Top Local Agencies in Rhode Island 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
West Greenwich
5,632
28 80% 25 444 8% 32% 7 2 17
2
New Shoreham
1,037
4 57% 4 386 0% 100% 3 0 20
3
Charlestown
8,203
32 84% 30 366 0% 37% 6 2 39
4
Richmond
7,707
27 82% 27 350 0% 44% 6 2 37
5
East Providence
49,120
176 54% 165 336 24% 41% 149 40 300
6
Central Falls
19,006
62 42% 61 321 33% 31% 87 56 235
7
Narragansett
16,771
51 77% 49 292 6% 39% 15 8 109
8
Middletown
16,604
49 84% 47 283 4% 34% 9 4 139
9
Glocester
10,518
30 68% 29 276 0% 55% 14 7 32
10
Westerly
23,447
65 64% 60 256 8% 32% 36 14 157
11
Little Compton
3,558
9 100% 9 253 0% 44% 0 0 3
12
Hopkinton
8,056
19 79% 19 236 11% 5% 5 4 47
13
Woonsocket
43,975
103 44% 98 223 14% 39% 131 88 556
14
Bristol
24,462
55 70% 51 208 2% 47% 24 12 106
15
Warren
11,238
26 70% 23 205 9% 48% 11 11 85
16
Jamestown
5,566
11 85% 11 198 0% 55% 2 0 21
17
Tiverton
15,214
30 79% 30 197 3% 63% 8 3 113
18
Smithfield
21,632
43 80% 42 194 7% 52% 11 11 151
19
Providence
175,452
326 31% 316 180 39% 25% 725 93 1,107
20
South Kingstown
29,093
60 69% 52 179 8% 50% 27 9 136
21
North Kingstown
26,877
52 81% 48 179 17% 44% 12 11 170
22
West Warwick
29,745
56 55% 51 171 6% 27% 46 49 351
23
Burrillville
16,431
30 91% 28 170 0% 57% 3 5 72
24
East Greenwich
13,507
23 72% 22 163 0% 41% 9 2 56
25
Pawtucket
73,154
125 46% 108 148 36% 42% 147 142 694
26
Cumberland
34,086
49 83% 45 132 9% 53% 10 13 174
27
Lincoln
21,930
26 84% 26 119 19% 42% 5 18 119
28
Warwick
86,538
111 70% 100 116 2% 43% 48 54 797
29
North Providence
32,901
41 63% 37 112 19% 43% 24 19 219
30
Newport
25,138
31 40% 28 111 14% 36% 46 58 303
31
Johnston
28,931
33 52% 31 107 19% 19% 30 18 182
32
Coventry
34,800
38 72% 37 106 5% 30% 15 17 209
33
Portsmouth
16,992
24 69% 18 106 0% 61% 11 6 111
34
Scituate
10,884
12 100% 11 101 0% 27% 0 1 29
35
Barrington
16,623
20 74% 16 96 0% 81% 7 1 52
36
North Smithfield
11,102
9 64% 9 81 11% 56% 5 4 81
37
Cranston
80,963
81 60% 63 78 19% 35% 54 69 591
38
Foster
4,469
3 100% 3 67 0% 33% 0 1 13

 

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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 local 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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