Top Local Agencies in West Virginia 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
Charles Town
3,707
108 88% 104 2,806 14% 27% 15 2 28
2
Harpers Ferry/Bolivar
1,394
17 61% 13 933 15% 15% 11 4 11
3
Martinsburg
16,010
150 53% 140 874 35% 23% 132 65 463
4
Glen Dale
1,476
11 69% 11 745 0% 45% 5 1 8
5
Barboursville
3,188
20 53% 20 627 5% 10% 18 1 280
6
Keyser
5,415
33 89% 33 609 24% 33% 4 3 45
7
South Charleston
12,711
70 56% 67 527 19% 25% 56 21 214
8
Beckley
16,951
103 50% 89 525 30% 26% 101 88 597
9
Charleston
51,221
308 57% 265 517 46% 18% 236 160 1,161
10
Logan
1,548
9 32% 8 517 0% 38% 19 18 144
11
Star City
1,370
11 79% 7 511 14% 14% 3 3 11
12
Shinnston
2,242
12 75% 11 491 0% 18% 4 3 39
13
Weston
4,245
20 100% 20 471 0% 45% 0 4 36
14
Kenova
3,394
15 52% 15 442 0% 27% 14 1 37
15
Elkins
7,115
32 76% 31 436 0% 29% 10 18 160
16
St. Marys
1,956
8 89% 8 409 0% 38% 1 4 7
17
Oceana
1,479
6 86% 6 406 0% 17% 1 2 47
18
Welch
2,373
9 35% 9 379 44% 22% 17 11 141
19
Princeton
6,228
26 53% 22 353 27% 14% 23 12 180
20
Hampshire
19,854
70 81% 66 332 5% 12% 16 10 84
21
Bridgeport
7,493
25 86% 24 320 0% 13% 4 3 213
22
Point Pleasant
4,485
15 65% 14 312 14% 21% 8 9 60
23
Terra Alta
1,497
4 100% 4 267 0% 25% 0 0 3
24
Nitro
6,756
18 67% 18 266 6% 11% 9 1 45
25
Cameron
1,143
3 100% 3 262 0% 0% 0 1 7
26
Westover
3,929
10 67% 10 255 10% 0% 5 6 19
27
Buckhannon
5,692
13 93% 13 228 0% 31% 1 9 79
27
Grant
8,757
23 61% 20 228 0% 20% 15 5 35
29
Summersville
3,372
8 62% 7 208 0% 14% 5 0 59
30
Ronceverte
1,545
3 60% 3 194 33% 0% 2 0 9
31
Madison
2,636
6 55% 5 190 0% 20% 5 0 13
32
Huntington
49,242
92 34% 92 187 36% 17% 178 84 411
33
Ripley
3,269
7 70% 6 184 0% 0% 3 3 26
34
Bluefield
11,129
20 43% 20 180 50% 15% 26 22 151
35
Chapmanville
1,146
2 22% 2 175 0% 0% 7 7 14
36
Ohio
10,715
18 60% 18 168 6% 22% 12 3 36
37
Moundsville
9,575
16 64% 16 167 0% 6% 9 7 83
38
Parkersburg
32,048
53 65% 53 165 11% 40% 29 19 243
39
Wheeling
29,665
46 38% 44 148 27% 30% 76 50 243
40
Kanawha
95,988
147 51% 140 146 23% 16% 144 67 571
41
Harrison
34,360
50 71% 50 146 6% 30% 20 23 191
42
Dunbar
7,747
11 48% 11 142 9% 27% 12 8 70
43
Philippi
2,829
4 80% 4 141 0% 0% 1 4 41
44
Follansbee
2,974
4 67% 4 135 25% 50% 2 1 18
45
White Sulphur Springs
2,354
3 75% 3 127 0% 33% 1 2 13
46
Chester
2,438
3 100% 3 123 0% 33% 0 2 17
47
Mercer
42,386
56 35% 52 123 15% 10% 104 52 328
48
Ceredo
1,632
2 40% 2 123 0% 0% 3 2 15
49
Brooke
14,085
17 68% 17 121 0% 29% 8 17 44
50
Morgantown
28,317
36 55% 34 120 35% 47% 29 35 246
51
Wood
41,338
45 69% 44 106 5% 14% 20 30 140
52
Winfield
2,013
2 100% 2 99 0% 50% 0 1 0
53
Clarksburg
16,454
18 36% 15 91 33% 20% 32 18 229
54
Spencer
2,260
2 100% 2 89 0% 0% 0 4 32
55
Mineral
19,983
21 100% 17 85 0% 6% 0 10 55
56
Hurricane
5,973
5 71% 5 84 0% 20% 2 2 21
57
Roane
13,161
11 61% 11 84 0% 27% 7 7 57
58
Moorefield
2,410
2 67% 2 83 0% 0% 1 5 24
59
Putnam
42,723
44 59% 35 82 3% 11% 30 28 218
60
Braxton
12,513
13 57% 10 80 0% 20% 10 23 28
61
Ranson
3,796
3 25% 3 79 33% 0% 9 6 33
62
Grafton
5,412
5 63% 4 74 0% 25% 3 3 14
63
Fairmont
19,066
16 73% 14 73 7% 36% 6 14 160
64
Mabscott
1,365
1 33% 1 73 0% 0% 2 0 4
65
Morgan
14,825
10 71% 10 67 0% 30% 4 5 23
66
Glenville
1,483
1 100% 1 67 100% 100% 0 0 12
67
Belington
1,816
1 33% 1 55 0% 0% 2 0 0
68
Marion
30,828
18 72% 16 52 6% 38% 7 10 136
69
Romney
1,977
1 100% 1 51 0% 0% 0 2 15
70
Mannington
2,082
1 100% 1 48 0% 100% 0 3 15
71
Vienna
10,780
5 63% 5 46 0% 20% 3 4 139
72
Milton
2,264
1 33% 1 44 0% 0% 2 0 11
73
Hancock
12,098
5 63% 5 41 0% 60% 3 1 12
74
Fayetteville
2,659
1 100% 1 38 0% 0% 0 0 1
75
Hinton
2,698
1 17% 1 37 0% 0% 5 9 30
76
Paden City
2,739
1 100% 1 37 0% 0% 0 0 18
77
Monongalia
50,063
21 66% 17 34 0% 12% 11 32 118
78
Greenbrier
25,121
10 77% 8 32 0% 0% 3 2 58
79
Williamson
3,184
1 50% 1 31 0% 0% 1 11 22
80
Weirton
19,561
7 44% 6 31 17% 50% 9 1 16
81
Lewisburg
3,598
1 100% 1 28 100% 100% 0 0 16
82
Mcdowell
18,056
5 19% 5 28 20% 0% 21 4 101
83
Pocahontas
7,611
2 100% 2 26 0% 0% 0 1 16
84
Jefferson
39,194
10 48% 10 26 20% 20% 11 15 78
85
Ravenswood
3,995
2 100% 1 25 0% 0% 0 4 29
86
Nicholas
20,745
5 38% 5 24 0% 0% 8 14 202
87
Upshur
18,041
10 83% 4 22 0% 75% 2 8 50
88
New Martinsville
5,796
1 100% 1 17 0% 0% 0 1 15
89
Jackson
21,164
3 50% 3 14 0% 67% 3 4 48
90
Marshall
18,502
2 67% 2 11 0% 50% 1 2 81
91
Berkeley
77,467
10 31% 8 10 38% 25% 22 20 187
92
Raleigh
59,429
6 75% 6 10 0% 0% 2 24 230
93
Fayette
30,942
3 43% 3 10 33% 33% 4 15 73
94
Hardy
10,643
1 50% 1 9 0% 0% 1 3 13
95
Summers
11,054
2 33% 1 9 0% 0% 4 4 19
96
St. Albans
11,115
2 25% 1 9 0% 0% 6 1 60
97
Preston
23,667
2 100% 2 8 0% 50% 0 11 36
98
Cabell
43,380
30 35% 3 7 0% 100% 56 2 164
99
Randolph
21,481
1 50% 1 5 0% 100% 1 3 13
100
Logan
32,179
3 14% 1 3 100% 0% 18 10 53

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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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