New York Drug Arrests (1990-2007)

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Opiates and Cocaine
Marijuana
Synthetic Narcotics
Other Drugs

 

Year
Total
Arrests
Pct.
Arrests
Pct.
Arrests
Pct.
Arrests
Pct.
Pop. Cov.
2007 164,704 26,898 16% 92,800 56% 964 1% 44,096 27% 99%
2006 164,512 33,828 21% 89,023 54% 1,434 1% 40,231 24% 100%
2005 137,442 33,145 24% 73,761 54% 865 1% 29,816 22% 100%
2004 128,343 28,600 22% 67,228 52% 868 1% 31,639 25% 100%
2003 119,109 35,775 30% 62,357 52% 1,468 1% 19,491 16% 100%
2002 97,822 32,976 34% 57,504 59% 831 1% 6,523 7% 99%
2001 177,013 64,643 37% 101,105 57% 1,396 1% 9,773 6% 98%
2000 204,334 79,852 39% 113,048 55% 1,114 1% 10,323 5% 98%
1999 187,449 81,012 43% 96,838 52% 1,101 1% 8,493 5% 95%
1998 191,478 88,028 46% 89,484 47% 849 0% 13,113 7% 95%
1997 171,259 86,927 51% 73,380 43% 851 0% 10,095 6% 95%
1996 165,160 91,682 56% 62,978 38% 971 1% 9,527 6% 96%
1995 158,640 94,441 60% 54,667 34% 1,210 1% 8,310 5% 100%
1994 136,912 87,100 64% 42,927 31% 949 1% 5,912 4% 100%
1993 114,557 76,389 67% 32,649 29% 4,308 4% 4,415 4% 100%
1992 107,240 75,673 71% 26,365 25% 4,254 4% 4,179 4% 100%
1991 108,130 78,864 73% 23,945 22% 1,036 1% 4,233 4% 99%
1990 123,603 90,050 73% 27,860 23% 917 1% 4,766 4% 99%

 

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Notes:

Populaton Coverage: Percent of the state’s population covered by the local police agencies reporting data for this year.

Opiates/Cocaine: This category includes opium, cocaine, and their derivatives. Opiate derivatives include, for example, morphine, heroin, and codeine. Cocaine derivative include crack cocaine.

Marijuana: This category includes hashish.

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.

Itemized categories may not account for total drug arrests because of occassional reporting irregularities in which arrests are reported for drug abuse offenses but not classified as one of these four categories.

Source: Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data

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