Top Local Agencies in Pennsylvania by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, 24 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
Steelton
5,672
126 63% 109 1,922 64% 18% 74 29 185
2
Middletown
8,952
126 64% 116 1,296 28% 29% 70 15 185
3
Highspire
2,627
28 85% 28 1,066 39% 18% 5 20 39
4
Girard
3,020
28 61% 28 927 0% 14% 18 1 26
5
West Reading
4,009
35 58% 34 848 18% 35% 25 19 105
6
Pymatuning Township
3,710
31 74% 31 836 19% 19% 11 7 78
7
Millvale
3,775
28 50% 28 742 4% 50% 28 8 62
8
Harrisburg
47,514
438 29% 333 701 67% 23% 1,093 455 1,233
9
North East
4,335
31 70% 30 692 3% 33% 13 8 63
10
Derry Township
21,833
145 88% 140 641 3% 36% 20 26 203
11
Nether Providence Townsh
13,314
99 63% 77 578 26% 39% 59 13 60
12
Media
5,456
31 42% 31 568 29% 13% 43 14 43
13
Hummelstown
4,406
24 92% 24 545 13% 63% 2 7 39
14
Franklin Park
11,775
68 61% 62 527 8% 34% 43 9 14
15
Lower Saucon Township
11,053
65 84% 57 516 2% 35% 12 13 48
16
Edinboro
6,743
34 87% 34 504 3% 24% 5 1 18
17
Warwick Township
14,551
71 76% 68 467 9% 44% 23 4 23
18
Susquehanna Township
22,775
110 56% 104 457 36% 37% 86 40 339
19
South Abington Township
9,430
48 81% 43 456 2% 26% 11 8 50
20
Columbia
10,101
45 51% 45 446 31% 31% 43 25 147
21
Franklin
6,885
30 64% 30 436 20% 30% 17 21 139
22
Baldwin Borough
18,859
80 82% 80 424 23% 10% 17 102 50
23
Lower Moreland Township
11,722
58 82% 49 418 4% 41% 13 19 50
24
Springettsbury Township
24,348
106 43% 99 407 17% 29% 142 28 511
25
North Lebanon Township
10,844
48 57% 44 406 11% 27% 36 11 113
26
Lancaster
54,805
263 46% 218 398 44% 39% 310 212 978
27
Norristown
30,716
153 36% 121 394 71% 31% 275 114 313
28
Chester
37,091
262 33% 141 380 76% 30% 531 393 305
29
Camp Hill
7,431
49 54% 28 377 18% 21% 41 10 111
30
Towamencin Township
17,995
73 53% 67 372 6% 27% 66 17 59
31
Reading
80,927
321 41% 291 360 19% 36% 471 356 1,799
32
Abington Township
55,314
227 77% 196 354 27% 42% 67 40 716
33
Pottstown
21,570
85 24% 74 343 59% 18% 264 89 520
34
Darby
10,055
95 42% 34 338 94% 35% 129 216 63
35
Aston Township
16,829
55 71% 54 321 9% 46% 23 19 135
36
Pittsburgh
324,604
1,313 36% 1,035 319 73% 24% 2,324 1,355 3,871
37
Pottsville
14,777
53 51% 47 318 9% 30% 50 25 238
38
Colonial Regional
18,691
70 68% 59 316 15% 39% 33 30 188
39
York
40,454
169 25% 125 309 58% 35% 502 123 386
40
Pocono Township
11,055
34 92% 33 299 9% 42% 3 19 72
41
Sharon
15,518
52 48% 46 296 43% 20% 57 77 204
42
Carnegie
8,156
27 53% 24 294 29% 17% 24 13 84
43
Lower Southampton Twp
19,264
60 72% 56 291 2% 43% 23 13 102
44
Perkasie
8,744
30 71% 25 286 0% 40% 12 8 76
45
Philadelphia
1,464,576
6,556 35% 4,149 283 79% 31% 12,193 10,182 15,189
46
West Chester
18,063
58 35% 51 282 31% 22% 106 62 265
47
Northeastern Regional
10,387
29 67% 29 279 10% 52% 14 17 69
48
Lebanon
24,007
72 45% 67 279 19% 36% 88 119 315
49
Greensburg
15,583
47 34% 43 276 35% 26% 93 34 161
50
Lower Paxton Township
44,949
133 62% 121 269 20% 44% 83 70 633
51
Bensalem Township
58,797
178 54% 155 264 21% 30% 150 68 730
52
Butler Township
17,045
45 61% 44 258 2% 57% 29 25 216
53
South Whitehall Township
18,954
47 80% 47 248 26% 62% 12 43 110
54
Meadville
13,380
33 36% 33 247 18% 36% 58 17 113
55
Hanover
15,003
40 50% 37 247 5% 30% 40 28 182
56
Newberry Township
15,268
38 51% 37 242 3% 43% 36 16 149
57
Allentown
107,087
300 33% 254 237 29% 35% 609 362 1,646
58
Coatesville
11,505
38 26% 27 235 52% 19% 106 44 81
59
Tredyffrin Township
29,010
66 70% 66 228 17% 45% 28 15 81
60
Upper Providence Townshi
18,297
50 56% 41 224 7% 32% 40 1 36
61
Fairview Township
15,946
39 52% 35 219 11% 20% 36 14 54
62
Newtown Township
19,161
45 71% 41 214 0% 56% 18 29 60
63
West Manchester Township
17,834
46 51% 38 213 13% 39% 45 37 266
64
Indiana
15,029
34 58% 31 206 29% 16% 25 33 135
65
Scranton
73,185
154 27% 149 204 21% 25% 423 140 513
66
Warminster Township
33,009
80 71% 67 203 9% 43% 32 26 224
67
York Area Regional
57,864
122 73% 115 199 5% 23% 46 100 463
68
Carlisle
18,124
49 48% 36 199 28% 42% 53 10 365
69
Upper Darby Township
79,690
152 61% 152 191 43% 57% 96 114 561
70
Northern York Regional
60,162
118 63% 112 186 25% 21% 69 45 901
71
Lower Salford Township
14,123
27 71% 26 184 19% 31% 11 6 50
72
Marple Township
23,591
52 64% 42 178 7% 60% 29 12 120
73
Peters Township
19,632
34 92% 34 173 3% 59% 3 7 64
74
Buckingham Township
18,486
35 59% 31 168 3% 29% 24 8 68
75
Falls Township
34,276
58 45% 57 166 30% 40% 71 65 257
76
West Whiteland Township
18,261
30 86% 30 164 13% 33% 5 28 256
77
Chambersburg
17,977
43 26% 29 161 28% 24% 121 285 177
78
Pocono Mountain Regional
34,104
60 71% 55 161 29% 36% 24 43 291
79
Bethlehem
72,960
147 50% 117 160 17% 35% 149 171 939
80
Bethlehem Township
23,583
38 83% 37 157 22% 57% 8 34 128
81
Swatara Township
22,434
40 54% 35 156 51% 43% 34 177 263
82
Wilkes-Barre
41,374
68 24% 63 152 62% 17% 212 107 328
83
Springfield Township
23,112
41 59% 35 151 23% 26% 29 13 185
84
Hermitage
16,586
28 50% 25 151 16% 20% 28 8 232
85
Moon Township
22,664
38 52% 34 150 18% 41% 35 18 121
86
Williamsport
30,139
45 29% 45 149 56% 24% 109 65 343
87
Easton
26,290
42 23% 38 145 39% 32% 138 33 95
88
East Pennsboro Township
19,627
28 93% 28 143 0% 43% 2 4 86
89
Lower Providence Townshi
24,959
41 67% 34 136 18% 56% 20 13 88
90
Mifflin County Regional
22,502
31 38% 30 133 13% 13% 51 42 110
91
Warrington Township
22,039
28 65% 28 127 4% 54% 15 45 90
92
North Huntingdon Townshi
29,368
37 63% 37 126 3% 38% 22 19 173
93
Mount Lebanon
31,286
39 35% 36 115 0% 19% 72 63 126
94
Middletown Township
47,490
61 42% 52 110 2% 46% 83 45 557
95
State College
52,225
76 48% 57 109 7% 23% 83 25 332
96
Ross Township
31,197
35 34% 34 109 12% 24% 69 138 153
97
Radnor Township
31,028
33 66% 33 106 6% 55% 17 21 70
98
Johnstown
24,144
43 16% 25 104 32% 12% 221 101 452
99
Upper Moreland Township
24,783
36 65% 25 101 8% 44% 19 16 85
100
Erie
102,703
122 38% 103 100 72% 30% 202 263 1,304

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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 100 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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