Top Local Agencies in South Carolina by Marijuana Possession Arrest Rate, 17 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
Latta
1,485
121 79% 118 7,946 30% 25% 33 8 16
2
Eutawville
339
29 73% 24 7,080 75% 42% 11 1 4
3
Swansea
697
56 67% 48 6,887 31% 29% 27 3 21
4
Santee
732
36 75% 36 4,918 17% 25% 12 5 8
5
Atlantic Beach
379
19 46% 18 4,749 28% 0% 22 5 10
6
Wagener
886
29 83% 29 3,273 72% 21% 6 1 15
7
Mcbee
730
20 83% 20 2,740 15% 20% 4 1 5
8
Society Hill
708
19 70% 18 2,542 50% 6% 8 1 4
9
Summerton
1,069
27 53% 25 2,339 64% 8% 24 4 25
10
Myrtle Beach
27,007
638 63% 617 2,285 37% 27% 369 207 1,605
11
North
800
17 55% 17 2,125 24% 12% 14 7 7
12
Duncan
3,023
64 76% 63 2,084 68% 17% 20 6 51
13
Whitmire
1,550
32 67% 29 1,871 38% 24% 16 1 27
14
Inman
1,948
39 76% 35 1,797 37% 31% 12 3 33
15
Folly Beach
2,298
38 78% 38 1,654 3% 32% 11 10 60
16
Darlington
6,626
117 58% 108 1,630 70% 24% 86 64 212
17
North Myrtle Beach
14,315
228 74% 228 1,593 15% 36% 80 32 369
18
Travelers Rest
4,303
58 56% 58 1,348 7% 36% 46 4 90
19
Chester
6,295
85 68% 79 1,255 72% 25% 40 58 89
20
Batesburg-Leesville
5,662
70 70% 70 1,236 51% 20% 30 13 61
21
Georgetown
9,080
125 69% 112 1,233 67% 16% 56 86 363
22
Bluffton
2,377
31 76% 29 1,220 21% 55% 10 28 108
23
Surfside Beach
4,846
62 54% 58 1,197 9% 31% 53 8 97
24
Lexington
13,797
164 74% 150 1,087 15% 27% 59 10 153
25
Springdale
2,963
35 57% 32 1,080 16% 28% 26 4 21
26
Pickens
3,020
40 65% 32 1,060 6% 34% 22 5 72
27
South Congaree
2,370
70 59% 24 1,013 38% 21% 49 3 25
28
Isle Of Palms
4,650
48 79% 46 989 9% 39% 13 1 38
29
Hardeeville
1,872
18 46% 18 962 39% 6% 21 9 48
30
Marion
7,106
74 70% 65 915 65% 31% 31 51 177
31
Lancaster
8,501
102 61% 77 906 52% 19% 65 63 239
32
Ridgeland
2,659
24 49% 24 903 58% 25% 25 6 28
33
North Charleston
87,655
846 47% 786 897 69% 24% 957 415 2,137
34
Wellford
2,317
20 87% 20 863 35% 30% 3 7 40
35
Cheraw
5,559
52 50% 47 845 66% 21% 53 27 117
36
Clover
4,317
37 70% 36 834 17% 14% 16 52 63
37
Bennettsville
9,496
111 61% 79 832 63% 23% 71 50 139
38
Mccoll
2,446
20 87% 20 818 20% 25% 3 12 47
39
Walterboro
5,634
48 62% 46 816 63% 35% 29 28 177
40
Beaufort
12,246
103 65% 97 792 59% 37% 55 41 313
41
Hartsville
7,529
60 92% 57 757 39% 28% 5 70 315
42
Moncks Corner
6,626
59 63% 50 755 58% 42% 35 24 229
43
Bamberg
3,607
29 83% 27 749 67% 30% 6 14 49
44
Aiken
27,917
219 70% 202 724 52% 34% 96 46 407
45
Hampton
2,843
20 80% 20 703 75% 30% 5 6 35
46
Woodruff
4,169
32 52% 29 696 31% 14% 29 17 60
47
Cayce
12,625
88 65% 85 673 33% 27% 48 26 111
48
Florence
87,810
622 59% 585 666 64% 21% 434 147 629
49
Fountain Inn
6,834
45 58% 45 658 51% 13% 32 24 108
50
Rock Hill
60,480
406 64% 394 651 58% 27% 226 230 1,173
51
Kingstree
3,415
22 96% 22 644 86% 27% 1 14 116
52
Conway
13,651
90 63% 87 637 36% 23% 54 70 561
53
York
7,345
47 64% 45 613 24% 29% 26 31 239
54
Richland
208,940
1,394 62% 1,205 577 79% 21% 868 541 1,575
55
Newberry
10,825
80 55% 61 564 75% 16% 65 20 212
56
Charleston
108,371
591 66% 589 544 73% 28% 302 371 1,597
57
Anderson
26,302
153 56% 139 528 51% 27% 121 65 376
58
Easley
19,145
104 53% 100 522 16% 31% 94 31 274
59
Orangeburg
14,685
81 70% 72 490 86% 21% 35 35 450
60
Mauldin
19,644
91 58% 88 448 30% 45% 65 76 196
61
York
108,086
538 52% 484 448 34% 23% 494 261 909
62
Hanahan
14,033
64 57% 62 442 31% 27% 49 37 255
63
Mount Pleasant
58,833
271 70% 254 432 30% 29% 118 110 375
64
Spartanburg
38,976
187 61% 167 428 77% 25% 119 170 840
65
Florence
31,755
145 41% 134 422 80% 27% 211 193 645
66
Saluda
14,855
64 72% 62 417 35% 27% 25 15 49
67
Clinton
9,212
40 42% 38 413 63% 26% 56 29 126
68
West Columbia
13,622
108 50% 55 404 47% 16% 107 56 249
69
Gaffney
13,135
53 61% 53 404 58% 28% 34 31 222
70
Irmo
11,398
47 78% 45 395 51% 16% 13 9 61
71
Camden
7,109
32 46% 28 394 57% 21% 37 68 136
72
Union
8,450
34 30% 33 391 67% 39% 79 88 160
73
Jasper
17,200
70 56% 66 384 53% 23% 56 46 163
74
Dorchester
68,576
293 71% 263 384 28% 28% 121 105 346
75
Berkeley
92,102
402 67% 343 372 40% 25% 201 241 918
76
North Augusta
19,770
84 60% 73 369 37% 23% 56 16 203
77
Calhoun
12,847
50 70% 47 366 72% 28% 21 8 79
78
Barnwell
4,950
19 66% 18 364 78% 17% 10 20 149
79
Greenwood
22,726
89 44% 82 361 61% 16% 115 189 802
80
Greenville
57,557
222 44% 207 360 63% 21% 287 254 1,209
81
Simpsonville
15,370
55 69% 55 358 24% 42% 25 54 264
82
Fort Mill
8,385
30 75% 30 358 23% 40% 10 27 63
83
Beaufort
115,721
438 65% 407 352 36% 32% 236 280 932
84
Laurens
9,977
36 46% 34 341 68% 29% 43 73 215
85
Dillon
6,465
22 36% 22 340 77% 23% 39 58 201
86
Lake City
6,794
27 50% 23 339 65% 22% 27 54 171
87
Newberry
24,339
87 62% 82 337 56% 28% 53 43 314
88
Chesterfield
33,878
123 40% 114 337 44% 15% 187 47 171
89
Sumter
40,296
162 51% 131 325 87% 20% 154 172 549
90
Lancaster
55,593
204 53% 175 315 35% 31% 183 104 660
91
Goose Creek
33,022
122 75% 102 309 27% 24% 41 63 293
92
Union
19,592
71 35% 54 276 31% 15% 131 71 279
93
Port Royal
9,492
26 72% 26 274 58% 38% 10 9 87
94
Marlboro
15,751
45 30% 41 260 63% 2% 104 47 137
95
Seneca
8,086
23 58% 21 260 38% 14% 17 15 115
96
Greenwood
42,487
121 56% 107 252 55% 22% 96 145 460
97
Columbia
118,909
329 61% 298 251 77% 20% 214 350 1,161
98
Fairfield
20,753
56 43% 50 241 80% 26% 75 98 201
99
Greer
21,754
114 54% 52 239 35% 21% 97 65 395
100
Greenville
297,821
764 47% 689 231 46% 21% 847 862 3,257
101
Darlington
52,511
145 29% 120 229 59% 18% 347 171 408
102
Colleton
33,152
93 67% 75 226 64% 21% 46 75 226
103
Barnwell
12,483
34 57% 28 224 64% 21% 26 60 154
104
Clarendon
27,990
71 49% 60 214 70% 13% 73 45 160
105
Cherokee
39,618
113 35% 80 202 45% 14% 206 91 480
106
Charleston
79,804
177 35% 161 202 52% 25% 332 312 820
107
Chester
24,476
55 45% 48 196 44% 40% 66 59 208
108
Kershaw
48,918
111 56% 95 194 57% 21% 87 68 244
109
Forest Acres
10,146
22 81% 19 187 58% 53% 5 22 165
110
Summerville
38,300
82 21% 70 183 31% 31% 310 72 510
111
Lee
16,469
36 49% 30 182 80% 20% 38 41 67
112
Edgefield
18,806
49 46% 34 181 56% 9% 57 20 102
113
Horry County Police Dept
167,387
308 46% 289 173 31% 28% 365 360 2,052
114
Sumter
66,862
114 54% 113 169 78% 16% 98 212 364
115
Georgetown
49,579
80 43% 65 131 43% 28% 104 109 526
116
Oconee
55,639
87 41% 72 129 15% 26% 123 66 334
117
Aiken
96,873
124 41% 122 126 42% 15% 182 149 770
118
Spartanburg
200,537
301 42% 243 121 47% 20% 417 361 1,478
119
Dillon
22,702
31 44% 26 115 69% 27% 39 38 110
120
Williamsburg
30,988
34 34% 31 100 84% 19% 65 34 128
121
Marion
23,000
24 59% 21 91 57% 19% 17 65 135
122
Anderson
134,530
134 33% 100 74 33% 31% 275 275 1,402
123
Lexington
178,457
168 53% 128 72 29% 23% 147 128 574
124
Orangeburg
71,596
67 41% 48 67 81% 31% 95 109 481
125
Pickens
73,521
51 40% 44 60 9% 14% 75 46 433

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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 125 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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