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Virginia City/County-Level Marijuana Arrests, by Marijuana Possession Rate (2007)

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Arrests
Arrest Rate per 100,000
County Pop.
Total
Poss.
Sales
Total
Poss.
Poss. Rank
Sales
Emporia city 5,607 68 62 6 1,212.77 1,105.76 1 107.01
Bedford city 6,216 64 59 5 1,029.60 949.16 2 80.44
Radford city 14,317 121 117 4 845.15 817.21 3 27.94
Colonial Heights city 17,747 154 132 22 867.75 743.79 4 123.96
Roanoke city 90,894 690 636 54 759.13 699.72 5 59.41
Norton city 3,602 24 23 1 666.30 638.53 6 27.76
Lynchburg city 67,932 469 428 41 690.40 630.04 7 60.35
Williamsburg city 11,740 79 72 7 672.91 613.29 8 59.63
Newport News city 177,550 1,204 1,081 123 678.12 608.84 9 69.28
Franklin city 8,856 56 51 5 632.34 575.88 10 56.46
Staunton city 23,210 137 130 7 590.26 560.10 11 30.16
Hampton city 144,490 943 797 146 652.64 551.60 12 101.05
Manassas Park city 11,816 61 58 3 516.25 490.86 13 25.39
Galax city 6,643 34 32 2 511.82 481.71 14 30.11
Greensville 10,906 56 52 4 513.48 476.80 15 36.68
Sussex 12,188 60 53 7 492.29 434.85 16 57.43
Martinsville city 14,856 74 64 10 498.12 430.80 17 67.31
Fredericksburg city 21,521 106 91 15 492.54 422.84 18 69.70
Poquoson city 11,939 46 46 0 385.29 385.29 19 0.00
Chesapeake city 223,093 953 859 94 427.18 385.04 20 42.13
Danville city 45,114 168 162 6 372.39 359.09 21 13.30
Virginia Beach city 435,943 1,731 1,528 203 397.07 350.50 22 46.57
Spotsylvania 123,897 476 421 55 384.19 339.80 23 44.39
Shenandoah 40,697 152 137 15 373.49 336.63 24 36.86
Stafford 124,274 430 416 14 346.01 334.74 25 11.27
Winchester city 25,443 94 85 9 369.45 334.08 26 35.37
Prince William 368,670 1,261 1,229 32 342.04 333.36 27 8.68
Harrisonburg city 40,869 166 135 31 406.18 330.32 28 75.85
Roanoke 90,971 320 300 20 351.76 329.78 29 21.99
Waynesboro city 21,681 78 70 8 359.76 322.86 30 36.90
Portsmouth city 101,284 376 326 50 371.23 321.87 31 49.37
Salem city 24,774 96 79 17 387.50 318.88 32 68.62
Hopewell city 22,741 88 72 16 386.97 316.61 33 70.36
Chesterfield 301,530 1,055 950 105 349.88 315.06 34 34.82
Bristol city 17,484 60 53 7 343.17 303.13 35 40.04
Norfolk city 227,903 698 639 59 306.27 280.38 36 25.89
Hanover 100,590 296 268 28 294.26 266.43 37 27.84
Rockbridge 21,358 59 56 3 276.24 262.20 38 14.05
New Kent 17,350 47 44 3 270.89 253.60 39 17.29
Orange 32,595 100 82 18 306.80 251.57 40 55.22
Petersburg city 32,210 98 81 17 304.25 251.47 41 52.78
Gloucester 38,717 197 95 102 508.82 245.37 42 263.45
Warren 36,690 113 87 26 307.99 237.12 43 70.86
James City 61,410 183 144 39 298.00 234.49 44 63.51
King George 22,533 61 51 10 270.71 226.33 45 44.38
Essex 10,703 27 24 3 252.27 224.24 46 28.03
Culpeper 46,192 109 103 6 235.97 222.98 47 12.99
Smyth 32,751 100 73 27 305.33 222.89 48 82.44
Richmond city 191,785 488 425 63 254.45 221.60 49 32.85
Botetourt 32,392 84 68 16 259.32 209.93 50 49.39
Manassas city 36,735 82 77 5 223.22 209.61 51 13.61
Brunswick 17,828 45 37 8 252.41 207.54 52 44.87
Henrico 286,910 635 594 41 221.32 207.03 53 14.29
Wythe 28,720 66 59 7 229.81 205.43 54 24.37
Washington 51,580 114 103 11 221.02 199.69 55 21.33
Fluvanna 25,778 49 47 2 190.08 182.33 56 7.76
Albemarle 92,929 172 164 8 185.09 176.48 57 8.61
Clarke 14,817 31 26 5 209.22 175.47 58 33.75
Caroline 27,403 50 48 2 182.46 175.16 59 7.30
Pulaski 34,962 66 61 5 188.78 174.48 60 14.30
Fauquier 67,684 130 117 13 192.07 172.86 61 19.21
Loudoun 285,500 512 491 21 179.33 171.98 62 7.36
Louisa 32,012 61 54 7 190.55 168.69 63 21.87
Prince George 36,553 65 59 6 177.82 161.41 64 16.41
Cumberland 9,011 14 14 0 155.37 155.37 65 0.00
Madison 13,739 22 21 1 160.13 152.85 66 7.28
Richmond 9,172 16 14 2 174.44 152.64 67 21.81
Alexandria city 137,812 232 210 22 168.35 152.38 68 15.96
Henry 55,830 86 83 3 154.04 148.67 69 5.37
Mecklenburg 32,308 50 47 3 154.76 145.47 70 9.29
Bland 6,893 10 10 0 145.07 145.07 71 0.00
Montgomery 84,476 132 121 11 156.26 143.24 72 13.02
York 62,530 144 85 59 230.29 135.93 73 94.35
Nottoway 15,512 24 21 3 154.72 135.38 74 19.34
Craig 5,179 10 7 3 193.09 135.16 75 57.93
Rockingham 73,102 103 97 6 140.90 132.69 76 8.21
Tazewell 44,526 63 58 5 141.49 130.26 77 11.23
Buckingham 16,129 23 21 2 142.60 130.20 78 12.40
Scott 22,759 38 29 9 166.97 127.42 79 39.54
Accomack 39,391 54 50 4 137.09 126.93 80 10.15
Powhatan 28,391 43 36 7 151.46 126.80 81 24.66
Buena Vista city 6,456 8 8 0 123.92 123.92 82 0.00
Franklin 51,158 77 63 14 150.51 123.15 83 27.37
Arlington 200,855 285 247 38 141.89 122.97 84 18.92
Suffolk city 83,631 115 101 14 137.51 120.77 85 16.74
Page 24,179 44 29 15 181.98 119.94 86 62.04
Carroll 29,403 41 35 6 139.44 119.04 87 20.41
Russell 28,440 46 33 13 161.74 116.03 88 45.71
Surry 7,142 9 8 1 126.02 112.01 89 14.00
Alleghany 16,482 19 18 1 115.28 109.21 90 6.07
Wise 41,980 52 44 8 123.87 104.81 91 19.06
Lexington city 6,711 7 7 0 104.31 104.31 92 0.00
Giles 17,464 18 17 1 103.07 97.34 93 5.73
Dinwiddie 25,794 29 25 4 112.43 96.92 94 15.51
Northampton 13,657 23 13 10 168.41 95.19 95 73.22
Northumberland 12,823 16 12 4 124.78 93.58 96 31.19
Amherst 32,213 35 30 5 108.65 93.13 97 15.52
Goochland 20,534 20 19 1 97.40 92.53 98 4.87
Appomattox 14,157 18 13 5 127.15 91.83 99 35.32
Grayson 16,021 16 14 2 99.87 87.39 100 12.48
Lunenburg 13,206 14 11 3 106.01 83.30 101 22.72
Covington city 6,027 6 5 1 99.55 82.96 102 16.59
Charlotte 12,467 26 10 16 208.55 80.21 103 128.34
King William 15,684 12 12 0 76.51 76.51 104 0.00
Mathews 9,160 8 7 1 87.34 76.42 105 10.92
Bedford 67,245 63 51 12 93.69 75.84 106 17.85
Floyd 14,878 11 11 0 73.93 73.93 107 0.00
King and Queen 6,929 6 5 1 86.59 72.16 108 14.43
Greene 18,030 13 13 0 72.10 72.10 109 0.00
Westmoreland 17,221 13 12 1 75.49 69.68 110 5.81
Rappahannock 7,221 5 5 0 69.24 69.24 111 0.00
Frederick 72,851 75 50 25 102.95 68.63 112 34.32
Amelia 12,627 9 8 1 71.28 63.36 113 7.92
Isle Of Wight 35,395 32 22 10 90.41 62.16 114 28.25
Fairfax city 22,484 13 13 0 57.82 57.82 115 0.00
Campbell 52,763 42 30 12 79.60 56.86 116 22.74
Nelson 15,226 13 8 5 85.38 52.54 117 32.84
Fairfax 1,013,207 590 530 60 58.23 52.31 118 5.92
Patrick 19,137 16 10 6 83.61 52.25 119 31.35
Halifax 35,900 19 18 1 52.92 50.14 120 2.79
Falls Church city 10,831 6 5 1 55.40 46.16 121 9.23
Buchanan 24,027 11 11 0 45.78 45.78 122 0.00
Lancaster 11,528 7 5 2 60.72 43.37 123 17.35
Bath 4,771 2 2 0 41.92 41.92 124 0.00
Southampton 17,820 9 7 2 50.51 39.28 125 11.22
Middlesex 10,686 17 4 13 159.09 37.43 126 121.65
Pittsylvania 61,318 21 21 0 34.25 34.25 127 0.00
Dickenson 16,120 6 5 1 37.22 31.02 128 6.20
Lee 23,767 8 7 1 33.66 29.45 129 4.21
Prince Edward 21,105 7 6 1 33.17 28.43 130 4.74
Charles City 7,247 2 1 1 27.60 13.80 131 13.80
Charlottesville city 40,265 7 3 4 17.38 7.45 132 9.93
Augusta 71,502 7 5 2 9.79 6.99 133 2.80
Highland 2,501 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 134 0.00

 

 

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