Grenada
8,262
19 48% 11 133 18% 36% 21 14 51
73
Olive Branch
27,863
39 17% 35 126 23% 77% 189 20 380
74
Desoto
38,021
63 31% 45 118 53% 9% 142 53 209
75
Union
18,707
26 31% 22 118 32% 14% 58 10 103
76
Port Gibson
1,759
3 60% 2 114 100% 0% 2 10 52
77
Canton
12,462
12 29% 12 96 75% 17% 29 15 117
78
Vicksburg
25,659
28 9% 23 90 78% 26% 283 131 1,668
79
Pontotoc
28,106
25 27% 25 89 44% 20% 67 7 46
80
Itawamba
19,188
21 62% 17 89 12% 12% 13 5 56
81
Richland
7,026
6 4% 6 85 17% 83% 148 11 175
82
Tate
17,965
16 39% 15 84 40% 27% 25 18 63
83
Hernando
9,854
8 80% 8 81 38% 38% 2 0 15
84
Tippah
15,522
18 15% 11 71 36% 36% 101 25 79
85
Southaven
38,700
20 11% 20 52 45% 30% 158 19 359
86
Claiborne
9,692
16 55% 4 41 100% 25% 13 28 146
87
Greenville
38,584
79 32% 14 36 79% 7% 171 108 1,072
88
Jackson
77,578
17 19% 16 21 69% 31% 72 24 78
89
Brookhaven
9,871
7 100% 2 20 100% 50% 0 2 7
90
Natchez
16,905
1 100% 1 6 0% 0% 0 0 1

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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 agencies that report 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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